By Tatiana Ponil
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Carly Rae Patterson (born February 4, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter and former artistic gymnast. She was the all-around champion at the 2004 Olympics, the first all-around champion for the United States at a non-boycotted Olympics, and is a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Patterson frequently joins radio segments on 1310 AM and 96.7 FM The Ticket in Dallas Fort-Worth.
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the Code of Points used to score performances and regulates all aspects of elite international competition. Within individual countries, gymnastics is regulated by national federations such as British Gymnastics and USA Gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics is a popular spectator sport at many competitions, including the Summer Olympic Games.
Patterson began gymnastics after attending a cousin’s birthday party at a Baton Rouge gymnastics club (Elite Gymnastics) in 1994. She was coached there by former Israeli Olympian Yohanan Moyal. She started competing internationally in 2000, when she was 12 years old.
On January 21, 2012, Patterson became engaged to strategy consultant Mark Caldwell. They married on November 3, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. They have three children.
Patterson was chosen for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2009. She was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2024.
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
- Mark Hopkins (educator) –
- Fernand Leger (painter) –
- Cairine Reay Wilson (Canadian senator) –
- Charles Lindbergh (aviator) –
- MacKinlay Kantor (novelist) –
- Rosa Parks (civil rights activist) –
- Dan Quayle (U.S. vice president) –
- Alice Cooper (musician) –
- Clint Black (country musician) –
- Oscar de la Hoya (boxer) –
- Natalie Imbruglia (singer) –
- Gavin DeGraw (musician) –
- Carly Patterson (gymnast, Olympic gold medalist) –
Died
- Karen Carpenter (singer) –
- Liberace (entertainer) –
- Barbara McNair (singer & actress) –
- John Mahoney (actor) –
Events
- Daniel Shays’ rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts, concerning the financial plight of farmers, failed (Shays’ Rebellion) –
- George Washington elected as the first president of the several states, with John Adams as vice president –
- John Marshall was sworn in as chief justice of the United States –
- The Mormon exodus to the American West began –
- Codex Sinaiticus discovered, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt –
- Winter Olympics held in U.S. (Lake Placid, NY) for the first time –
- Radium E became the first synthetically produced radioactive substance –
- Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town opened on Broadway –
- The United Service Organizations (USO) was incorporated –
- 96-hour surgical operation began –
- Rolls-Royce, Ltd. of Britain declared bankruptcy –
- Dennis Conner and crew of Stars & Stripes recaptured America’s Cup –
- Facebook, originally called The Facebook, was launched by Mark Zuckerberg –
- Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy became the first African American coach to lead his team to Super Bowl Victory. The Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 –
- 5,622 ice lanterns displayed, setting world record, State College, Pennsylvania –
- 395 ice skaters lined up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to set world record –
Weather
- -49 degrees F, Calgary, Alberta –
- An ice storm hit Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire –
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