Today is Sunday, July 16th, the 197th day of the year. There are 168
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Hot Dog Month,
National Ice Cream Month, National Blueberry Month, Unlucky
Month for Weddings, Fresh Spinach Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
William Bell, 84, singer
Alexis Herman, 76, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
Terry Pendleton, 63, baseball player/coach
Darryl Mitchell, 57, actor
Charles Smith, 58, basketball player
Barry Sanders, 55, football legend
Rain Pryor, 54, actress
Aaron Glenn, 51, football player
Zach Randolph, 42, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, 161, civil rights activist
Denise LaSalle, 84, singer (d. 2918)
DEATHS
Buck Buchanan, 1992, football player (b. 1940)
John Henrik Clarke, 1998, historian/scholar (b. 1915)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States
after signature of the Residence Act.
1894 – Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners.
1944 – Dr. Charles R. Drew is awarded the Spingarn Medal.
1961 – Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27′ 2″.
1969 – Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched
1972 – Smokey Robinson & Miracles final live performance.
1988 – Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec.
1988 – Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women’s world record 10.49 seconds.
1988 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women’s heptathlete record of 7,215 pts.
2003 – 11th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Serena Williams win
HOROSCOPE
Your unique combination of emotional understanding, creativity and optimism result in a variety of available career paths. Humanitarian careers, such as teaching or social work would help to give your life purpose. If you cannot go without a more creative outlet, writing or the arts may be the answer. Look to the imaginative characters and comedic writings of Will Ferrel, who was also born on July 16th, as inspiration. The creative dancing of Ginger Rogers, another of your birthday twins, can also serve as encouragement.