Today is Tuesday, August 22nd, the 234th day of the year. There are 131
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 Friendship Week,
National Tooth Fairy Day, Be An Angel Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Vernon Reid, 65, musician (Living Colour)
Stevie Ray, 64, wrestler
James Debarge, 61, singer/keyboardist (Debarge)
Terry Catledge, 60, basketball player
Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, 56, actor
Beenie Man, 50, rapper
Charles C Smith, 48, basketball player
Randall Cobb, 33, football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
John Lee Hooker, 106, singer/guitarist (d. 2001)
Chuck Brown, 87, singer/guitarist (d. 2012)
DEATHS
Huey P. Newton, 1989, co-founder of the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
Nick Ashford, 2011, singer/songwriter (Ashford & Simpson) (b. 1942)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1831 – Nat Turner’s slave rebellion commences just after midnight in
Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50
whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation
for the uprising.
1843 – Henry Highland Garnett calls for a general slave strike.
1950 – Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
1951 – Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052.
1957 – Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title.
1964 – Supreme’s “Where Did Our Love Go” reaches #1
1969 – Gloria O. Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America.
1979 – 200 black leaders meet in NY to support Andrew Young.
1984 – Evelyn Ashford ties world women’s mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
1994 – DNA testing links O.J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman.
1996 – Pres. Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in U.S.
welfare policy.
HOROSCOPE
Fire is your sign’s paired element and as a Leo, you are the only zodiac sign with a cardinal relationship to the element. Fire’s influence is obvious when your passion and enthusiasm emerge. Whenever confronted with a challenge, no matter how great, your flame burns with fortitude as you reach your goals. These qualities of fire should be highly valued, but you should be aware of the dangers of impatience and impulsiveness that are amongst fire’s negative qualities.
