Today is Thursday, December 28th, the 362nd day of the year. There are 3
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Bingo Month,
Write a Friend Month, Card Playing Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Charles Neville, 85, singer/saxophonist (Neville Brothers)
Lonnie Liston Smith, 83, jazz musician
S. Epatha Merkerson, 71, actress (Law and Order)
Denzel Washington, 69, actor
Gayle King, 69, talk show host
Everson Walls, 64, football player
Keith Lee, 61, basketball player
John Legend, 45, singer/musician
James Blake, 44, tennis player
Rocko, 44, rapper
Cedric Benson, 41, football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Earl Hines, 120, musician (d. 1983)
Roebuck “Pops” Staples, 108, singer (Staple Singers) (d. 2000)
Johnny Otis, 102, R & B musician (d. 2012)
Nichelle Nichols, 91, actress (d. 2022)
DEATHS
ON THIS DATE IN…
1816 – The American Colonization Society organized.
1860 – Harriet Tubman arrives in Auburn, NY, on her last mission to free
slaves, evading capture for 8 years on the Underground Railroad.
1905 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association founded (becomes NCAA in 1910).
1928 – Last recording of Ma Rainey, “Mother of the Blues,” made.
1928 – Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of “West End blues”.
1945 – Congress officially recognizes “Pledge of Allegiance”.
1958 – “The Greatest Game Ever Played”, Baltimore Colts beat New York
Giants 23-17 in the first ever sudden-death overtime game in NFL history.
1975 – “The Hail Mary”, with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff
Game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a desperate 50-yard
winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings,
and the “Hail Mary” play is born.
1981 – The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in
Norfolk, Virginia.
1984 – TV soap “Edge of Night” ends 28 year run.
2000 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of
business after 128 years.
HOROSCOPE
Being a Capricorn born on December 28th, your personality is defined by your hardworking and patient nature. You have a hard time relating to people with their heads in the clouds, as you define yourself by an active pursuit of goals. If you find a task or challenge worthwhile, you will work until the job is done. While your friends and family admire your determination, it is your patience that is perhaps most appealing. You are highly sought after friend and companion, because of your ability to keep composure in any situation.
