Today is Monday, July 24th, the 205th day of the year. There are 160
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, Amelia Earhart Day, Cousins Day, National
Tequila Day, Tell An Old Joke Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Willie Davis, 89, football legend
Joe Barry Carroll, 65, basketball player
Karl Malone, 60, basketball player
Barry Bonds, 59, baseball player
Brian Blades, 58, football player
Kadeem Hardison, 58, actor
Rick Fox, 54, basketball player/actor
Jennifer Lopez, 54, actress/singer
Mewelde Moore, 41, football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Ira Aldridge, 221, actor (d. 1867)
Alexander Dumas, 221, author/playwright (d. 1870)
Walt Bellamy, 84, basketball player (d. 2013)
DEATHS
Mary Church Terrell, 1954, educator/civil rights leader (b. 1854)
Sherman Hemsley, 2012, actor (b. 1938)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1651 – Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Virginia.
1799 – William Clark of Lewis & Clark is willed the slave “York”.
1866 – Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first state to be readmitted
to the Union following the American Civil War.
1896 – Booker T. Washington is the first African American to receive an
honorary M.A. degree from Harvard.
1924 – United Negro College Fund founded.
1937 – Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called “Scottsboro Boys””.
1954 – Charles Bush (Black) named page in Supreme Court.
1969 – Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
1969 – Muhamad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army on appeal.
1973 – All star MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants).
1983 – Sonya Robinson, (Milwaukee), 23, crowned 16th Miss Black America.
1989 – Paula Gwynn, 22, crowned 21st Miss Black America.
1993 – Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans.
HOROSCOPE
A relentless work ethic paired with creativity makes a variety of careers available to you. Fast-paced careers such as advertising or public relations may be of great satisfaction. LIkewise, your leadership abilities would make a career as a business executive or manager rewarding. At the same time, you may want to blaze a completely new path of your own. If so, look to the entrepreneurial spirit of Jennifer Lopez or the fearlessness spirit of Amelia Earhart, who were both born on July 24th, for inspiration.
