By Annabella Ramirez
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career. He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. The Masters Tournament was the only major that eluded him. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as “the Merry Mex” and “Supermex,” both affectionate nicknames given to him by other golfers.
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
- A major street in El Paso, Texas was named Lee Trevino Drive in his honor, and streets in Rio Rancho and Belen, New Mexico were also named for him.
- Trevino has established numerous scholarships and other financial aid to Mexican-Americans.
- Trevino was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981.
- In 2000, Golf Digest magazine ranked Trevino as the 14th-greatest golfer of all time.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
“Advent Sunday is a liturgical period preceding Christmas, beginning in Western churches on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and observed by many as a season of prayer, fasting, and penitence. Advent Sunday is also called the First Sunday of Advent by Western Christian Churches. It is the first day of the liturgical year and the start of the season of Advent.”
December comes from the Latin word decem, meaning “ten,” because it was the tenth month of the early Roman calendar. Read more about everything happening in December.
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Born
- William Henry Holmes (archaeologist) –
- Rex Stout (novelist) –
- David Fitzgerald Doyle (actor) –
- Lee Trevino (golfer) –
- Richard Pryor (comedian & actor) –
- Stephen Benton (American scientist) –
- Bette Midler (singer & actress) –
- Brad Delson (guitarist of Linkin Park) –
- Princess Aiko (first child of Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako) –
Died
- David Ben-Gurion (1st Prime Minister of Israel) –
- James Baldwin (author) –
- Eugene Bob Gregoire (first design chief of Ford, creator of the Lincoln Continental) –
- Capt. Edward L. Beach (author of Run Silent, Run Deep ) –
- Sandra Day O’Connor (first female U.S. Supreme Court justice) –
Events
- New York’s Erie Canal closed due to weather.–
- The Christmas Club savings account began–
- First drive-in gasoline service station opened, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–
- Lt. Harry Colebourn officially donated Winnie (the bear Christopher Robin Milne named his bear after) to the London Zoo–
- First flight of helium-filled blimp (C-7), between Virginia and D.C.–
- Dupree Gardens opened, Land O’ Lakes, Florida–
- Nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States–
- Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger–
- First 12 nations signed the Antarctic Treaty–
- The Antarctic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., guaranteeing peaceful international use of the continent–
- News anchor, Tom Brokaw, signed off after 23 years of bringing news to viewers–
- Astronaut Bob Thirsk returned to Earth after 6 months on the International Space Station–
Weather
- The Erie Canal was closed due to weather–
- The temperature at Kipp, Montana, rose 80 degrees over the course of the day–
- -25.6 degrees F, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta–
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