{"id":1399,"date":"2026-05-05T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:36:20","slug":"cmn-almanac-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1399","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Tuesday, May 5th<\/strong>, the 125th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 240<\/p>\n

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

\"Raheem<\/a>
Raheem DeVaughn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0 <\/strong>Date Your Mate Month,<\/p>\n

Foster Care Month, National Barbecue Month, National Bike<\/p>\n

Month, National Blood Pressure Month, National Hamburger<\/p>\n

Month, National Photograph Month, National Recommitment<\/p>\n

Month, National Salad Month, Older Americans Month, National<\/p>\n

Water Safety Month, Nurse’s Week , National Hoagie Day, Oyster<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a>
Chris Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day, Cinco De Mayo<\/p>\n

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

LaPhonso Ellis, 56, basketball player<\/p>\n

Harold Miner, 54, basketball player<\/p>\n

Muhsin Muhammad, 53, football player<\/p>\n

Raheem DeVaughn, 51, singer<\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/a>
Johnny Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ike Taylor, 46, football player<\/p>\n

DeMarr Johnson, 45, basketball player<\/p>\n

Chris Brown, 37, singer<\/p>\n

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

Blind Willie McTell, 125, singer\/guitarist (d. 1959)<\/p>\n

Johnny Taylor, 92, singer (d. 2000)<\/p>\n

\"Gwendolyn<\/a>
Gwendolyn Brooks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jim Kelly, 80, martial artist\/actor<\/p>\n

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

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1798\u00a0<\/strong>– Date of Thaddeus Koscusko’s Will for education of Blacks.<\/p>\n

1862\u00a0<\/strong>– Cinco de Mayo: Mexican and Black troops led by Ignacio<\/p>\n

Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.<\/p>\n

1866\u00a0<\/strong>– Memorial Day first celebrated in the United States.<\/p>\n

\"Eugene<\/a>
Eugene Marino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1897\u00a0<\/strong>– Black inventor, J.H. Smith patented the lawn sprinkler.<\/p>\n

1905 –\u00a0<\/strong>Robert Abbot founds the Chicago Defender with a capital<\/p>\n

outlay of twenty-five cents.<\/p>\n

1935\u00a0<\/strong>– Jesse Owens sets the long jump record at 26′ 8 1\/2″.<\/p>\n

1950\u00a0<\/strong>– Gwendolyn Brooks wins Pulitzer Prize in poetry for<\/p>\n

Annie Allen.<\/p>\n

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

1961\u00a0<\/strong>– Freedom Riders begin protesting bus segregation.<\/p>\n

1966\u00a0<\/strong>– Willie Mays hits his 512th home run.<\/p>\n

1988\u00a0<\/strong>– Eugene A. Marino installed as 1st Black US Archbishop.<\/p>\n

1989\u00a0<\/strong>– Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in<\/p>\n

Albany, NY.<\/p>\n

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

With your active mind and determination, there are few limits on your career potential. Business sense and practicality make you perfect for fields such as real estate, promotion, advertising or sales. On the other hand, your analytical mind could take you into the depths of intellectual thinking or philosophy, which was the path of Karl Marx, who was also born on May 5th. If you take time to develop your musical talents, your charms could be effective on stage, not unlike Adele, another of your celebrity birthday twins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Tuesday, May 5th, the 125th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 240 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0 Date Your Mate Month, Foster Care Month, National Barbecue Month, National Bike Month, National Blood Pressure Month, National Hamburger Month, National Photograph Month, National Recommitment Month, National Salad Month, Older …<\/p>\n

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