Today is Saturday, October 7th, the 280th day of the year. There are 85
days remaining until the end of the year and 79 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, Bald and Free Day! National Forgiveness Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Desmond Tutu, 92, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa (Nobel Peace Prize 1982)
Carmen R. “Tata” Vega, 72, singer (Color Purple soundtrack)
Toni Braxton, 56, singer
Nicole Ari Smith, 53, actress
Johnnie Morton, 52, football player
Priest Holmes, 50, football player
Charles Woodson, 47, football player
Alesha Dixon, 45, singer
Amber Stevens, 37, actress
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
William Still, 202, The Underground Railroad (d. 1902)
Elijah Muhammad, 127, leader of Nation of Islam (d. 1975)
Amiri Baraka, 89, writer (d. 2014)
DEATHS
Gabriel Prosser, 1800, slave revolt leader (b. 1776))
ON THIS DATE IN…
1800 – Gabriel Prosser hanged for armed resistance.
1957 – “American Bandstand” premieres.
1979 – “Eubie!” closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 439 performances.
1984 – Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL’s career rushing leader.
1985 – Lynette Woodward, chosen as 1st woman on Harlem Globetrotters.
1991 – Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence
Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments to her.
1993 – Nobel Prize for literature awarded to Toni Morrison.
2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and
covert operations on the ground.
2003 – Gray Davis is recalled as Governor of California, three years
before the official end of his office term. Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger
is elected Governor.
HOROSCOPES
Being a Libra born on October 7th you are well known for you seriousness and thoughtfulness. While you do have a sense of humor, you are very serious about your goals and the things you wish to achieve in life. You apply great dedication to your efforts, but at the same time, you never fail to acknowledge the needs of others. In fact, your friends and family often realize that you put their needs above your own at times. You would be surprised to know that in many people’s eyes, you are the ideal friend.
