November 7: General Interest 1991 : Magic Johnson announces he is HIV positive
On this day in 1991, basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson stuns the world by announcing his sudden retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers, after testing positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. At the time, many Americans viewed AIDS as a gay white man's disease. Johnson (1959- ), who is African American and heterosexual, was one of the first sports stars to go public about his HIV-positive status. Revered as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Johnson spent his entire 13-season NBA career with the Lakers, helping them to win five championships in the 1980s. The 6'9" point guard, a native of Lansing, Michigan, was famous for his extraordinary passing skills, contagious smile and love of the game. In 1981, he signed a 25-year deal with the Lakers for $25 million, one of the NBA's first over-the-top contracts. Johnson, a three-time NBA "Most Valuable Player" and 12-time All-Star team member, didn't completely hang up his basketball shoes after announcing his retirement in 1991. He was voted most valuable player of the 1992 NBA All-Star Game and played on the Olympic "Dream Team" (alongside Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Patrick Ewing) that won gold for the U.S. in Barcelona that summer. He briefly returned to the Lakers for the 1993-94 season as head coach and made a short-lived comeback as a Lakers player in the 1995-96 season. Today, Johnson is a prominent spokesman for AIDS awareness and a successful businessman, earning millions from a range of ventures, including movie theaters and restaurants. He serves as an example of how a variety of drug treatments have transformed AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition for many people in the U.S. Still, some 25 years after the first AIDS cases were reported, 25 million people worldwide have died of AIDS and another 40 million have been infected with the virus. http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0TSJ0EB General Interest 1991 : Magic Johnson announces he is HIV positive http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdf0Eu 1885 : Canada's transcontinental railway completed http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdg0Ev 1940 : Tacoma Bridge collapses http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdh0Ew 1944 : FDR reelected a record third time http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdi0Ex 1989 : Two African American firsts in politics http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdj0Ey American Revolution 1776 : Post office stays in the Franklin family http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdk0Ez Automotive 1957 : East Germany launches the Trabant Sputnik http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdl0E1 1965 : Green Monster sets new speed record http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdm0E2 Civil War 1861 : Battle of Belmont, Missouri http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdn0E3 Cold War 1957 : Gaither Report calls for more U.S. missiles and fallout shelters http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdo0E4 Crime 1983 : A family is brutally murdered http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdp0E5 Disaster 1940 : Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdq0E6 Entertainment 1943 : Joni Mitchell born http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdr0E7 1951 : Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra marry http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tds0E8 Literary 1913 : French novelist Albert Camus is born http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdt0EA Old West 1916 : Jeannette Rankin becomes first U.S. congresswoman http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdu0EB Presidential 1944 : FDR wins unprecedented fourth term http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdv0EC Vietnam War 1964 : U.S. intelligence asserts numbers of North Vietnamese in South Vietnam growing http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdw0ED 1966 : McNamara shouted down at Harvard speech http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdx0EE 1972 : Nixon re-elected president http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdy0EF Wall Street 1918 : Rumors close NYSE http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Tdz0EG 1984 : Wall Street's election woes http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y 0Td10E2<http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Td10E2> 1997 : Greenspan speaks in Germany http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Td20E3 World War I 1914 : First issue of The New Republic published http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Td30E4 World War II 1944 : Soviet master spy is hanged by the Japanese http://newsletters.aetv.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/eXb10JZEBh0B6y0Td40E5 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] HAPUS BAGIAN EMAIL YG TIDAK PERLU SEBELUM ME-REPLY. ========================================================== Milis Tabloid BOLA Untuk KELUAR DARI MILIS INI. 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