By Mariana Smith
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday (/sɪˈmoʊn/ or /sɪˈmoʊneɪ/, née Pearman; born December 10, 1985), also known mononymously as Raven, is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She has received several accolades, including five NAACP Image Awards, two Kids’ Choice Awards, three Young Artist Awards, and three Daytime Emmy Award nominations. In 2012, she was included on VH1‘s list of “100 Greatest Child Stars of All Time”.
Raven-Symoné began her career as a child actress, appearing as Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show (1989–1992) and Nicole Lee on Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper (1993–1997), both of which earned her a number of awards and nominations. When she was 15 years old, she landed the role of Raven Baxter on the Disney Channel television series That’s So Raven (2003–2007), for which she was nominated for numerous accolades. Her film credits include Dr. Dolittle (1998), its sequel Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), The Princess Diaries 2 (2004), and College Road Trip (2008), which were all box office successes. Her television film credits include Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999), its second sequel Zenon: Z3 (2004), The Cheetah Girls (2003), its sequel The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), For One Night (2006), and Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010). Raven-Symoné has also lent her voice to the animated series Kim Possible for the character Monique, and films such as Tinker Bell (2008). Raven-Symoné has reprised her role as Raven Baxter on Raven’s Home (2017–present), for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children’s Programming.
In music, Raven-Symoné released her debut studio album at the age of seven, Here’s to New Dreams (1993), which saw the moderate commercial success of the single “That’s What Little Girls Are Made Of“. Her subsequent studio albums, Undeniable (1999), This Is My Time (2004), and Raven-Symoné (2008) saw some commercial success on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. She also contributed vocals to several soundtracks from her Disney projects, including The Cheetah Girls (2003), That’s So Raven (2004), That’s So Raven Too! (2006), and The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), several of which were certified platinum and gold. She was also a co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View from 2015 to 2016. She hosted and executive produced the pilot of the 2021 reality show What Not to Design, but as of May 2023 it has not been ordered to series.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Melvil Dewey (librarian) –
- Susan Dey (actress) –
- Michael Clarke Duncan (actor) –
- Kenneth Branagh (actor) –
- Raven-Symoné (actress & singer) –
Died
- Alfred Nobel (chemist, engineer, and the inventor of dynamite. In his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes.) –
- Otis Redding (singer) –
- Ed Wood (filmmaker) –
- Armand Hammer (industrialist) –
- Alice Tully (philanthropist) –
- Richard Pryor (comedian & actor) –
Events
- Mississippi was admitted as the 20th state–
- The Nobel Prizes were awarded for the first time–
- President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize–
- Duke Ellington recorded “Mood Indigo” –
- Ralph Bunche became the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize–
- William Faulkner accepted his Nobel Prize in literature which was awarded to him in 1949–
- Colonel John P. Stapp attained 632 mph on rocket sled–
Weather
- Bend, Oregon, had 28 inches of snow within 24 hours–
- The temperature reached 70 degrees F in New York City–
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