Today is Friday, December 1st, the 335th day of the year. There are 30
days remaining until the end of the year and 24 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Bingo Month,
Write A Friend Month, Eat A Red Apple Day, World
AIDS Awareness Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Obba Babatunde, 71, actor
Pamela McGee, 61, basketball player
Golden Brooks, 52, actress
Charles Michael Davis, 38, actor
Janelle Monae, 37, singer
Desean Jackson, 36, football player
Zoe Kravita, 34, actress
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Lou Rawls, 90, singer (d. 2006)
Billy Paul, 89, singer (Me & Mrs Jones)
Richard Pryor, 83, comedian/actor (d. 2005)
Vesta Williams, 66, singer (d. 2001)
DEATHS
Alvin Ailey, 1989, choreographer (b. 1931)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1641 – Massachusetts becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to
slavery.
1891 – James Naismith creates the game of basketball.
1955 – Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus and give
her seat to a white passenger.
1956 – Frank Robinson (NL) voted Rookie of the Year.
1957 – Sam Cooke debut on Ed Sullivan Show.
1964 – Martin Luther King speaks to J. Edgar Hoover about his slander
campaign.
1967 – Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throw misses.
1980 – U.S. Justice Dept. sues Yonkers citing racial discrimination.
1982 – Michael Jackson releases his album “Thriller”.
1991 – AIDS Awareness Day.
1997 – Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach
P. J. Carlesimo.
2008 – The US economy has been in recession since December 2007,
the National Bureau of Economic Research announces today.
HOROSCOPE
As a Sagittarius born on December 1st, you seek adventure with a positive and direct nature. While others take comfort in familiar settings, you are most excited with new people, experiences and environments, which explains why you are in constant pursuit of adventure. Your friends and family love your adventurous ways, but they are truly inspired by your positive outlook. Your optimism never seems to falter, even in the face of the most negative circumstances. These qualities make you a highly sought after friend and companion.
