Yesterday's Horoscope for Cancer
April 17, 2026
There really is only one effective and at the same time spiritual way to work, and that is to stop watching the clock and throw yourself into the tasks at hand. This is much more easily achieved when the object of your work is to your liking and pleasurable, which does seem to take you out of space and time. The challenge today is to implement this type of state of mind into doing jobs that are not your favorites as well as those that are.
Power Numbers: 40, 43, 33, 12, 34, 45
Born Today: Jennifer Garner, Henry Vaughan, John Pierpont Morgan, Nikita Khrushchev, Thornton Wilder, Isak Dinesen, Daffy Duck
Quick Quote: "Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either."
-- Gore Vidal
Random Fact: One pound of maple syrup can make eight pounds of candy or sugar.
Today in History:
1988: Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
1960: Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn
1964: "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 375 performances
1961: 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
1945: German occupiers flood Wieringermeer, Netherlands
1984: Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
1956: Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
1939: Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact
858: Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1933: Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating New York Giants 23-21
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