{"id":1590,"date":"2025-05-22T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2025-05-21T11:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:16:49","slug":"cmn-almanac-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1590","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Thursday, May 22nd<\/strong>, the 142nd day of the year.\u00a0 There are 223<\/p>\n

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

\"Bernard<\/a>
Bernard Shaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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

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

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

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

Hamburger Month,\u00a0Buy a Musical Instrument Day<\/p>\n

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

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

Roscoe Robinson, 97, gospel singer<\/p>\n

Calvin Simon, 83, singer (Parliament\/Funkadellic)<\/p>\n

Donald Royal, 59, basketball player<\/p>\n

Johnny Gill, 59, singer<\/p>\n

Randy Brown, 57, basketball player<\/p>\n

\"Naomi<\/a>
Naomi Campbell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Naomi Campbell, 55, model\/actress<\/p>\n

Donell Jones, 52, singer<\/p>\n

Vivian Green, 46, singer<\/p>\n

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

Paul Winfield, 86, actor (d. 2004)<\/p>\n

Bernard Shaw, 85, news correspondent (d. 2022)<\/p>\n

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

Langston Hughes, 1967, author\/poet\/playwright (b. 1902)<\/p>\n

Wesley Brown, 2012, 1st Black Naval Academy graduate (b. 1927)<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>
Paul Winfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1849\u00a0<\/strong>– Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying<\/p>\n

device, making him the only U.S. President to hold a patent.<\/p>\n

1856\u00a0<\/strong>– Con. Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Sen. Charles Sumner<\/p>\n

with a cane in the hall of the U.S. Senate for a speech Sumner made<\/p>\n

attacking Southerners who sympathized with pro-slavery violence<\/p>\n

in Kansas (“Bleeding Kansas”).<\/p>\n

\"Langston<\/a>
Langston Hughes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1906\u00a0<\/strong>– The Wright Bros. are granted a U.S. patent for their “Flying<\/p>\n

Machine”.<\/p>\n

1959\u00a0<\/strong>– Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the 1st Black major general<\/p>\n

in the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n

1964\u00a0<\/strong>– Pres. Lyndon Johnson announces the goals of his “Great<\/p>\n

Society” social reforms to bring an “end to poverty and racial<\/p>\n

injustice” in America.<\/p>\n

\"Benjamin<\/a>
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1966\u00a0<\/strong>– Bill Cosby becomes the 1st Black to win an Emmy Award for<\/p>\n

his starring role in “I Spy”.<\/p>\n

1980\u00a0<\/strong>– Namco releases the highly influential arcade game, Pac-Man.<\/p>\n

2002\u00a0<\/strong>– A Birmingham jury convicts former Ku Klux Klan member<\/p>\n

Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing<\/p>\n

of the 16th Baptist Church.<\/p>\n

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

It may help you in life to find an issue or problem that you feel passionate about. Like Harvey Milk, who was also born on May 22nd, your gift with words and communication could unite others and create change. If you don’t feel your gifts are best suited for oration, maybe your gifts would be better used on the page, which was the path of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes novels, who was also born on your birthday. Similarly, your quick mind could lead to success in more traditional fields, such as business, writing, education or management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Thursday, May 22nd, the 142nd day of the year.\u00a0 There are 223 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 Photograph Month, National Recommitment, National Salad Month, Older Americans Month, National Water …<\/p>\n

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