{"id":10595,"date":"2026-03-15T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2026-03-15T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:24:58","slug":"cmn-almanac-347","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=10595","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Sunday, March 15th<\/strong>, the 74th day of the year. There are 291<\/p>\n

\"Sly<\/a>
Sly Stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

days remaining until the end of the year. \u00a0In the Roman calendar, March 15<\/p>\n

was known as the Ides of March.<\/p>\n

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Irish American Heritage Month,<\/p>\n

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

National Peanut Month, National Women’s History Month, Social<\/p>\n

Workers Month, National Nutrition Month<\/p>\n

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

\"Mike<\/a>
Mike Tomlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sly Stone, 83, singer (Sly & the Family Stone)<\/p>\n

Howard Scott, 81, guitarist\/singer (War)<\/p>\n

Jean Carne, 79, singer<\/p>\n

Terence Trent D’Arby, 64, singer<\/p>\n

Rockwell, 63, singer (Somebody’s Watching Me)<\/p>\n

Mike Tomlin, 55, football coach<\/p>\n

Will I Am, 52, singer<\/p>\n

Young Buck, 46, rapper<\/p>\n

Jabari Parker, 32, basketball player<\/p>\n

\"Will.I.Am\"<\/a>
Will.I.Am<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Lightnin’ [Sam] Hopkins, 115, blues singer<\/p>\n

Ralph Macdonald, 82, percussionist (d. 2011)<\/p>\n

Bobby Bond, 81, baseball player (father of Barry) (d. 2003)<\/p>\n

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

Nate Dogg, 2011, rapper (b. 1969)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1827 –<\/b>\u00a0Freedom’s Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes.<\/p>\n

1933 –<\/b>\u00a0NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination.<\/p>\n

\"Oscar<\/a>
Oscar Robertson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1947 –<\/b>\u00a0John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n

1958 –<\/b> Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati scores a NCAA Midwest<\/p>\n

region-record 56 pts.<\/p>\n

1958 –<\/b>\u00a0Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff<\/p>\n

game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma & is permanently disabled<\/p>\n

1964 – <\/b>Pres. Lyndon Johnson\u00a0asks for a War on Poverty.<\/p>\n

1965 –<\/b>\u00a0Pres. Lyndon Johnson\u00a0asks congress to ensure everybody’s right<\/p>\n

to vote.<\/p>\n

\"Toni<\/a>
Toni Braxton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1966 –<\/b>\u00a0Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

1968 –<\/b>\u00a0LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix\u00a0“most spectacular guitarist in the world”.<\/p>\n

1988 –<\/b>\u00a0Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop.<\/p>\n

1991 –<\/b>\u00a04 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King.
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

1994 –<\/b>\u00a08th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston\u00a0win.<\/p>\n

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

As a Pisces born on March 15th, your passion and open mindedness define you. In all matters of life, you bring intensity and passion. This explains why you will devote an endless amount of time and effort into anything that you feel are worthwhile, especially family\/loved ones. While others prefer to stick to the familiar, you spend a lot of time experimenting. Since you are willing to try anything at least once, you have amassed a wide variety of interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Sunday, March 15th, the 74th day of the year. There are 291 days remaining until the end of the year. \u00a0In the Roman calendar, March 15 was known as the Ides of March. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0Irish American Heritage Month, Music in Our Schools Month, National Craft Month, Red Cross Month, National Peanut Month, …<\/p>\n

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