{"id":1218,"date":"2026-04-16T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:21:25","slug":"cmn-almanac-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Thursday, April 16th<\/strong>, the 106th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 259<\/p>\n

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

\"Kareem<\/a>
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES<\/strong> National Autism Awareness Month,<\/p>\n

National Child Abuse Prevention Month, National Humor Month, Lawn<\/p>\n

and Garden Month, International Guitar Month, National Pecan Month,<\/p>\n

Stress Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, National<\/p>\n

Poetry Month, Organize Your Files Week, National Librarian Day,<\/p>\n

National Stress Awareness Day, Mushroom Day, National High Five Day!<\/p>\n

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

\"Martin<\/a>
Martin Lawrence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 79, basketball legend<\/p>\n

Martin Lawrence, 61, comedian<\/p>\n

Walt Williams, 56, basketball player<\/p>\n

Akon, 53, singer<\/p>\n

Keon Clark, 50, basketball player<\/p>\n

Jonathan Vilma, 45, football player<\/p>\n

Boris Diaw, 44, basketball player<\/p>\n

Luol Deng, 41, basketball player<\/p>\n

Chance The Rapper, 33, rapper<\/p>\n

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

Dick “Night Train” Lane, 99, football player (d. 2002)<\/p>\n

Roy Hamilton, 97, singer (d. 1969)<\/p>\n

Ed Townsend, 97, songwriter\/producer (d. 2003)<\/p>\n

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

Ralph Ellison, 1994, author (b. 1913)<\/p>\n

\"Ralph<\/a>
Ralph Ellison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Victims in the Va. Tech Massacre, 2007<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

1724\u00a0<\/strong>– 1st Easter observed.<\/p>\n

1862\u00a0<\/strong>– The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a<\/p>\n

bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.<\/p>\n

1869\u00a0<\/strong>– Ebenezer Bassett, 1st Black U.S. diplomat, begins service in<\/p>\n

Haiti.<\/p>\n

1963\u00a0<\/strong>– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his “Letter From A Birmingham<\/p>\n

\"Martin<\/a>
Martin Luther King Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jail” while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting<\/p>\n

against segregation.<\/p>\n

1965\u00a0<\/strong>– Major General B.O. Davis Jr. becomes Lt. General, highest<\/p>\n

rank held by a Black in the U.S. Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

1977\u00a0<\/strong>– Alex Haley finds his “Roots” in Juffure, Gambia.<\/p>\n

1980\u00a0<\/strong>– Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.<\/p>\n

1987\u00a0<\/strong>– August Wilson’s “Fences” wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama.<\/p>\n

1993\u00a0<\/strong>– Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against police<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/a>
Alex Haley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

officer who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until<\/p>\n

April 17th.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0<\/strong>– Michael Jordan plays his last NBA game.<\/p>\n

2007\u00a0<\/strong>– Virginia Tech massacre: the deadliest mass shooting in<\/p>\n

modern American history.\u00a0 The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, kills<\/p>\n

32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.<\/p>\n

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

Being an Aries born on April 16th, your optimism and generosity are amongst your most defining qualities. You are definitely a people person, which is assisted by your ability to see the best in everyone you meet. This same positive attitude can be witnessed in all aspects of your life, as you can always see the “silver lining” in the most seemingly bleak situations. Your friends and family often marvel at your optimism, but it may be your generosity that they appreciate the most. You are a natural giver and would do just about anything to help a loved one in need.<\/p>\n

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Today is Thursday, April 16th, the 106th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 259 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Autism Awareness Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, National Humor Month, Lawn and Garden Month, International Guitar Month, National Pecan Month, Stress Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, National …<\/p>\n

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