{"id":2913,"date":"2025-07-25T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:08:00","slug":"cmn-almanac-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=2913","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, July<\/strong> 25th<\/strong>, the 206th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 159<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

Month for Weddings, Culinarians Day, Threading The Needle Day,<\/p>\n

National Chili Dog Day!<\/p>\n

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

Rita Marley, 79, singer<\/p>\n

\"Wendy<\/a>
Wendy Raquel Robinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verdine White, 74, bass player\/producer (Earth, Wind & Fire)<\/p>\n

Iman, 70, model\/actress<\/p>\n

Wendy Raquel Robinson, 57, actress<\/p>\n

D.B. Woodside, 55, actor<\/p>\n

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

Woody Strode, 110, football player\/actor (d. 1994)<\/p>\n

Benny Benjamin, 100, drummer (The Funk Brothers) (d. 1969)<\/p>\n

Nate Thurmond, 84, basketball player (2016)<\/p>\n

\"Woody<\/a>
Woody Strode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emmett Till, 84, murder victim (d. 1955)<\/p>\n

Walter Payton, 71, football player (d. 1999)<\/p>\n

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

Big Mama Thornton, 1984, singer\/songwriter (b. 1926)<\/p>\n

<\/b> Carl Brashear, 2006,\u00a0 first African-American U.S Navy Master<\/p>\n

Diver (b. 1931)<\/p>\n

Vernon Forrest, 2009, boxer (b. 1971)<\/p>\n

\"Emmett<\/a>
Emmett Till<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1777\u00a0<\/strong>– First Black Baptist church in America organized by<\/p>\n

eight slaves at Silver Bluff, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

1861 –\u00a0<\/strong>The U.S. Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson<\/p>\n

Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve<\/p>\n

the Union and not to end slavery.<\/p>\n

1916\u00a0<\/strong>– Wearing the protective mask he invented, Garrett Morgan<\/p>\n

\"Walter<\/a>
Walter Payton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

enters a gas-filled tunnel with a rescue party after an under-<\/p>\n

ground explosion in Cleveland, six lives are saved.<\/p>\n

1933 –\u00a0<\/b>1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington<\/p>\n

1943 –\u00a0<\/b>1st warship named for a Black person, SS Leonard<\/p>\n

Roy Harmon, launched.<\/p>\n

1966\u00a0<\/b>– The Supremes release “You Can’t Hurry Love”.<\/p>\n

1969 –<\/b> Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene<\/p>\n

of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Supremes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

that killed Mary Jo Kopechne.<\/p>\n

1972 –<\/b> US health officials concede blacks were used as<\/p>\n

guinea pigs in 40 year syphilis experiment.<\/p>\n

1978\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Louise Brown, the world’s first “test tube baby”<\/p>\n

is born.<\/p>\n

1997 –\u00a0<\/b>Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort<\/p>\n

$40M from Bill Cosby.<\/p>\n

2012 –\u00a0<\/b>The 2012 Summer Olympics begin.<\/p>\n

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

Being a Leo born on July 25th, you are characterized by your highly outgoing and independent nature. While others may stray away from being the center of attention, it is a place where you thrive. Your highly social nature makes you a person that takes fulfillment from loving and being loved. While you are warm, you also naturally take charge and never turn down an opportunity to take control. In most cases this quality is appreciated by your loved ones, although they may sometimes feel you are being downright bossy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, July 25th, the 206th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 159 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Hot Dog Month, National Ice Cream Month, National Blueberry Month, Unlucky Month for Weddings, Culinarians Day, Threading The Needle Day, National Chili Dog Day! CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Rita Marley, 79, …<\/p>\n

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