{"id":3225,"date":"2025-08-04T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=3225"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:21:19","slug":"cmn-almanac-125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=3225","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Monday, August 4th<\/strong>,\u00a0 the 216th day of the year. \u00a0 There are 149<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>
Paul Mooney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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

National Golf Month, National Picnic Month, Romance<\/p>\n

Awareness Month, Peach Month, U.S. Coast Guard Day,<\/p>\n

National Chocolate Chip Day!<\/p>\n

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

\"Pres.<\/a>
Pres. Barack Obama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Greg Foster, 67, hurdler<\/p>\n

Pres. Barack Obama, 64, 44th President of the United States<\/p>\n

Clyde Simmons, 61, football player<\/p>\n

Marques Houston, 43, rapper<\/p>\n

Tiffany Evans, 32, singer<\/p>\n

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

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

Robert Purvis, 214, abolitionist (d. 1898)<\/p>\n

Louis Armstrong, 124, trumpeter\/singer (d. 1971)<\/p>\n

Iceberg Slim, 107, author (d. 1992)<\/p>\n

Paul Mooney, 84, comedian (d. 2021)<\/p>\n

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

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Marques<\/a>
Marques Houston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1875\u00a0<\/strong>– The Convention of Colored Newspapermen is held in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

1896\u00a0<\/strong>– W.S. Grant patented the curtain rod support.<\/p>\n

1936\u00a0<\/strong>– “Long” John Woodruff wins an Olympic gold medal in the 800m run.<\/p>\n

1964\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James<\/p>\n

Cheney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21st.<\/p>\n

1969 –\u00a0<\/b>Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n

\"Keenan<\/a>
Keenan Ivory Wayans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1980 –\u00a0<\/b>Seattle Mariners replace manager Darrell Johnson with Maury Wills.<\/p>\n

1984 –\u00a0<\/b>Prince’s “Purple Rain” album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks.<\/p>\n

1985 –\u00a0<\/b>“Dreamgirls” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1522 performances.<\/p>\n

1993\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 A federal judge sentences Los Angeles police officers Stacey Koon<\/p>\n

and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney<\/p>\n

King’s civil rights.<\/p>\n

1997 –\u00a0<\/b>“Keenan Ivory Wayans Show” premieres on Fox TV.<\/p>\n

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

As a natural people person, there are a variety of careers open for you to pursue. Careers where people skills are key, such as sales or public relations may be a perfect fit. If you are more artistically inclined, a career in entertainment could put your creativity to good use. You may have the perfect amount of understanding, optimism and people skills to be a great leader. If this interests you, look to the political careers of Barack Obama and Elizabeth the Queen Mother for inspiration, as they were both also born on August 4th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Monday, August 4th,\u00a0 the 216th day of the year. \u00a0 There are 149 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0 National Catfish Month, National Golf Month, National Picnic Month, Romance Awareness Month, Peach Month, U.S. Coast Guard Day, National Chocolate Chip Day! CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Greg Foster, 67, hurdler Pres. …<\/p>\n

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