Today is Friday, December 20th, the 355th day of the year. There are 11
days remaining until the end of the year and 5 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Bingo Month,
Write a Friend Month, Go Caroling Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Nate Newton, 63, football player
Ashley Cole, 44, soccer player
Roy Williams, 43, football player
Royal Ivery, 43, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Robert L. “Bob” Hayes, 82, Hall of Fame football player/track star
DEATHS
Max Robinson, 1988, 1st African American network anchor (b. 1939)
Moses Gunn, 1993, actor (b. 1929)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1860 – South Carolina secedes from the Union , leading to the Civil War.
1956 – Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses
1985 – Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20
years with ABC.
1986 – White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, NY.
1995 – “Paul Robeson” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 14 performances.
HOROSCOPE
Being a Sagittarius born on December 20th, your charisma and showmanship help define you to others. In all of your social dealings, you are kind, warm and witty. Your friends and family appreciate these qualities, but they may not realize how much you truly enjoy to perform. The world is your stage and you take every opportunity to excite and enthrall your audience. If there was one thing you enjoy more than attention, you have yet to find it!
