Today is Tuesday, September 12th, the 255th day of the year . There are 110
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Classical Music Month,
Hispanic Heritage Month, Little League Month, Chicken Month,
National Courtesy Month, National Piano Month, Baby Safety
Month, Honey Month, Self Improvement Month, Chocolate
Milk Shake Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Vernon Maxwell, 58, basketball player
Terry Dehere, 52, basketball player
Bizzy Bone, 47, rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
Ruben Studdard, 45, singer
2 Chainz, 45, rapper
Jennifer Hudson, 42, singer/actress
Tiara Thomas, 33, singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Jesse Owens, 109, track legend (d. 1980)
Barry White, 79, singer/composer (d. 2003)
DEATHS
Lillian Randolph, 1980, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy) (b. 1915)
Stanley Turrentine, 2000, jazz saxophonist (b. 1934)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1787 – Black Masons form 1st lodge.
1947 – Jackie Robinson is named National League Rookie of the Year.
1956 – Black students enter and are barred from Clay, Ky. elementary school.
1958 – U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate.
1964 – Ralph Boston sets then long jump record at 27′ 4½”.
1984 – N.Y. Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251.
1992 – Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first African American woman to travel in
space.
2012 – Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and iOS 6.
HOROSCOPE
Your quick mind creates many career options for you to consider. As a caring person, you may be well-suited for a people-based career, such as education or counseling. Your artistic inclinations, may put you on a path of creative expression. If music is your passion, look to the legendary career of Barry White or the developing career of Jennifer Hudson, who were both born on September 12th, for inspiration.
