December 1, 2023
QUOTE
Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.
--Aleister Crowley
BIRTHDAYS
1933 – Lou Rawls, Singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1940 – Richard Pryor, Comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – John Densmore, Drummer and songwriter
1946 – Gilbert O’Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
1950 – Richard Keith, Actor and drummer
IN MEMORY
1135 – Henry I, king of England
1947 – Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer
2005 – Gust Avrakotos, CIA officer
2005 – Freeman V. Horner, Soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
2018 – Ken Berry, Actor, dancer, and singer
IN ON THIS DAY
1824 – Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1919 – Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament
1941 – Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States.
1955 – In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city’s bus boycott.
1969 – The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
1990 – Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed.