Today is Sunday, July 30th, the 211th day of the year. There are 154
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 Cheesecake Day, National Father-
in-Law Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Thomas Sowell, 93, author/activist
Buddy Guy, 87, singer/guitarist
Anita Hill, 67, lawyer/academic
Bill Cartwright, 66, basketball player/coach
Laurence Fishburne, 62, actor
Reggie Roby, 62, football player
Vivica A. Fox, 59, actress
Terry Crews, 55, actor/football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
DEATHS
ON THIS DATE IN…
1822 – James Varick becomes 1st bishop of African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church.
1839 – Slave rebels, take over the slave ship, Amistad.
1863 – President Lincoln issues “eye-for-eye” order to shoot a rebel prisoner
for every black prisoner shot.
1866 – New Orleans’ Democratic government orders police to raid
an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.
1908 – John Hope became the 1st Black president of Morehouse College.
1945 – Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. is elected congressman from Harlem.
1965 – Duke Ellington’s “Golden Brown & the Green Apple” premieres.
1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965
into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
1990 – George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign
as principal partner of New York Yankees for hiring Howie Spira to “get dirt”
on Dave Winfield.
HOROSCOPE
The Leo’s paired element is fire and you actually are the only zodiac sign with a fundamental connection to the element. It is fire’s influence that causes you to be a natural self-starter. Once you find an interest, your determination and passion burn deeply, which explains why you can work tirelessly to get the job done. Embracing fire’s influence will play a key role in your future successes, but be weary that an overindulgence in fire can lead to a bit of egotism and impulsiveness.
