{"id":1535,"date":"2025-05-17T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2025-05-14T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:59:12","slug":"cmn-almanac-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1535","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Saturday, May 17th<\/strong>, the 137th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 228<\/p>\n

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

\"George<\/a>
George Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES<\/strong>\u00a0Date Your Mate Month,<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

Americans Month, National Water Safety Awareness<\/p>\n

Month, National Bike Week, Pack Rat Day<\/p>\n

\"Sugar<\/a>
Sugar Ray Leonard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Taj Mahal, 83, singer\/guitarist<\/p>\n

George Johnson, 72, singer\/guitarist (Brothers Johnson)<\/p>\n

Sugar Ray Leonard, 69, boxer<\/p>\n

Hill Harper, 59, actor\/author<\/p>\n

\"Hill<\/a>
Hill Harper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Danny Manning, 59, basketball player\/coach<\/p>\n

Hubert Davis, 55, basketball player<\/p>\n

Derrick Haddon, 51, singer<\/p>\n

Kandi Burruss, 49, singer<\/p>\n

Rochelle Aytes, 49, actress<\/p>\n

Tony Parker, 43, basketball player<\/p>\n

Channing Frye, 42, basketball player<\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/a>
Johnny “Guitar” Watson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taj Mowry, 39, actor<\/p>\n

Daniel Curtis Lee, 33, actor<\/p>\n

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

Cool Papa Bell, 122, baseball legend (d. 1991)<\/p>\n

Pervis Jackson, 87, singer (The Spinners) (d. 2008)<\/p>\n

Chris Henry, 41, football player (d. 2009)<\/p>\n

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

Johnny “Guitar” Watson, 1996, singer\/guitarist (b. 1935)<\/p>\n

Donna Summer, 2012, singer (b. 1948)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1787\u00a0<\/strong>– English slave ship,”Sisters”, en route from Africa to Cuba,<\/p>\n

capsizes.<\/p>\n

1792\u00a0<\/strong>– The New York Stock Exchange is formed.<\/p>\n

1881\u00a0<\/strong>– Frederick Douglas appointed recorder of deeds for Wash. D.C.<\/p>\n

\"Donna<\/a>
Donna Summer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1909\u00a0<\/strong>– White firemen in Georgia strike to protest against the hiring of<\/p>\n

Blacks.<\/p>\n

1915\u00a0<\/strong>– National Baptist Convention chartered.<\/p>\n

1954\u00a0<\/strong>– The U.S. Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in<\/p>\n

the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.<\/p>\n

1970\u00a0<\/strong>– Hank Aaron becomes the 9th player to get 3,000 hits.<\/p>\n

1973\u00a0<\/strong>– Stevie Wonder releases “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life”.<\/p>\n

\"Stevie<\/a>
Stevie Wonder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1980\u00a0<\/strong>– A major race riot occurs in Miami, Fl., 16 killed, 300 injured.<\/p>\n

1989\u00a0<\/strong>– Nelson Mandela receives a BA from the University of South<\/p>\n

Africa.<\/p>\n

2004\u00a0<\/strong>– The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed<\/p>\n

in the state of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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

Your sign’s paired element is Earth and in fact, of all the zodiac signs, only the Taurus has a fixed connection with Earth. Thanks to your elemental influence, your personality is as stable and firm as the very ground you walk on. In this sense, Earth can make you stubborn, but it also makes you practical. In all of your efforts and goals, Earth keeps you grounded and realistic. Embracing earthly prudence will play a key role in your future successes. However, you must avoid the overly cautious attitude that can plague Earth zodiac signs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Saturday, May 17th, the 137th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 228 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0Date Your Mate Month, Foster Care Month, National Bike Month, National Blood Pressure Month, National Hamburger Month, National Barbecue Month, National Photograph Month, National Recommitment Month, National Salad Month, Older Americans …<\/p>\n

CMN Almanac<\/span>Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cmn-almanc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16549,"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions\/16549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}