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This Week In History- December 1-5

By: Christopher "Cat" Truax

rosa parks1955- American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

 

1909- The 1st Grey Cup game was played. The University of Torontogrey cup Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26–6.

 

 

 

 

prohibition1933 - Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had outlawed alcohol in the United States).

 

Source: Wikipedia

 

Celebrity Birthdays:

December 2nd, 1981 - Britney Spears, American singerbritney spears

 

 

 

 

ozzy osbourneDecember 3rd, 1948- Ozzy Osbourne, English singer (check out his World of Warcraft commercial on TV or on Youtube)

 

 

 

 

 

December 3rd, 1972- Bucky Lasek, American skateboarderbucky lasek

 

 

 

 

 

super crazyDecember 3rd 1973 - Super Crazy, Mexican professional wrestler currently wrestling in the WWE

 

 

 

December 4th, 1969- Jay-Z, American rapper jay-z

 

 

 

 

niklas hagmanDecember 5th, 1979 - Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player. Currently plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL wearing jersey #9

 

 

 

 

Source: Wikipedia