{"id":10360,"date":"2026-03-08T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=10360"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:34:24","slug":"cmn-almanac-340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=10360","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Sunday, March 8th<\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0the 66th day of the year. There are 299<\/p>\n

\"Lester<\/a>
Lester Holt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

days remaining until the end of the year.<\/p>\n

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES<\/strong>\u00a0Irish American Heritage Month,<\/p>\n

Music in Our Schools Month, National Craft Month, National Nutrition<\/p>\n

Month, National Peanut Month, National Women’s\u00a0History Month, Red<\/p>\n

Cross Month, Social Workers Month, National Bubble Week, Crochet<\/p>\n

Week , Be Nasty Day, International Women’s Day<\/p>\n

\"Cheryl<\/a>
Cheryl “Salt” James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lester Holt, 66, journalist<\/p>\n

Buck Williams, 66, basketball player<\/p>\n

Shaun Gayle, 64, football player<\/p>\n

Leon Robinson, 63, actor<\/p>\n

Cheryl “Salt” James, 62, rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)<\/p>\n

Kenny Smith, 61, basketball player\/sports announcer<\/p>\n

\"Boris<\/a>
Boris Kodjoe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boris Kodjoe, 52, actor<\/p>\n

Hines Ward, 50, football player<\/p>\n

HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mississippi John Hurt, 134, guitarist (d. 1966)<\/p>\n

DEATHS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Billy Eckstine, 1993, singer (b. 1915)<\/p>\n

\"Malcolm<\/a>
Malcolm X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1862 –<\/b>\u00a0St. Augustine, Florida surrenders to Union armies.<\/p>\n

1862 –<\/b>\u00a0Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in NYC for stealing 1,000 slaves.<\/p>\n

1876<\/strong> – Senate refused to seat P.B.S. Pinchbach of Louisiana.<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong> – Phyllis Mae Dailey becomes first Black nurse sworn into the Navy<\/p>\n

Nurse Corps.<\/p>\n

\"Curtis<\/a>
Curtis Mayfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1964 –<\/b>\u00a0Malcolm X\u00a0resigns from the Nation of Islam.<\/p>\n

1971 –<\/b>\u00a0Joe Frazier\u00a0beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight<\/p>\n

boxing title at Madison Sq. Garden.<\/p>\n

1971 –<\/b>\u00a0Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix’s “Star Spangled Banner”<\/p>\n

1997 –<\/b>\u00a011th Soul Train Music Awards: Curtis Mayfield, Babyface win.<\/p>\n

HOROSCOPE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being a Pisces born on March 8th, you are well known for your intuition, sensitivity and self-sacrificing nature. Your intuition helps to guide you through all aspects of life, but especially social situations. While others struggle to pick up on emotional cues, your ability to read a person’s feelings can be considered nearly psychic. These sensitive qualities have earned you many friends, but it is your selfless nature that makes you truly special. Your friends and family can recall numerous times when you put their needs far above your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Sunday, March 8th,\u00a0\u00a0the 66th day of the year. There are 299 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0Irish American Heritage Month, Music in Our Schools Month, National Craft Month, National Nutrition Month, National Peanut Month, National Women’s\u00a0History Month, Red Cross Month, Social Workers Month, National Bubble Week, Crochet Week …<\/p>\n

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