{"id":7560,"date":"2025-12-12T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=7560"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:01:27","slug":"cmn-almanac-254","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=7560","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, December 12th<\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0the 346th day of the year. There are 19<\/p>\n

\"Dionne<\/a>
Dionne Warwick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

days remaining until the end of the year and 13 days remaining until Christmas.<\/p>\n

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

Write a Friend Month, National Ding-a-Ling Day,<\/p>\n

Poinsettia Day<\/p>\n

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

Dionne Warwick, 85, singer<\/p>\n

\"Regina<\/a>
Regina Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Haywood Jeffries, 61, football player<\/p>\n

John Randle, 58, football player<\/p>\n

Courtney Hawkins, 56, football player<\/p>\n

Regina Hall, 55, actress<\/p>\n

Orlando Brown, 55, football player<\/p>\n

Brad Smith, 42, football player<\/p>\n

\"Grover<\/a>
Grover Washington Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alfred Morris, 37, football player<\/p>\n

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

Sammy Davis, Sr., 125, dancer (d. 1988)<\/p>\n

Joe Williams, 107, singer (d. 2009)<\/p>\n

Grover Washington Jr., 82, jazz saxophonist (d. 1999)<\/p>\n

Randy Smith, 77, basketball player (d. 2009)<\/p>\n

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

\"Mookie<\/a>
Mookie Blaylock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Johnny Lee, 1965, actor (Calhoun-Amos ‘n’ Andy) (b. 1898)<\/p>\n

Ike Turner, 2007, singer, former husband of Tina Turner (b. 1931)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1800 –<\/b>\u00a0Washington D.C. established as capitol of U.S.<\/p>\n

1870 –<\/b>\u00a0Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of<\/p>\n

Representatives.<\/p>\n

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

1899<\/strong> – George F. Grant, dentist and avid golfer, receives patent for a wooden<\/p>\n

golf tee.<\/p>\n

1900 –<\/b>\u00a0National Negro Anthem, “Lift Every Voice & Sing”, composed.<\/p>\n

1961 –<\/b> Martin Luther King Jr. & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany, Ga.<\/p>\n

1965 –<\/b>\u00a0Gale Sayers\u00a0of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record.<\/p>\n

1968 –<\/b>\u00a0Arthur Ashe\u00a0becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis.<\/p>\n

1975<\/strong> – The National Association of Black Journalists is founded.<\/p>\n

1987 –<\/b>\u00a0Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game.<\/p>\n

\"Ronald<\/a>
Ronald Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1992<\/strong> – President-elect Bill Clinton appoints six Blacks to Cabinet and<\/p>\n

White House staff including Ronald H. Brown to head Department of<\/p>\n

Commerce.<\/p>\n

1997 –<\/b>\u00a0Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby’s<\/p>\n

daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him.<\/p>\n

2000 –<\/b>\u00a0The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.<\/p>\n

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

Being a Sagittarius born on December 12th, you are straightforward, assertive and a bit restless in life. You have always felt that honesty is the best policy and subsequently, you never hesitate to share your thoughts, feelings or concerns. Although your friends and family may be taken aback by your frankness, they have learned to appreciate your directness. You take the same assertive approach in all matters, which insures that you get the best out of everything you do. Your one problem may be settling on an interest or passion, as there are so many things that intrigue you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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