Hello.
Welcome to your weekend and thank you for being here. We appreciate you spending some time with us-especially when this time of year can be full of hustle, bustle, and wrapping muscle!
Whew. The Holidays. Every year it arrives and takes over in a whirlwind of red and green, planning and parties, and all while trying to remind ourselves to slow down and enjoy it along the way. We get it.
That’s why we intentionally start Saturday with our “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simple way to look back at events that happened on these days in history before we head out to make new history today.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Tomorrow is Sunday, December 8th, the 343rd day of the year.
On this day:
In 1886, the American Federation of Labor (A-F-L) was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
In 1931, coaxial cable was patented.
In 1941, Congress declared war on Japan one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In 1962, nine New York City newspapers were shut down as workers of the International Typographical Union went on strike. The walkout lasted 114 days.
In 1963, 19-year-old Frank Sinatra, Jr. was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He was set free four days later.
In 1980, former Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed by deranged fan Mark David Chapman outside Lennon’s New York City apartment building. Howard Cosell announced the shooting during halftime of ABC’s “Monday Night Football” game.
In 1982, Country Music Hall-of-Famer Marty Robbins died of a heart attack at the age of 57.
In 1983, Hall-of-Fame actor Slim Pickens died at the age of 64.
In 1995, after 30 years together, the Grateful Dead announced they would no longer be touring as a group. The announcement came four months after the death of Grateful Dead founder Jerry Garcia.
In 2006, actor Wesley Snipes pled not guilty to charges he illegally claimed millions of dollars in tax refunds. An eight count indictment charged Snipes with conspiracy to defraud the IRS, failing to file tax returns, and presenting a fraudulent claim. Snipes was later convicted at trial and sentenced to three years in prison.
In 2015, the co-founder of The North Face clothing company, Doug Tompkins, died after a kayaking accident in Chile. Tompkins was one of six people pulled from a lake in the Patagonia region after their kayaks capsized. The 72-year-old suffered from severe hypothermia and later died at a hospital.
In 2016, astronaut John Glenn died at the age of 95. He was the first American to orbit the Earth.
In 2018, Former President Trump announced his White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will be stepping down at the end of the year.
In 2019, rapper Juice WRLD died at the age of 21 after having a seizure caused by oxycodone and codeine.
In 2020, the U.K. begins immunizing people for COVID-19 using the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The U.S. would give initial authorization to the same vaccine three days later.
In 2022, Celine Dion revealed she had been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome on Instagram.
In 2022, basketball star Brittany Griner was released to the U.S. by Russian authorities in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner had been detained on drug smuggling charges in February earlier the same year.
In 2022, Trevor Noah hosted his final episode of “The Daily Show.”
In 2023, actor Ryan O’Neal died at the age of 82. His credits include the films “Love Story,” “Paper Moon,” “The Driver,” and “Barry Lyndon.”
And that brings us here to this day. Whatever plans you have for your own weekend, here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
