Today is Monday, August 14th, the 226th day of the year. There are 139
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Catfish Month,
National Golf Month, National Picnic Month, Peach Month,
Romance Awareness Month, National Smile Week, National
Creamsicle Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Antonio Fargas, 77, actor
Larry Graham, 77, singer/bass player (Sly and the Family Stone and
Graham Central Station)
Jackee’ Harry, 67, actress
Earvin “Magic Johnson, 64, basketball legend/entrepreneur
Sharon Bryant, 63, singer (Atlantic Starr)
Neal Anderson, 59, football player
Halle Berry, 57, actress
Ed O’Bannon, 51, basketball player
Chucky Atkins, 49, basketball player
Roy Williams, 43, football player
Lamorne Morris, 43, actor
Julius Jones, 42, football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
DJ Uncle Al, 54, rapper/DJ (d. 2001)
DEATHS
Tony Williams, 1992, singer (The Platters) (b. 1928)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1842 – Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to
Oklahoma.
1862 – Pres. Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with a U.S.
president.
1969 – The Dance Theater of Harlem is founded.
1971 – The Cards Bob Gibson no-hits Pirates, 11-0.
1989 – The first National Theater Festival is held in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
1990 – Singer, Curtis Mayfield is paralyzed in an accident at an outdoor
concert in Brooklyn, New York.
1993 – Reggie Jackson Day, New York Yanks retire the 13th number in
team history (#44).
HOROSCOPE
Your paired element is fire, and as a Leo, you actually have the most fundamental connection with fire of all the zodiac signs. Fire’s influence materializes as the passion and energy that is constantly burning within you. It is this same heat, that allows you to work tirelessly to meet any challenge. While fire’s qualities can become one of your greatest strengths in life, it can become detrimental if you don’t curb the impatience and impulsiveness that also arises.
