Today is Tuesday, October 31st, the 304th day of the year. There are 61 days
remaining until the end of the year and 55 days remaining until Christmas. Today
is Halloween!
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, Clergy Appreciation Month, Cookie Month,
Computer Learning Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
National Diabetes Month, Lupus Month, National Pizza Month,
National Vegetarian Month, National Popcorn Popping Month, Seafood
Month, Increase Your Psychic Powers Day, Happy Halloween!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
John Lucas, 70, basketball player/coach
Glenn “Doc” Rivers, 62, basketball player/coach
Fred McGriff, 60, baseball player
Blue Edwards, 58, basketball player
Antonio Davis, 55, basketball player
Lil’ JJ, 33, actor
Willow Smith, 23, actress/singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Ethel Waters, 127, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather) (d. 1977)
Bernard Edwards, 71, bassist/producer (Chic) (d. 1996)
DEATHS
Rosalind Cash, 1995, actress (b. 1939)
Maurice Lucas, 2010, basketball player (b. 1952)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1899 – William F. Burr patents switching device for railways.
1945 – Booker T. Washington entered Hall of Fame of Great Americans.
1961 – Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated
playing fields are illegal.
1968 – President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam.
1993 – Rapper Tupac Shakur charged with aggravated assault.
HOROSCOPE
Being a Scorpio born on October 31st, your calm, ambitious and passionate personality defines you. You strive for success, which explains why you are dissatisfied with anything other than being the best. Passion runs deep within you and pushes you to conquer challenges and meet your goals. Although you are highly ambitious and driven, you maintain an outer calm, much to the surprise of your friends, coworkers, peers and family.
