Today is Tuesday, January 2nd, the second day of the year. There are 363
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Bath Safety Month,
National Blood Donor Month, National Braille Literacy Month,
National Hobby Month, Hot Tea Month, National Oatmeal Month,
National Soup Month, Run up the Flagpole and See if Anyone
Salutes Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Calvin Hill, 77, Hall of Fame football player
Pernell Whitaker, 60, boxer
Cuba Gooding Jr., 56, actor
Chris Spencer, 56, actor
Sheree Whitfield, 54, reality star
Horace Copeland, 53, football player
Taye Diggs, 53, actor
Erica Hubbard, 45, actress
Sky John, 44, web video star
Craig Wayans, 33, film producer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
John Hope Franklin, 109, historian (d. 2009)
DEATHS
Sam Carter, 1923, African American resident of Rosewood Florida
Errol Garner, 1977, musician (b. 1921)
Nat Adderley, 2000, musician/composer (b. 1931)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1800 – Free African American community of Philadelphia petitions U.S.
Congress to abolish the slave trade.
1879 – Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of
Education.
1903 – Pres. Theodore Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss.,
for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black.
1923 – Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Fla,
8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995)
1965 – Martin Luther King Jr. begins a drive to register black voters.
1969 – Lorraine Hansberry’s “To be Young, Gifted & Black,” premieres in
NYC.
1970 – Clifton Reginald Wharton Jr. becomes 14th president of Michigan St.
University.
1970 – U.S. population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000
(11.1%).
1984 – Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Philadelphia’s 1st black mayor.
2013 – Ray Lewis announces he will retire at the end of the playoffs.
HOROSCOPE
As a Capricorn born on January 2nd, you are known for a charming, sociable and hardworking personality. You love to be in social settings, as it gives you the chance to display your warm and witty qualities. Your genuine interest in those around you makes you a highly valued friend and companion. While those around you greatly appreciate your commitment to friendship, you may be most admired for your hardworking nature. When confronted with a challenge, you work tirelessly to accomplish your goals.
