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Today is Saturday, March 21st<\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0the 80th day of the year. There are 285<\/p>\n

\"Russell<\/a>
Russell Thompkins Jr.<\/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, Red Cross Month,<\/p>\n

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

History Month, Social Worker’s Month, Fragrance Day<\/p>\n

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

\"Adrian<\/a>
Adrian Peterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rosemary Stone, 82, singer\/pianist (Sly & Family Stone)<\/p>\n

Russell Thompkins Jr., 75, singer (Stylistics)<\/p>\n

Sabrina Le Beauf, 69, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show)<\/p>\n

Scott Williams, 59, basketball player<\/p>\n

Yandy Smith, 43, reality star<\/p>\n

Adrian Peterson, 41, football player<\/p>\n

Soniqua Martin-Green, 41, actress<\/p>\n

\"Al<\/a>
Al Freeman Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Diggy Simmons, 31, rapper<\/p>\n

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

Henry O. Flipper, 170, first African American West Point grad (d. 1940)<\/p>\n

Drew Bundini Brown, 100, boxing coach (d. 1987)<\/p>\n

Al Freeman Jr., 91, actor (d. 2012)<\/p>\n

Solomon Burke, 86, singer (d. 2010)<\/p>\n

Richard “Dimples” Fields, 84, singer (d. 2000)<\/p>\n

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

\"Drew<\/a>
Drew “Bundini” Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Loleatta Holloway, 2011, singer (b. 1946)<\/p>\n

Chinua Acheba, 2013, poet\/novelist (b. 1931)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1492 –<\/b>\u00a0Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus.<\/p>\n

1788 –<\/b>\u00a0Olaudah Equiano, a freed slave, petitions King George III and<\/p>\n

Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans.<\/p>\n

1941 –<\/b> Joe Louis\u00a0KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title.<\/p>\n

\"Arthur<\/a>
Arthur Ashe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1946 –<\/b>\u00a0Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933.<\/p>\n

1965 –<\/b>\u00a0Martin Luther King\u00a0Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery,<\/p>\n

Alabama.<\/p>\n

1980 –<\/b>\u00a0On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot.<\/p>\n

1985 –<\/b>\u00a0Arthur Ashe\u00a0is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> – Twitter makes its first tweet.<\/p>\n

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

As an Aries born on March 21st, your personality is defined by your energy and passion. In all matters of life that you feel to be worthwhile, you display a great amount of enthusiasm. This quality allows you to realize that there are few things capable of derailing your success. Your friends and family admire your passion, which probably explains why they seem to openly follow your lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Saturday, March 21st,\u00a0\u00a0the 80th day of the year. There are 285 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES \u00a0Irish American Heritage Month, Music in Our Schools Month, National Craft Month, Red Cross Month, National Nutrition Month, National Peanut Month, National Women’s History Month, Social Worker’s Month, Fragrance Day CELEBRITY …<\/p>\n

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