{"id":2056,"date":"2025-06-20T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2025-06-19T04:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:30:26","slug":"cmn-almanac-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=2056","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, June 20th,<\/strong> the 171st day of the year.\u00a0 There are 194<\/p>\n

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

\"Lionel<\/a>
Lionel Richie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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

Cream Soda Day!\u00a0 National Bald Eagle Day!<\/p>\n

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

Bobby Nunn, 89, singer (Coasters)<\/p>\n

Lionel Richie, 76, singer\/songwriter<\/p>\n

Koko B. Ware, 58, wrestler<\/p>\n

\"Malivai<\/a>
Malivai Washington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Malivai Washington, 56, tennis player<\/p>\n

Rodney Rodgers, 54, basketball player<\/p>\n

LaVar Arrington, 48, football player<\/p>\n

Quinton Jackson, 47, mixed martial artist\/ actor<\/p>\n

Tika Sumpter, 45, actress<\/p>\n

Josh Childress, 42, basketball player<\/p>\n

Darren Sproles, 42, football player<\/p>\n

\"Larry<\/a>
Larry Riley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Terrelle Pryor, 35, football player<\/p>\n

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

Billy Guy, 89, singer (Coasters) (d. 2002)<\/p>\n

Larry Riley, 73, actor (d. 1992)<\/p>\n

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

Claydes Charles Smith, 2006, guitarist (Kool and the Gang) (b. 1948)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Floyd<\/a>
Floyd Patterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1871 –<\/b> Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Miss.<\/p>\n

1901\u00a0<\/strong>– Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from<\/p>\n

a US college.<\/p>\n

1911 –<\/b> NAACP incorporates in New York.<\/p>\n

1926 –<\/b> Mordecai W Johnson becomes 1st black president of<\/p>\n

Howard University.<\/p>\n

1936 –<\/b> Jesse Owens sets 100 meter record at 10.2.<\/p>\n

\"Jimi<\/a>
Jimi Hendrix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1940 –<\/b> Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight<\/p>\n

boxing title.<\/p>\n

1943 –<\/b> Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded.<\/p>\n

1960 –<\/b> Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for<\/p>\n

heavyweight boxing title.<\/p>\n

1967 –<\/b> Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction<\/p>\n

\"Lebron<\/a>
Lebron James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

into armed services.<\/p>\n

1968 –<\/b> Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters<\/p>\n

in under 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

1969 –<\/b> 150,000 attend Newport ’69, Jimi Hendrix gets<\/p>\n

$120,000 to appear.<\/p>\n

1980 –<\/b> Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title<\/p>\n

\"Nelson<\/a>
Nelson Mandela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by<\/p>\n

unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

1988 –<\/b> Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for<\/p>\n

private clubs to discriminate against women & minorities.<\/p>\n

1990 –<\/b> Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US.<\/p>\n

1994 –<\/b> OJ Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson<\/p>\n

& Ronald Goldman.<\/p>\n

2013 –<\/b> LeBron James is named NBA finals MVP for the second<\/p>\n

straight year.<\/p>\n

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

As a Gemini born on June 20th, you are no stranger to being called talkative. You embrace the outside world and are constantly striving to understand it. Your interests are wide and varied, as you take any given opportunity to pick up new pieces of information. As a communicator you are skilled and insightful. While others sometimes struggle to find the right words, you rarely encounter this issue. Your charm and sociability make you a valued friend and highly sought after companion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, June 20th, the 171st day of the year.\u00a0 There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0 Black Music Month, Gay Pride Month, National Candy Month, National Iced Tea Month, National Dairy Month, Ice Cream Soda Day!\u00a0 National Bald Eagle Day! CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Bobby Nunn, 89, singer …<\/p>\n

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