Everybody has a different way of waking up in the morning. Here's a way to start out your morning, by gathering with a like minded bunch of people to swap stories about geocaching over a cup of Joe.
It's the first Saturday of the month and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. There's only 24 more shopping days until the guy in the red suit comes again. Come enjoy a cup of coffee with us before you start your day.
Come on down and grab a cup of coffee and spend some time shooting the breeze with other local geocachers. You'll be able to trade travel bugs and just hang out for awhile while you recharge your batteries with your favorite type of morning beverage.
This event will be held at the Starbucks in Upland at 2129 W. 16th Street, where the 210 Freeway crosses over Baseline/16th St. The event will start at 8:00 AM and end somewhere around 9:30 in the morning. That way, you'll still have plenty of time to do whatever you wanted to do for the rest of the day.
On this date in history:
December 1, 1824 : Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the 1824 Presidential election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. John Quincy Adams is eventually chosen President.
December 1, 1862 : In his State of the Union Address, President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
December 1, 1913 : Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
December 1, 1955 : In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
December 1, 1969 : The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
December 1, 1988 : World AIDS Day was proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states
Birthdays on this date in history:
December 1, 1761: Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (d. 1850)
December 1, 1911: Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)
December 1, 1935: Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter
December 1, 1940: Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
December 1, 1945: Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
December 1, 1962: Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach
Notable Deaths on this date in history:
December 1, 1750: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
December 1, 1935: Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
December 1, 1973: David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
December 1, 1975: Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
December 1, 1987: James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
December 1, 2002: Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)