Today is Sunday, October 8th, the 281st day of the year. There are 84
days remaining until the end of the year and 78 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month, Lupus Awareness Month, National Diabetes
Awareness Month, American Pharmacist Month, Clergy Appreciation
Month, Computer Learning Month, Cookie Month, Domestic Violence
Awareness Month, National Pizza Month, National Vegetarian Month,
National Popcorn Popping Month, Seafood Month, Customer Service
Week, American Touch Tag Day, World Egg Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Fred Cash, 83, singer (Impressions)
Jesse Jackson, 82, civil rights activist
Tony Wilson, 76, singer (Hot Chocolate)
Hamish Stuart, 74, guitarist/singer (Average White Band)
Michael Rose, 74, singer (Average White Band)
Robert “Kool” Bell, 73, musician/singer (Kool & the Gang)
CeCe Winans, 59, singer
Martin Mayhew, 58, football player
Teddy Riley, 55, producer
Monty Williams, 53, basketball player/coach
Rashaan Salaam, 49, football player
Nick Canon, 43, actor
Bruno Mars, 37, singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Doc Green, 89, singer (Drifters)
DEATHS
ON THIS DATE IN…
1775 – Officers decide to bar slaves & free blacks from Continental Army.
1953 – Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson’s Negro-White All-Stars
from playing there. Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group.
1972 – Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game
receptions.
1980 – After playing two shows at the Madison Square Garden, Bob Marley
collapsed in Central Park while jogging, brought to Sloan-Kettering
Hospital.
1985 – Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident.
1986 – RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs.
2001 – President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the
Office of Homeland Security.
HOROSCOPE
As a Libra born on October 8th, your considerate and thoughtful nature are amongst your most appreciate qualities. You thrive for a social setting, where your understanding and sensitivity can emerge. You really do put the needs of others above your own, as it seems you would do just about anything for another human being. Likewise, you always are available to offer a non-judgmental ear or supportive words to those closest to you. Its very likely that someone has described you as the “perfect friend.”
