On Sunday, July 5, Northern Ireland's Orange Order has vowed to parade through the Catholic Portadown neighborhood in Belfast for its annual march, held since 1807 on the first Sunday of July. The Parades Commission has banned the march from Portadown. On Tuesday, July 7, Major League Baseball's All-Star Game is scheduled to be played in Denver. On Wednesday, July 8, Poet Maya Angelou and Dr. Henry Foster will speak in Washington as the Black Church Initiative of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice holds a follow-up to last year's National Black Religious Summit on Sexuality. To find out more about this western state, click here.
Today is Emancipation Day in the Virgin Islands.
Country singer Johnny Lee is 52. Talk show host Montel Williams is 42. Singer Laura Branigan is 41. Actor Tom Cruise is 36. Actress Hunter Tylo is 36.