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Today is Tuesday, August 5th<\/strong>, the 217th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 148<\/p>\n

\"Ja'net<\/a>
Ja’net Dubois<\/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, National Simplify Your<\/p>\n

Life Week, National Underwear Day, National Oyster Day<\/p>\n

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

\"Patrick<\/a>
Patrick Ewing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chip Fields, 74, actress<\/p>\n

Patrick Ewing, 63, basketball player\/coach<\/p>\n

Otis Thorpe, 63, basketball player<\/p>\n

Funkmaster Flex, 57, rapper\/producer\/radio host<\/p>\n

DeRay Davis, 57, actor<\/p>\n

Kent King, 51, actress<\/p>\n

\"George<\/a>
George Duke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carl Crawford, 44, baseball player<\/p>\n

Lolo Jones, 43, track star<\/p>\n

Vanessa Simmons, 42, reality star<\/p>\n

Dawn Richard, 42, singer<\/p>\n

C.J. Spiller, 38, football player<\/p>\n

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

\"Garrett<\/a>
Garrett A. Morgan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/b> James A. Healy, 195, 1st black bishop in America (d. 1900)<\/p>\n

Gertrude E. Durden Rush, 145, composer\/playwright 9d. 1962)<\/p>\n

Ja’net Dubois, 80, actress (Good Times) (d. (2019)<\/p>\n

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

James Augustine Healy, 1900, black Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1830)<\/p>\n

George Duke, 2013, singer\/songwriter\/keyboard player\/producer (b. 1946)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1624 –\u00a0<\/b>William of Jamestown Va. is the 1st black child born in English America.<\/p>\n

\"Evelyn<\/a>
Evelyn Ashford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1864\u00a0<\/strong>– Gunner, John Lawson earned Congressional Medal.<\/p>\n

1914\u00a0<\/strong>– The first electric traffic lights, invented by Garrett Morgan installed in<\/p>\n

Cleveland.<\/p>\n

1936 –<\/b> At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal.<\/p>\n

1950 –\u00a0<\/b>Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain heavyweight boxing title.<\/p>\n

1957\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0American Bandstand <\/i>debuts on the ABC television network.<\/p>\n

1962\u00a0<\/strong>– Nelson Mandela imprisoned in South Africa. He would not be<\/p>\n

released until 1990.<\/p>\n

\"Stevie<\/a>
Stevie Wonder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1966 –\u00a0<\/b>Martin Luther King Jr. stoned during Chicago march.<\/p>\n

1970 –\u00a0<\/b>Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail.<\/p>\n

1975 –\u00a0<\/b>Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown.<\/p>\n

1979 –\u00a0<\/b>Willie Mays inducted in Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

1984\u00a0<\/strong>– Track and Field stars Evelyn Ashford and Edwin Moses win gold<\/p>\n

medals in the Los Angeles Olympics.<\/p>\n

1992 –\u00a0<\/b>4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge.<\/p>\n

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

As a Leo born on August 5th, your personality is dominated by your humorous and optimistic nature. While others choose to stay on the sidelines, you gravitate to the spotlight. You love to make people laugh and always try to impress your peers with quick whit and clever observations. While this attribute is enough to gain you many friends, people also appreciate your positive outlook. Your close friends and family never seem to get over your ability to make the best out of a bad situation.<\/section>\n
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Today is Tuesday, August 5th, the 217th day of the year.\u00a0 There are 148 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, National Simplify Your Life Week, National Underwear Day, National Oyster Day CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Chip Fields, 74, …<\/p>\n

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