Today is Sunday, January 21, the 21st day of the year. There are 344
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, Squirrel Appreciation Day, National
Hugging Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Billy Ocean, 74, singer
Eric Holder, 73, 82nd Attorney General of the United States
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, 61, Hall of Fame basketball player
Jessie Hester, 61, football player
Doug Edwards, 53, basketball player
Orpheus Roye, 50, football player
Rick Ross, 47, rapper
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Jam Master Jay, 59, DJ/music producer (d. 2002)
DEATHS
Jackie Wilson, 1984, singer (b. 1933)
Charles Brown, 1999, blues singer/pianist (b. 1920)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1773 – Phyllis Wheatley freed.
1827 – Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing.
1830 – Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported.
1887 – Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms.
1942 – Count Basie records “One O’ Clock Jump”.
1964 – Carl T. Rowan named director of U.S. Information Agency.
1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft
evaders.
1987 – B.B. King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of
Mississippi. On the same day, he and Muddy Waters are inducted into
the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.
1993 – Congressman Mike Espy of Mississippi is confirmed as Secretary of
the Dept. of Agriculture.
1994 – Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane when she cut off her
husband’s penis.
2008 – Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its
biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst
result since 9/11, and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%.
HOROSCOPE
Being an Aquarius born on January 21st, you are known for your originality and versatile personality. While others look to society to find definition, you take completely to your own mind to define your interests and point of view. Your original nature has led you to develop a wide range of interests, hobbies and talents. Some may find you so original that it crosses the line into unusual, but nevertheless, others are enthralled with your one of a kind personality in social settings.
