Today is Friday, September 8th, the 251st day of the year . There are 114
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Classical Music Month,
Hispanic Heritage Month, National Courtesy Month, National
Piano Month, Chicken Month, Baby Safety Month, Little League
Month, Honey Month, Self Improvement Month, National Sickle
Cell Awareness Month, International Literacy Day, Pardon Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Guitar Shorty, 84, singer/guitarist
Maurice Cheeks, 67, basketball player/coach
Ruby Bridges, 59, civil rights leader
Big Boy, 54, DJ
Latrell Sprewell, 53, basketball player
Clarence Weatherspoon, 53, basketball player
Larenz Tate, 48, actor
Slim Thug, 43, rapper
Malcolm Floyd, 42, football player
Wiz Kalipha, 36, rapper
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Buck O’Neil, 116, Negro League Baseball legend (d. 2006)
L.C. Greenwood, 77, football player (d. 2013)
DEATHS
Dorothy Dandridge, 1965, actress/singer (b. 1922)
Roy Wilkins, 1981, NAACP leader (b. 1901)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1915 – Association of Negro Life & History is founded.
1956 – Harry Belafonte’s album “Calypso,” goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks.
1957 – Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single “Reet Petite”.
1966 – The first Star Trek series featuring Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura
premieres on NBC.
1968 – Saundra Williams wins 1st Miss Black America pageant.
1973 – Hank Aaron sets record of most home runs in 1 league (709).
1974 – Pres. Gerald Ford pardons former Pres. Richard Nixon for any
crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1986 – ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ is first broadcast nationally.
1994 – MTV awards feature newlyweds Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie
Presley.
2013 – Serena Williams wins her fifth Women’s Singles U.S. Open title.
HOROSCOPE
Your sociability and leadership skills combine to create numerous career options. Your discipline would allow for success in a variety of fields, such as science, research, business and law. More people-focused careers, such as education or public relations may also be a good fit. If the entertainment world is more appealing, you may find a creative career such as music to be rewarding. Look to the careers of Pink and Wiz Khalifa, who both share your September 8th birthday, for inspiration.
