{"id":9945,"date":"2026-02-23T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=9945"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:36:34","slug":"cmn-almanac-327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=9945","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Monday, February 23rd,<\/strong> \u00a0the 54th day of the year. There are 311<\/p>\n

\"Ed<\/a>
Ed “Too Tall” Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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

Black History Month, National Children’s Dental Health Month,<\/p>\n

National Cherry Month, Great American Pie Month, National<\/p>\n

Grapefruit Month, National Weddings Month, National Play<\/p>\n

Tennis Day!<\/p>\n

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

Larry Demps, 77, singer (The Dramatics)<\/p>\n

\"Niecy<\/a>
Niecy Nash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ed “Too Tall” Jones, 75, Hall of Fame football player<\/p>\n

Bobby Bonilla, 63, baseball player<\/p>\n

Damon John, 57, entrepreneur<\/p>\n

Niecy Nash, 56, actress<\/p>\n

D-Roc, 47, rapper (Ying Yang Twins)<\/p>\n

Jerod Mayo, 39, football player<\/p>\n

Ab-Soul, 39, rapper<\/p>\n

\"W.E.B.<\/a>
W.E.B. DuBois<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Andrew Wiggins, 31, basketball player<\/p>\n

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

W.E.B. DuBois, 157, civil rights activist\/author (d. 1963)<\/p>\n

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

Carl Anderson, 2004, singer (b. 1945)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1938 –<\/b>\u00a0Joe Louis\u00a0KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title.<\/p>\n

\"Angela<\/a>
Angela Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1965 –<\/b>\u00a0Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president.<\/p>\n

1972<\/strong> – Political activist, Angela Davis is released from jail.<\/p>\n

1975 –<\/b>\u00a0In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences<\/p>\n

nearly two months early in the United States.<\/p>\n

1979 –<\/b>\u00a0Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps.<\/p>\n

1993 –<\/b>\u00a0Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees.<\/p>\n

1999 –<\/b>\u00a0Hip Hop artist Eminem\u00a0releases his first major record album ‘The<\/p>\n

Slim Shady LP’ (Grammy 2000 – Rap album).<\/p>\n

HOROSCOPE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a Pisces born on February 23rd, your imagination, intuition and selflessness are amongst your most defining qualities. You have an active and creative mind, which you use for a variety of purpose, one being to find the best in people and situations. Your friends and family admire your imaginative optimism, but they truly appreciate your emotional understanding. At times, you seem to just “know” when a loved one is upset or troubled. When someone you care about is in need, there is little you would not sacrifice for their well being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Monday, February 23rd, \u00a0the 54th day of the year. There are 311 days remaining until the end of the year. HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES\u00a0 American Heart Month, Black History Month, National Children’s Dental Health Month, National Cherry Month, Great American Pie Month, National Grapefruit Month, National Weddings Month, National Play Tennis Day! CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS …<\/p>\n

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