Today is Tuesday, October 24th, the 297th day of the year. There are 68
days remaining until the end of the year and 62 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, Clergy Appreciation Month, Cookie Month,
Computer Learning Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Lupus
Awareness Month, National Diabetes Month, National Vegetarian Month,
National Pizza Month, Seafood Month, National Popcorn Popping Month,
National Bologna Day, United Nations Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Kweisi Mfume, 75, former NAACP CEO
Perry Lee “Tiny” Tavares, 69, singer (Tavares)
Corey Dillon, 48, football player
Monica, 43, singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
DEATHS
Jackie Robinson, 1972, 1st black Major League baseball player (b. 1939)
Rosa Parks, 2005, civil rights activist, (b. 1913)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1892 – 25,000 Black workers strike in New Orleans.
1933 – Langston Hughes’ “Mulatto” premieres in NYC.
1980 – Judge Patrick Higginbotham finds Republican National guilty in
discrimination case.
2008 – “Bloody Friday” saw many of the world’s stock exchanges
experienced the worst declines in their history, with drops of around
10% in most indices.
HOROSCOPE
As a Scorpio born on October 24th, you are known for being calm, passionate and ambitious. Although you remain cool, calm and collected on the outside, your inner world is defined by great passion and ambition. You want success in life and more importantly, you are willing to do the work to achieve your goals. When you are confronted with a challenge, you have the power to meet the task, no matter how much effort it requires. Your friends and family are often inspired by your drive for success.
