Today is Wednesday, June 28th, the 179th day of the year. There are 186
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Black Music Month, Gay Pride Month,
National Candy Month, National Dairy Month, National Iced Tea Month,
Rose Month, Insurance Awareness Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Oran “Juice” Jones, 65, singer
Jeff Malone, 62, basketball player
Tichina Arnold, 53, actress
Marvin Jones, 51, football player
Karim Abdul-Jabaar, 49, football player
Randy McMichael, 44, football player
Brandon Phillips, 42, baseball player
Freddie Gibbs, 41, rapper
Shadia, Simmons, 37, actress
Bradley Beal, 30, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Mark Clark, 76, activist/Black Panther Party (d. 1969)
DEATHS
David Walker, 1830, abolitionist (b. 1786)
Harry Mills, 1982, singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1912)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1770 – Quakers open a school for Blacks in Philadelphia.
1864 – Fugitive Slave laws repealed by Congress.
1874 – The Freedmen’s Bank closes.
1894 – Labor Day becomes an official U.S. holiday.
1930 – The 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium
as the Negro League Detroit Stars take on the Kansas City Monarchs.
1951 – “Amos n’ Andy” premieres on CBS TV.
1964 – Malcolm X forms the Organization of African Unity.
1971 – U.S. Supreme Court overturns draft evasion conviction of
Muhammad Ali.
1973 – Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor,
Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis & Althea Gibson
elected.
1978 – U.S. Supreme Court “Univ. of California v. Bakke” decision
bars quota systems in college admissions.
1987 – “Dreamgirls” opens at the Ambassador Theater in New York
City for 177 performances.
1997 – Holyfield-Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified for biting off
Evander Holyfield’s ear.
HOROSCOPE
Understanding people is your gift, so you may find most satisfaction in a career geared toward this ability. Counseling and public relations are both fields you may enjoy. Your mastery of emotions, paired with your creative inclinations may result in a career in entertainment. You possess the ability to touch the hearts of many, much like Mel Brooks and Kathy Bates, who were also born on June 28th.
