{"id":1279,"date":"2026-04-23T05:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:59:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:59:28","slug":"cmn-almanac-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today is Thursday, April 23rd<\/strong>, the 113th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 252<\/p>\n<p>days remaining until the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES<\/strong>\u00a0 National Autism Awareness Month,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1283\" style=\"width: 95px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Narada-Michael-Walden-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1283 \" src=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Narada-Michael-Walden-picture.jpg\" alt=\"Narada Michael Walden\" width=\"95\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Narada Michael Walden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>National Child Abuse Prevention Month, National Humor Month, Lawn<\/p>\n<p>and Garden Month, International Guitar Month, Keep America Beautiful<\/p>\n<p>Month, National Pecan Month, National Poetry Month, Sexual Assault<\/p>\n<p>Awareness Month, Stress Awareness Month, Administrative Assistants<\/p>\n<p>Week, National Karaoke Week, Take a Chance Day,<\/p>\n<p>Lover&#8217;s Day<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11073\" style=\"width: 97px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Andruw-Jones-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11073 \" src=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Andruw-Jones-picture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Andruw Jones\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andruw Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bunky Green, 91, musician<\/p>\n<p>Narada Michael Walden, 74, singer\/producer<\/p>\n<p>Andruw Jones, 48, baseball player<\/p>\n<p>Taio Cruz, 40, singer<\/p>\n<p>Syd Tha Kyd, 32, DJ<\/p>\n<p><strong>HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1284\" style=\"width: 97px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Granville-T.-Woods-picture-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1284 \" src=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Granville-T.-Woods-picture-2-150x117.jpg\" alt=\"Granville T. Woods\" width=\"97\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Granville T. Woods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Granville T. Woods, 170, scientist (d. 1910)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEATHS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Earl Ray, 1998, Martin Luther King assassin (b. 1928)<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1860\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Democratic Convention in Charleston, South Carolina is<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1285\" style=\"width: 99px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/James-Baldwin-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1285 \" src=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/James-Baldwin-picture.jpg\" alt=\"James Baldwin\" width=\"99\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Baldwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>divided over slavery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1872\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Charlotte E. Ray is the first Black woman\u00a0 to graduate from<\/p>\n<p>law school (Howard University) and admitted to the bar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1954\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Hammerin Hank Aaron hits the first of his 755 home runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; James Baldwin&#8217;s &#8220;Blues for Mr. Charlie&#8221; premieres in New York<\/p>\n<p>City.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1286\" style=\"width: 106px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Joe-Morgan-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1286 \" src=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Joe-Morgan-picture.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Morgan\" width=\"106\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Morgan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1969\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Robert Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1978\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; The Cincinnati Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91<\/p>\n<p>consecutive errorless games at 2nd base.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1984\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; AIDS virus identified.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Coca Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke.\u00a0 The<\/p>\n<p>response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is<\/p>\n<p>back on the market in less than 3 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Kareem Abdul Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1287\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Marion-Berry-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1287 \" src=\"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Marion-Berry-picture.jpg\" alt=\"Marion Berry\" width=\"105\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marion Berry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1992\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Former Washington D.C. Mayor, Marion Berry is released<\/p>\n<p>from prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995 \u00a0<\/strong>-Pres. Clinton declares a national day of mourning for the<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City bombing victims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOROSCOPE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a Taurus born on April 23rd, your determination and stability are amongst your most defining qualities. Once you have set a path for yourself, you stick to it with great determination. At times, you may become so dedicated to a task that you forget to address your most basic human needs. While others admire your determined nature, your efforts are to insure security and stability in life. There is little you value you more than a comfortable existence and you will not rest until you have acquired it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Thursday, April 23rd, the 113th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 252 days remaining until the end of the year. 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