Today is Thursday, July 20th, the 201st day of the year. There are 164
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, National Lollipop Day, Moon Day, Ugly Truck Day,
National Ice Cream Soda Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Carlos Santana, 76, singer/guitarist
James Harris, 76, football player
Kool G Rap, 59, rapper (Juice Crew)
Ian Beckles, 56, football player
Omar Epps, 50, actor
Ray Allen, 48, basketball player
Troy Smith, 39, football player
Paige Hurd, 30, actress
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Frantz Fanon, 98, psychiatrist/philosopher (d. 1961)
DEATHS
Roy Hamilton, 1969, singer (b. 1929)
Bruce Lee, 1973, actor/martial artist (b. 1940)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1849 – Women’s Rights Convention aided anti-slavery cause.
1942 – Black women are accepted into the Women’s Army
Auxiliary Corps (WAC).
1950 – Black troops (24th Regiment) win first U.S. victory in
Korea.
1957 – Althea Gibson wins Women’s Singles Championship at
Wimbledon.
1967 – The first National Conference of Black Power opens in
Newark, New Jersey.
1969 – Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on
the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first
humans to walk on the Moon.
1976 – Hank Aaron hits 755th & last home run off Angels Dick
Drago.
1984 – Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America.
1991 – Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America
contestant.
1994 – OJ Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of
ex-wife’s klller.
2008 – 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win.
HOROSCOPE
Your sensitive nature and creative expression make a variety of career paths open to success. You are caring by default, which makes compassionate careers such as teaching and social work a clear option. It just may be that your true passion is found in artistic expression, which was the case with Carlos Santana, who was also born on July 20th. If you feel you are born to entertain, look at the inspiring work of Natalie Wood, another of your birthday twins.
