Today is Sunday, December 10th, the 344th day of the year. There are 21
days remaining until the end of the year and 15 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Bingo Month,
Write a Friend Month, Human Rights Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Theodore Wilson, 80, actor (That’s My Mama, Sanford Arms)
Walter “Clyde” Orange, 77, singer (Commodores)
Ralph Tavares, 75, singer (Tavares)
Paul Hardcastle, 65, keyboardist
Mark Aguirre, 64, basketball player
Nia Peeples, 62, actress/singer/dancer
Bryant Stith, 53, basketball player
Monique Dupree, 49, actress
Raven-Symoné, 38, actress/singer
Matt Forte, 38, football player
Dion Waiters, 32, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
William Lloyd Garrison, 218, abolitionist (d. 1879)
Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones, 95, singer (d. 1959)
Michael Clarke Duncan, 64, actor, (d. 2012)
DEATHS
Otis Redding, 1967, singer (b. 1941)
Jimmy King, 1967, musician/singer (Bar-kays)
Phalin Jones, 1967, musician/singer (Bar-kays)
Ron Caldwell, 1967, musician/singer (Bar-kays)
Shirley Hemphill, 1999, actress (b. 1947)
Richard Pryor, 2005, comedian/actor (b. 1940)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1810 – Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial
boxing championship (40 rounds).
1846 – Norbert Rillieux patented sugar-making equipment.
1950 – Ralph J. Bunche becomes the 1st black American presented Nobel
Peace Prize.
1964 – Nobel Peace Prize presented to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo.
1967 – Otis Redding and three members of the Bar-Kays are killed in a
plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin.
1968 – Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
HOROSCOPE
Being a Sagittarius born on December 10th, your openness and restlessness define you. Your friends can attest to the fact that you always share when something is on your mind. You take this same honesty in all of your dealings. While others may describe you as blunt, you simply have an appreciation for the truth. You have many interests, which is mainly because it is so hard for you to pick just one! You are so restless in your hobbies and work that you can truly be considered a Jack of all trades.
