{"id":1777,"date":"2026-06-05T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:26:35","slug":"cmn-almanac-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1777","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, June 5th<\/strong>, the 156th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 209<\/p>\n

\"Tommie<\/a>
Tommie Smith & John Carlos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES<\/strong>\u00a0 Black Music Month,<\/p>\n

National Candy Month, Gay Pride Month, National Dairy<\/p>\n

Month, National Iced Tea Month, National Dairy Month,<\/p>\n

Adopt a Cat Month, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables<\/p>\n

Month, Rose Month, Turkey Lovers Month, World<\/p>\n

Environment Day<\/p>\n

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

\"Kenny<\/a>
Kenny G<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tommie Smith, 82, track and field legend<\/p>\n

John Carlos, 81, track and field legend<\/p>\n

Freddie Stone, 80, guitarist (Sly and the Family Stone)<\/p>\n

Kenny G., 70, jazz saxophonist<\/p>\n

Michael Winans, 67, gospel singer<\/p>\n

Brian McKnight, 58, singer<\/p>\n

Lamon Brewster, 53, boxer<\/p>\n

Tory Holt, 50, football player<\/p>\n

\"Brian<\/a>
Brian McKnight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marques Colston, 43, football player<\/p>\n

Marcus Thornton, 39, basketball player<\/p>\n

Steelo Brim, 38, TV show host<\/p>\n

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

Ronnie Dyson, 76, singer (d. 1990)<\/p>\n

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

Clarence Pendleton, 1988, civil rights leader (b. 1930)<\/p>\n

\"Harriet<\/a>
Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1829\u00a0<\/strong>– HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship “Voladora”<\/p>\n

off the coast of Cuba.<\/p>\n

1851\u00a0<\/strong>– Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery serial, “Uncle Tom’s<\/p>\n

Cabin”, or “Life Among The Lowly”, starts a ten-month run in<\/p>\n

the National Era abolitionist newspaper.<\/p>\n

1907\u00a0<\/strong>– Jockey, Jimmy Lee makes racing history.<\/p>\n

1940\u00a0<\/strong>– The American Negro Theater organizes.<\/p>\n

\"Clarence<\/a>
Clarence Pendleton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1950\u00a0<\/strong>– U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation.<\/p>\n

1956\u00a0<\/strong>– Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses,<\/p>\n

unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

1968\u00a0<\/strong>– Presidential candidate, Sen. Robert Kennedy, is shot at the<\/p>\n

Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan Sirhan.\u00a0 Kennedy dies<\/p>\n

the next day.<\/p>\n

1981\u00a0<\/strong>– The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Center for<\/p>\n

\"Mae<\/a>
Mae Jemison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Disease Control and Prevention reports that 5 people in L.A. have<\/p>\n

a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune<\/p>\n

systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.<\/p>\n

1987\u00a0<\/strong>– Dwight Gooden returns to baseball from drug rehabilitation<\/p>\n

and allow wins.<\/p>\n

1987\u00a0<\/strong>– Mae Jemison became the 1st Black female astronaut.<\/p>\n

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

As a Gemini born on June 5th, you take great pride in your ability to communicate. You are energized by the outside world and take most opportunities to share your observations with others. Your friends and peers have always been impressed with your ability to string together valuable insight in an instant, but you feel that the ability is natural. While less aware individuals may call you talkative or a chatterbox, your close friends value your sociability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, June 5th, the 156th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 209 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0 Black Music Month, National Candy Month, Gay Pride Month, National Dairy Month, National Iced Tea Month, National Dairy Month, Adopt a Cat Month, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month, Rose …<\/p>\n

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