{"id":1958,"date":"2025-06-17T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2025-06-12T07:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:27:25","slug":"cmn-almanac-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=1958","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Tuesday, June 17<\/strong>, the 168th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 197<\/p>\n

\"Krayzie<\/a>
Krayzie Bone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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

National Candy Month, National Dairy Month, E-mail week, Eat Your<\/p>\n

Vegetables Day!<\/p>\n

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

Bobby Bell, 85, football player<\/p>\n

\"Venus<\/a>
Venus Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ray Seals, 60, football player<\/p>\n

Popeye Jones, 55, basketball player<\/p>\n

Krayzie Bone, 52, rapper\/producer (Bone Thugs N Harmony)<\/p>\n

Venus Williams, 45, tennis player<\/p>\n

Alex, 43, soccer player<\/p>\n

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

\"James<\/a>
James Weldon Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

James Weldon Johnson, 154, author\/ journalist\/activist (d. 1938)<\/p>\n

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

Willie Davenport, 2002, hurdler (b. 1943)<\/p>\n

Rodney King, 2012, victim of police brutality (b. 1965)<\/p>\n

R.C. Owens, 2012, football player (b. 1934)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rodney<\/a>
Rodney King<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1775 –<\/b> Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed’s Hill)<\/p>\n

1885<\/strong> \u2013 The Statue\u00a0 of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.<\/p>\n

1957 –<\/b> Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)<\/p>\n

1971<\/strong> \u2013 President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War On Drugs.<\/p>\n

1972<\/strong> \u2013 Watergate Scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the<\/p>\n

offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the<\/p>\n

\"O.J.<\/a>
O.J. Simpson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.<\/p>\n

1992 –<\/b> Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong> \u2013 Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the<\/p>\n

murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.<\/p>\n

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

The Gemini sign is paired with the air element and you have actually have the most fluid connection with air out of all 12 zodiac signs. It is because of the influence of moving air that curiosity and a pursuit of knowledge seems to stir inside you constantly. Your interests are blown in a variety of directions and you have little choice but to follow them. In this way, the influence of air is one of the greatest contributors to your unique personality. You should be weary of the qualities of stagnant air, which can create an unemotional and aloof state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Tuesday, June 17, the 168th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 197 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Black Music Month, Gay Pride Month, National Candy Month, National Dairy Month, E-mail week, Eat Your Vegetables Day! CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Bobby Bell, 85, football player Ray Seals, 60, football player …<\/p>\n

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