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Rosa Parks being arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus – 1955
Religious Holidays
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT marks the beginning of the Advent season which is set aside to prepare for the coming of Christ – both as a babe in a manger and also to await His second return.
Awareness Spotlight shines on…
A DAY WITHOUT ART was created by the group Visual AIDS, in 1988, and symbolizes the beauty of this world that has been lost due to AIDS. Let’s keep working to find a cure and wear your red today in support of those who have succumbed to this disease.
ROSA PARKS DAY commemorates the lady who wouldn’t give up her seat on a bus and subsequently caused a whole city to be practically shut down. On this day in 1955, Rosa was coming off her work shift and took a seat in the colored section of the bus. As the bus began to fill up, the driver asked her to give up her seat for a white person. She said no. She was arrested and charged $10 for this “violation.” Martin Luther King Jr. and other civic leaders got wind of this and organized a bus boycott for the day of her trail. The boycott lasted 381 days, shut down the city of Montgomery and generated integrated buses. Today we honor her bravery for standing up to racial prejudice by not standing up.
For Fun
SECONDHAND SUNDAY is about the regifting of presents to help our planet. Buying secondhand items can be cheaper for your pocketbook as well as giving the manufacturing of goods behemoth a break.
Tis the season for baking cookies and COOKIE CUTTER DAY fits right in. You can break out your grandma’s cookie cutters or go buy some new ones – even cutters that were made with 3-D printers. Make sure you get busy making those tasty treats, but only after you get done reading this.
On Today’s Menu…
EAT A RED APPLE DAY is not only self-explanatory, but good for you.
NATIONAL PIE DAY reminds us that it is not only cookie baking season but is a good time of the year to make your favorite pie. Buy it or bake it, either way, it’s gonna be good. That pic is for you Harry.
PEPPERMINT BARK DAY celebrates that delightful combination of chocolate and peppermint. Work it into recipes, dip it into your hot chocolate or just break off a piece and enjoy.
Sneak Peek at Tomorrow’s Events and Celebrations
Special Education Day
Cyber Monday
National Mutt Day
National Fritters Day
Anytime Hawaiian Day
On this day…
1887 – Sherlock Holmes first appears in print – in the “Study in Scarlet”
1913 – Ford gets the first assembly line moving and starts producing Model Ts.
1929 – The game of Bingo is invented by Edwin S. Lowe
1955 – Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
1959 – The Antarctica Treaty is signed by 12 countries and makes the continent a demilitarized zone to be used for scientific research
1982 – Beverly Hills Cop premiers
1990 – Workers break through the last bit of rock to connect the two tunnels which would end up becoming the Chunnel – the railway tunnel underneath the English Channel
1997 – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto all line up for our viewing pleasure
2019 – A 55-year-old man in Wuhan China, develops novel coronavirus symptoms and is the earliest traceable patient
Happy Birthday to…
Madame Tussaud (1761-1850)
Started one heck of a wax museum
Rex Stout (1886-1975)
Gave us the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin
Lou Rawls (1933-2006)
His smooth baritone voice earned him a couple of Grammys
Lee Trevino (1939- )
This Marine loves the game of golf so much that getting struck by lightning on the course didn’t keep him from playing. He would go on to win the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and British Open
Richard Pryor (1940-2005)
This comedian told it like it was
Bette Midler (1945- )
What hasn’t she accomplished? Proof of her talented work is a shiny trophy case that includes Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, Grammys, Tonys and a Kennedy Center Honor.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your many blessings. We ask for healing for those who have been affected by AIDS and that a cure be found soon. Thank You again for who You are. In the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen.
Enjoy the day and make it your own
Thank you to National Day Calendar; National Today; History.com; Britannica.com; Wikipedia; on this day.com
#FirstSundayOfAdvent #RosaParksDay #EataRedAppleDay #SeconhandSunday #NationalPieDay #DayWithoutArtDay #PeppermintBarkDay #CookieCutterDay #Enjoythedayandmakeityourown
Happy Birthday to #MadameTussaud, #RexStout, #LouRawls, #LeeTrevino, #RichardPryor, #BetteMidler
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