Today is Wednesday, August 23rd, the 235th day of the year. There are 130
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,
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
and Its Abolition, Ride the Wind Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Rudy Lewis, 87, singer (Drifters)
Rayfield Wright, 78, football player
Cortez Kennedy, 55, football player
Hugh Douglas, 52, football player
Bone Crusher, 51, rapper
Dave Chappelle, 50, comedian
Darren Collison, 35, basketball player
Seth Curry, 32, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Kobe Bryant, 45, basketball player (d. 2020)
DEATHS
Bobby Bonds, 2003, baseball player/manager (b. 1946)
Brock Peters, 2005, actor/producer (b. 1927)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1796 – African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated.
1900 – National Negro Business League organized in Boston by Booker
T. Washington.
1926 – Dr. Carter G. Woodson inaugurates Negro History Week.
1987 – The American male basketball team lost the gold medal to Brazilian
team at the Pan American games in Indianapolis. The final score was
120–115 and triggered changes in this sport basis in USA, resulting in the
“Dream Team”.
1988 – Mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in streets of Harlem.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becomes a
category 5 hurricane.
HOROSCOPE
The Virgo’s planetary ruler is Mercury, but as you were born in the first Decan , or part, of the sign, you receive twice as much of Mercury’s influence. Mercury’s influence can be witnessed in your quick mind and effective communication skills. When paired with your practicality, you develop a great attention for detail. You never fail to work tirelessly at tasks that you find the value in, which gives you the potential to be loyal and dependable. You may be so practical at times that you try to suppress your generosity, but in your closest relationships you may have the opposite problem and become too considerate. Take care to find balance in your generosity and happiness will follow.
