By Sabrina Mason
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters‘ R&B song “The Twist“, and the pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song “Pony Time“. His biggest UK hit, “Let’s Twist Again“, was released one year later (in 1962); that year, he also popularized the song “Limbo Rock“, originally a previous-year instrumental hit by the Champs to which he added lyrics, and its trademark Limbo dance, as well as other dance styles such as The Fly. In September 2008, “The Twist” topped Billboard‘s list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1960, an honor it maintained in an August 2013 update of the list.
On December 12, 1963, Checker proposed to Catharina Lodders, a 21-year-old Dutch model and Miss World 1962 from Haarlem. Checker said he met Lodders in Manila the prior January. The song “Loddy Lo” is about her. They were married on April 12, 1964, at Temple Lutheran Church in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Their first child, Bianca Johanna Evans, was born in a Philadelphia hospital on December 8, 1966. Their other two children are Ilka Evans and musician Shan Egan (Evans), lead singer of Funk Church, a band in the Philadelphia area. Checker is also the father of WNBA player Mistie Bass.
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Mistie McCray Bass (born December 2, 1983) is an American former professional women’s basketball player. She is 42 years old.
She is the daughter of rock and roll singer and dancer Chubby Checker. She is married to former football player Shane Boyd and has two children.
She graduated from Duke University in 2006. At Duke, she played for the Blue Devils and was a part of two Final Fours; 2003 and 2006 (Contended in the National Championship game). She finished her career ranking eighth in points (1,409), eighth in field goals made (557), fifth in field goal percentage (.567), fifth in rebounds (800), fifth in blocks (131), eighth in free throws made (295), seventh in free throws attempted (459), eighth in double-figure scoring games (78), first in wins (127) and tied for fourth in ACC regular season wins (55). She was also a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority.
During the 2006 WNBA draft, Bass was originally selected by the Phoenix Mercury but was later traded to the Houston Comets. In her first season Bass played sparingly, averaging 10.1 minutes per game, behind all-stars Sheryl Swoopes, Tina Thompson and Dawn Staley. During 2007 and 2008, Bass continued to play as a reserve forward for the Comets, wearing jersey number 8.
After the Comets disbanded in the fall of 2008, Bass was selected by the Chicago Sky as the third pick in the dispersal draft for former Comets players.
She played for the Connecticut Sun for two seasons (2012–2013).
She won a WNBA championship in the 2014 season with the Phoenix Mercury.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Has Halloween been celebrated in America since the first settlers arrived?
Not really. Not until large populations of Irish immigrants came to the United States in the mid-19th century did many of the well-known Halloween customs become popular here.
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
(Blank) is (Blank) day. (What’s the saying? Fill in the blanks!)
1) Tomorrow 2) another
Died
- St. Francis of Assisi –
- Woody Guthrie (singer) –
- Roddy McDowall (actor) –
- William Steig (illustrator for The New Yorker, known as the King of Cartoons for his award-winning, best-selling children’s books including Shrek) –
- Janet Leigh (actress) –
Born
- John Ross (Cherokee Nation chief) –
- Leo McCarey (producer) –
- Gertrude Berg (actress) –
- Thomas Wolfe (author) –
- James Herriot (author) –
- Harvey Kurtzman (founding editor of Mad magazine) –
- Gore Vidal (author) –
- Eddie Cochran (singer) –
- Chubby Checker (singer) –
- Dave Winfield (baseball player) –
- Al Sharpton (minister & politician) –
- Gwen Stefani (singer) –
- Keiko Agena (actress) –
- Seann William Scott (actor) –
- Ashlee Simpson (singer) –
- Kaci (singer) –
- Noah Schnapp (actor) –
Events
- President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day–
- Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women first published–
- First Canadian troops left for Britain to fight in World War I–
- The Andy Griffith Show made its television debut–
- The Dick Van Dyke Show debuted on television–
- At midnight, East and West Germany were reunited as one nation, the Federal Republic of Germany–
- The comic strip Cathy came to an end after 34 years–
- Rare yellow male northern cardinal spotted in Port St. Lucie, Florida.–
- A meteorite crashed through a roof in Golden, B.C. The homeowner, Ruth Hamilton, heard an explosion and found bits of the meteorite near her bed pillow, mere inches from where her head had been.–
Weather
- October Gale hit southern New England–
- Start of a 767-day dry spell in Bagdad, California.–
- A tornado hit Windsor Locks, Connecticut–
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