{"id":2883,"date":"2025-07-24T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:02:13","slug":"cmn-almanac-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=2883","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Thursday, July<\/strong> 24th<\/strong>, the 206th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 160<\/p>\n

\"Barry<\/a>
Barry Bonds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES<\/strong>\u00a0 National Hot Dog Month,<\/p>\n

National Ice Cream Month, National Blueberry Month, Unlucky<\/p>\n

Month for Weddings, Amelia Earhart Day, Cousins Day, National<\/p>\n

Tequila Day, Tell An Old Joke Day<\/p>\n

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

Willie Davis, 91, football legend<\/p>\n

Joe Barry Carroll, 67, basketball player<\/p>\n

\"Kadeem<\/a>
Kadeem Hardison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karl Malone, 62, basketball player<\/p>\n

Barry Bonds, 61, baseball player<\/p>\n

Brian Blades, 60, football player<\/p>\n

Kadeem Hardison, 60, actor<\/p>\n

Rick Fox, 56, basketball player\/actor<\/p>\n

Jennifer Lopez, 56, actress\/singer<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/a>
Jennifer Lopez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Ira Aldridge, 223, actor (d. 1867)<\/p>\n

Alexander Dumas, 223, author\/playwright (d. 1870)<\/p>\n

Walt Bellamy, 87, basketball player (d. 2013)<\/p>\n

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

Mary Church Terrell, 1954, educator\/civil rights leader (b. 1854)<\/p>\n

\"Sherman<\/a>
Sherman Hemsley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sherman Hemsley, 2012, actor (b. 1938)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1651 –\u00a0<\/b>Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Virginia.<\/p>\n

1799 –<\/b> William Clark of Lewis & Clark is willed the slave “York”.<\/p>\n

1866\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 \u00a0Reconstruction:\u00a0 Tennessee becomes the first state to be readmitted<\/p>\n

to the Union following the American Civil War.<\/p>\n

1896\u00a0<\/strong>– Booker T. Washington is the first African American to receive an<\/p>\n

\"UNCF\"<\/a>
UNCF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

honorary M.A. degree from Harvard.<\/p>\n

1924\u00a0<\/strong>– United Negro College Fund founded.<\/p>\n

1937 –\u00a0<\/strong>Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called “Scottsboro Boys””.<\/p>\n

1954\u00a0<\/strong>– Charles Bush (Black) named page in Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

1969 –\u00a0<\/strong>Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

1969 –<\/b> Muhamad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army on appeal.<\/p>\n

1973 –<\/b> All star MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants).<\/p>\n

1983 –<\/b> Sonya Robinson, (Milwaukee), 23, crowned 16th Miss Black America.<\/p>\n

1989 –\u00a0<\/b>Paula Gwynn, 22, crowned 21st Miss Black America.<\/p>\n

1993 –\u00a0<\/b>Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans.<\/p>\n

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

A relentless work ethic paired with creativity makes a variety of careers available to you. Fast-paced careers such as advertising or public relations may be of great satisfaction. LIkewise, your leadership abilities would make a career as a business executive or manager rewarding. At the same time, you may want to blaze a completely new path of your own. If so, look to the entrepreneurial spirit of Jennifer Lopez or the fearlessness spirit of Amelia Earhart, who were both born on July 24th, for inspiration.<\/p>\n

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Today is Thursday, July 24th, the 206th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 160 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0 National Hot Dog Month, National Ice Cream Month, National Blueberry Month, Unlucky Month for Weddings, Amelia Earhart Day, Cousins Day, National Tequila Day, Tell An Old Joke Day CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS …<\/p>\n

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