Today is Saturday, October 28th, the 301st day of the year. There are 64
days remaining until the end of the year and 58 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 Pizza Month,
National Popcorn Popping Month, Seafood Month, National Vegetarian
Month, Plush Animal Lover’s Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Lenny Wilkins, 86, basketball player/coach
Telma Hopkins, 75, singer/actress (Tony Orlando, Family Matters)
Bill Gates, 68, billionaire founder/CEO (Microsoft)
Sheryl Underwood, 59, comedian
Steve Atwater, 57, football player
Ernie Mills, 55, football player
Ben Harper, 53, singer
Terrell Davis, 51, football player
Henri Crockett, 49, football player
Jarrett Jack, 40, basketball player
Antonia Wright, 39, reality star
Frank Ocean, 35, singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Levi Coffin, (1798), founder of the Underground Railroad
DEATHS
Trevor Berbick, 2006, boxer (b. 1955)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1914 – Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates.
1973 – Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record).
1997 – NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as 1st women to
officiate a major-league all-male sports league.
1998 – Pres. Bill Clinton declares HIV/AIDS a health crisis in racial minority
communities.
HOROSCOPE
As a Scorpio born on October 28th, you are known for your ambition, passion and cool nature. Outwardly you are calm and may even appear calculated to others. This outer reserve is the opposite of your inner workings, which is greatly passionate. It is this passion that drives you to get all you want from life. Highly ambitious, you will work tirelessly to achieve your goals.
