Dec 1 Today’s Historical Highlights The Great Train Robbery, the 1st Western film, released…1903 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md…1750 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa…1909 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space…1959 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)…1913 1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight…1921 1st White House telephone installed…1878 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie…1984 AIDS virus is officially recognized…1981 Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began…1965 Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Moslem country (Pakistan)…1988 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb…1917 Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia…1742 Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe…1929 Gasoline rationed in US…1942 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds…1951 Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales…1835 James Naismith creates the game of basketball…1891 Michael Jackson releases his album Thriller…1982 Pres Carter more than doubles national park system size…1978 Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus…1955 Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: Study in Scarlet…1887 Today Is • Advent begins for Christians • Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day-to acknowledge people who use computers and wear bifocals • Civil Air Patrol Day • Day With(out) Art Day • Eat a Red Apple Day • Rosa Parks Day • World Aids Day • World Aids Awareness Day >>>>> • Portugal–Independence Day (1640 dissolving of Iberian Union) • Romania–National Day (1918 unification with Transylvania) Today’s Birthdays Woody Allen, [Allen Konigsberg], Bkln, actor (Zelig, Annie Hall) is 78 Bette Midler, Honolulu, actress/singer (Beaches, Wind Beneath my Wings) is 68 Richard Keith, actor (Little Ricky-I Love Lucy) is 63 Charlene Tilton, actress (Lucy Ewing-Dallas) is 55 Remembered for being born today Rex Stout, mystery writer (Nero Wolf novels) (1886-1975) Charles Finney, US, author (Circus of Dr Lao) (1905-1984) Dick Shawn, actor (Producers, Maid to Order, Angel) (1923-1987) Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan) Larry Hagmans mom (1913-1990) David Doyle, actor (Charlies Angels, Rugrats) (1929-1997) Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (1975-1998) Richard Pryor, comedian (1940-2005) Lou Rawls, vocalist (Dean Martin, Golddigers, Natural Man) (1933-2006) Links, pictures, and more information at:
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