{"id":9992,"date":"2026-02-25T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=9992"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:44:07","slug":"cmn-almanac-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarkmedianetwork.com\/?p=9992","title":{"rendered":"CMN Almanac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Wednesday, February 25th<\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0the 56th day of the year. There are 309<\/p>\n

\"James<\/a>
James Brown<\/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, Pistol Patent Day<\/p>\n

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

Lee Evans, 79, track star<\/p>\n

\"Joakim<\/a>
Joakim Noah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

James Brown, 76, sportscaster<\/p>\n

Veronica Webb, 61, supermodel\/actress<\/p>\n

Tamarick Vanover, 52, football player<\/p>\n

Joakim Noah, 41, basketball player<\/p>\n

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

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

Elijah Muhammad, 1975, leader of Nation of Islam (b. 1897)<\/p>\n

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

Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., 1978, retired Air Force general (b. 1920)<\/p>\n

Jersey Joe\u00a0Walcott, 1994, boxer (b. 1914)<\/p>\n

ON THIS DATE IN…<\/strong><\/p>\n

1836 –<\/b>\u00a0U.S. Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum exhibits African American<\/p>\n

slave Joice Heth.<\/p>\n

1839 –<\/b> Seminoles & Black Seminoles shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West.<\/p>\n

1870 –<\/b>\u00a0Hiram R. Revels, is sworn in as 1st African American member of<\/p>\n

Congress (Sen-R-MS).<\/p>\n

\"Forest<\/a>
Forest Whitaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1964 –<\/b>\u00a0Muhammad Ali\u00a0(Cassius Clay) TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for his first world<\/p>\n

heavyweight championship title.<\/p>\n

1986 –<\/b>\u00a028th Grammy Awards: We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins.<\/p>\n

1989 –<\/b>\u00a0Mike Tyson\u00a0TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title.<\/p>\n

1992 –<\/b>\u00a0Muddy Waters\u00a0wins Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual<\/p>\n

Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n

2007 –<\/b>\u00a079th Academy Awards – “The Departed,” Forest Whitaker & Helen<\/p>\n

Mirren win.<\/p>\n

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

As a Pisces born on February 25th, your personality is defined by imagination, selflessness and intuition. You have an active and creative mind, which you use to see possibilities all around you. When paired with your positivity, your imagination allows you to see the best in people and situations. While your friends and family admire your optimistic imagination, it is your selflessness that they appreciate the most. While many people make the claim, you are a genuine example of a person that puts the interests of others above their own. Highly intuitive, it seems that you can sense when someone you love is upset or troubled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Wednesday, February 25th,\u00a0\u00a0the 56th day of the year. There are 309 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, Pistol Patent Day CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Lee Evans, …<\/p>\n

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