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Today is Thursday, October 19th, the 292nd day of the year. There are 73

days remaining until the end of the year and 67 days remaining until Christmas.

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, National Vegetarian Month, Lupus Awareness

Month, Seafood Month, National Popcorn Popping Month, National

Pizza Month, Evaluate Your Life Day

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Lloyd Haynes, 91, actor (Room 222)

Johnnetta Cole, 87, educator

George McCrae, 79, singer (Rock Your Baby)

Peter Tosh, 79, reggae musician

Joe Bryant, 69, basketball player

Lonnie Shelton, 68, basketball player

Michael Steele, 65, politician

Jennifer Holliday, 63, singer/actress

Evander Holyfield, 61, boxer

Sinitta, 60, singer

Webster Slaughter, 59, football player

Brad Daugherty, 58, basketball player

Omar Gooding, 47, actor

Joy Bryant, 47, model

Samuel Nascimento, 33, actor

HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS

LaWanda Page, 103, actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford & Sons) (d. 2002)

Juanita Moore, 101, actress (d. 2014)

DEATHS

Rudy Ray Moore, 2008, comedian/actor (Dolemite) (b. 1937)

ON THIS DATE IN…

1870 – 1st African Americans (4) elected to US House of Representatives.

1943 – Theater Guild presentation of “Othello” opens at Shubert starring

Paul Robeson.

1944 – US Navy says black women can join WAVES.

1960 – Martin Luther King Jr. arrested in Atlanta sit-in.

1983 – Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday.

2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

HOROSCOPE

Being a Libra born on October 19th, your analytical mind is paired nicely with your highly social nature. While you’re comfortable alone, it is not your preferred environment. You are energized by a social setting, where your mind can come alive with exciting ways to express your ideas to those around you. Your friends, peers and coworkers quickly recognize your intelligence and as they get closer to you, they also grow to appreciate your loyalty. You put great effort into being dependable for family, friends and those closest to you.