{"id":4112,"date":"2025-08-28T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=4112"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:11:47","slug":"cmn-almanac-149","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=4112","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Thursday, August 28th<\/strong>, the 240th day of the year. There are 125<\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/a>
Jeff Green<\/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, Peach Month,<\/p>\n

Romance Awareness Month, Be Kind to Humankind Week,<\/p>\n

Race Your Mouse Day<\/p>\n

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

\"Rokie<\/a>
Rokie Roker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eugene Byrd, 50, actor<\/p>\n

Nate Washington, 42, football player<\/p>\n

Tanisha Thomas, 40, reality star<\/p>\n

Jeff Green, 39, basketball player<\/p>\n

Kyle Massey, 34, actor<\/p>\n

Quvenzhane Wallis, 22, actress<\/p>\n

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

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

<\/b>Rokie Roker, 96, actress (The Jeffersons) (d. 1995)<\/p>\n

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

Jean Baptiste Pont Du Sable, 1818, founder of Chicago (b. 1750)<\/p>\n

Emmett Till, 1955, murder victim (b. 1941)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1565 –\u00a0<\/b>The oldest city in the U.S. and the location of all Black, Fort Mose, St.<\/p>\n

Augustine, Fla. is established.<\/p>\n

\"Tina<\/a>
Tina Turner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1864\u00a0<\/strong>– Fugitive slave laws repealed by Congress.<\/p>\n

1949 –<\/b> Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, N.Y.<\/p>\n

1955 –\u00a0<\/strong>Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi,<\/p>\n

galvanizing the nascent Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n

1957\u00a0<\/strong>– Sen. Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate<\/p>\n

from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours<\/p>\n

and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single<\/p>\n

Senator.<\/p>\n

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

1963\u00a0<\/strong>– March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: the Reverend<\/p>\n

Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his “I Have A Dream”<\/i> speech.<\/p>\n

1968\u00a0<\/strong>– Riots in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n

1978\u00a0<\/strong>– Alan Bakke wins reverse discrimination case when the Supreme<\/p>\n

Court orders the Univ. of California Medical School at Davis to admit<\/p>\n

\"Rev.<\/a>
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

him.<\/p>\n

1986 –\u00a0<\/b>Tina Turner’s star unveiled in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

2003 –\u00a0<\/b>20th MTV Awards: Missy Elliott, Beyonce fea. Jay-Z & Justin<\/p>\n

Timberlake win.<\/p>\n

2005 –<\/b> Hurricane Katrina hammers the south eastern United States,<\/p>\n

especially New Orleans, Louisiana, and coastal Mississippi.<\/p>\n

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

While choosing a career path is always difficult, your sociability, generosity and focus create a variety of career options for you to select from. Among the many communication based careers, writing, education or sales may be especially rewarding for you. Your quick whit may lead you to pursue a career in entertainment. If this is the case, look to the comedic work of Jack Black or the commercial success of Shania twain, who were both born on August 28th, for encouragement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Thursday, August 28th, the 240th day of the year. There are 125 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0 National Catfish Month, National Golf Month, National Picnic Month, Peach Month, Romance Awareness Month, Be Kind to Humankind Week, Race Your Mouse Day CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Eugene Byrd, 50, actor Nate …<\/p>\n

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