Today is Friday, October 6th, the 279th day of the year. There are 86
days remaining until the end of the year and 80 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, American Pharmacist Month, Clergy
Appreciation Month, Computer Learning Month, Cookie Month,
Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Lupus Awareness Month,
National Diabetes Month, National Pizza Month, National Vegetarian
Month, National Popcorn Popping Month, Seafood Month, Customer
Service Week, Physician Assistant Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Millie Small, 77, singer
Thomas McClary, 73, guitarist/singer (Commodores)
Tony Dungy, 68, football coach
Dennis Ray “Oil Can” Boyd, 64, baseball player
Albert Lewis, 63, football player
Lamman Rucker, 53, actor
J. J. Stokes, 51, football player
Amanda Brown, 50, author
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Fannie Lou Hamer, 106, civil rights leader (d. 1977)
DEATHS
Buck O’Neil, 2006, baseball player (b. 1911)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1871 – Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour.
1965 – The Supremes release “I Hear a Symphony”.
1978 – Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in “Some Girls”.
1996 – Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate.
HOROSCOPE
As a Libra born on October 6th, you are well known for your sensitivity and thoughtfulness. You are very considerate and always take the needs of others into mind, sometimes even more than your own needs. You always offer an understanding ear to friends and family members that turn to you with their problems. In true self-less fashion, you are one of those rare individuals who would honestly give the shirt of their back to help another human being.
