Today is Wednesday, September 25th, the 269th day of the year. There are 97
days remaining until the end of the year and 91 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Classical Music Month,
Hispanic Heritage Month, National Courtesy Month, Chicken
Month, National Piano Month, Baby Safety Month, Honey
Month, National Self Improvement Month, Suicide Prevention
Month, Little League Month, National Comic Book Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Owen “Onnie” McIntyre, 79, singer/guitarist (Average White Band)
Bob McAdoo, 73, basketball player/coach
Sylvester Croom, 70, college football coach
Scottie Pippen, 59, basketball player
Will Smith, 56, actor/rapper
Chauncey Billups, 48, basketball player
Robbie Jones, 47, actor
Ryan Leslie, 46. rapper
Rashad Evans, 44, MMA fighter
T.I., 44, rapper
Donald Glover, 41, actor
Tahj Boyd, 34, football player
HISTORICAL BIRTHDAYS
DEATHS
ON THIS DATE IN…
1861 – Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves.
1867 – Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard University in Wash. D.C.
1904 – Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football.
1962 – Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon, Georgia.
1962 – Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title.
1965 – 60 year old Satchel Paige of Kansas City A’s pitches 3 scoreless innings.
1974 – Barbara W. Hancock becomes the 1st Black woman to be named White
House Fellow.
1975 – Jackie Wilson, suffers heart attack & lapse into a 9 yr terminal coma.
1976 – “Porgy & Bess” opens at Uris Theater New York City for 122 performances.
1988 – Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s.
1994 – Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title.
HOROSCOPE
As a Libra born on September 25th, you are well known for your diplomacy, sociability and imagination. You thrive in the group setting, as you greatly enjoy the company of others. In times when group harmony is threatened, you often jump in, doing whatever is necessary to restore balance. Your friends appreciate your gift for compromise, almost as much as they appreciate your active imagination and clever ideas.
