Today is Monday, October 16th, the 289th day of the year. There are 76
days remaining until the end of the year and 70 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, Computer Learning Month, Clergy
Appreciation Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Lupus
Awareness Month, National Diabetes Month, Cookie Month, Seafood
Month, National Popcorn Popping Month, National Pizza Month,
National Vegetarian Month, Dictionary Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Chris Doleman, 62, football player
Kim Wayans, 61, actress
Adrian Murrell, 53, football player
Terry J. Vaughn, 53, actress
Kordell Stewart, 51, football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Maidie Norman, 111, actress (d. 1998)
Manute Bol, 61, basketball player (d.2010)
DEATHS
George Washington Williams, 1849, 1st major black historian (b. 1791)
Art Blakey, 1990, jazz drummer (b. 1918)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1859 – John Brown leads 21 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper’s Ferry, Va.
1909 – Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
1940 – Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. named 1st black general in regular army.
1968 – During Olympics Tommie Smith & John Carlos give black power salute.
1973 – Maynard Jackson elected 1st black mayor of Atlanta.
1987 – Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title.
1991 – Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for
life under the league’s anti-drug agreement
1995 – Million Man March held in Wash DC (over 800,000 black men attend)
HOROSCOPE
As a Libra born on October 16th, your personality is dominated by your social and analytical nature. Although you are quite comfortable on your own, you would much rather prefer the company of others. In social settings your mind seems to come alive, as you provide thoughtful and clever thoughts to the group. Your friends and family are often impressed with the way you can engage them so effortlessly, but it may be your loyalty that they appreciate the most.
