Happy 80th Black Business Month Birthday to Sandra Miller Jones, marketing executive, entrepreneur, and corporate trailblazer.

Happy 58th Black Business Month Birthday to Aston George Taylor Jr., professionally known as Funkmaster "Funk" Flex, American DJ, rapper, record producer, and NY radio host. Taylor developed and promotes a Custom Car & Bike Show Tour and Lifestyle Expo.

Happy Black Business Month Birthday to Barack Obama, co-founder with his wife, Michelle, of Higher Ground Productions, a multimedia company launched in 2018 which produces impactful films, series, and podcasts devoted to lifting up diverse stories and voices.

Happy Black Business Month unBirthday/Birthday to Lewis Temple, born in 1809, birthday unknown1800. He was a blacksmith, abolitionist, and inventor of items used in whaling. He is best remembered for the invention of "Temple's Toggle" or "Temple's Iron" harpoon toggle tip.

Happy Black Business Month unBirthday/Birthday to Robert Gordon, born enslaved, birthday unknown in 1813. At age 35, he purchased his freedom and moved to Cincinnati. He bought a coal yard and ran it so successfully, he was able to overcome attempts by his competitors to drive him out of business

Happy Black Business Month Birthday to Joe Bartholomew (born August 1, 1881): Self-taught and highly skilled golf course architect and entrepreneur in New Orleans

Happy Black Business Month Birthday to Charles Clinton Spaulding (August 1, 1874): A pioneer of Black entrepreneurship who built the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company into the largest Black-owned business in the United States during his lifetime

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to James Thurber, American humorist, author, and cartoonist. Known for his work in The New Yorker, he continued to write and draw prolifically after losing most of his vision due to childhood accidents and progressive eye disease.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Jean C. Griswold, founder of Griswold Home Care, a corporation founded in 1982 to provide non-medical, in-home care for the elderly and infirm. She founded a successful corporation despite using a wheelchair because she suffered from multiple sclerosis.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to the Paralympics! In 1948, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann organized the first sports competition for wheelchair athletes - an archery contest, at the same time as the opening ceremony for the 1948 London Olympic Games. This beginning grew into the modern Paralympic Games

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Mike Minor World Champion snowboarder who is 36 today. He won gold in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralymics. He was nominated for the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2017.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Leanne Taylor, Canadian paratriathlete, who is 34 today.

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Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Danny Woodburn actor, comedian and activist for the disability rights movement linked to his dwarfism, who is 62 today

Happy heavenly Disability Pride Month Birthday to Daveigh Chase, former child actor who suffered from addiction and passed away last month at just 35.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Mara Wilson, actress, writer, and playwright who rose to fame for her childhood roles in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda. She has been diagnosed with POTS and advocates for chronic illness and mental health.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Troy Kotsur who made history as the first deaf male actor to win an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actor for CODA, 2021).

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Daniel Radcliffe., star has been open about living with dyspraxia, which affects his coordination and fine motor skills. In addition, Radcliffe has been open about how severe his OCD was as a child, sometimes taking minutes just to turn off a light switch.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and businesswoman Selena Gomez, who lives with the chronic conditions of lupus, anxiety and depression, in addition to a kidney transplant.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Tamika Catchings, who is hearing impaired and one of the most decorated players in WNBA history. Catchings founded the Catch the Stars Foundation, a charitable organization for underprivileged children to help them become successful in sports and academics.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Aimee Mullins is an American athlete, model, actress, and advocate and champion for disability rights and empowerment. At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, she set world records in track. Mullins has also competed in swimming, biking, skiing, and soccer

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Haben Girma, the first deafblind person to earn a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. A fierce advocate for disability rights, she was recognized by President Barack Obama as a White House Champion of Change.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to actor Jared Padalecki, who has been candid about his struggles with depression and has launched his Always Keep Fighting campaign to raise funds for charities that support people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Esther Vergeer, retired Dutch wheelchair tennis champion. Widely considered the most famous and dominant sportsperson with a disability in the world, she went nearly a decade undefeated before retiring.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Clay Marzo, professional surfer from Hawaii. He was diagnosed with autism as a child. He won many surfing competitions and had many accomplishments including two Perfect 10s during a National Scholastic Surfing Association at age 15.

Happy Disability Pride Month Birthday to Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, acclaimed actor and rapper known for The Game and NCIS: New Orleans. He became paralyzed from the waist down following a 2001 motorcycle accident.