Monday, November 7, 2011

THIS DAY IN HISTORY : 1991: Magic Johnson announces he is HIV positive

November 7: 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. Read more...


American Revolution
1776 : Post office stays in the Franklin family
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/post-office-stays-in-the-franklin-family

Automotive
1965 : Art Arfons sets land-speed record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/art-arfons-sets-land-speed-record

Civil War
1861 : North and South clash at the Battle of Belmont
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-belmont-missouri

Cold War
1957 : Gaither Report calls for more U.S. missiles and fallout shelters
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gaither-report-calls-for-more-us-missiles-and-fallout-shelters

Crime
1983 : A family is brutally murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-family-is-brutally-murdered

Disaster
1940 : Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapses

General Interest
1885 : Canada's transcontinental railway completed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/canadas-transcontinental-railway-completed
1940 : Tacoma Bridge collapses
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tacoma-bridge-collapses
1944 : FDR reelected a record third time
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-reelected-a-record-third-time
1989 : Two African American firsts in politics
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/two-african-american-firsts-in-politics

Hollywood
1980 : "King of Cool" Steve McQueen dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-of-cool-steve-mcqueen-dies

Literary
1913 : French novelist Albert Camus is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-novelist-albert-camus-is-born

Music
1943 : Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/singer-songwriter-joni-mitchell-is-born

Old West
1916 : Jeannette Rankin becomes first U.S. congresswoman
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeannette-rankin-becomes-first-us-congresswoman

Presidential
1944 : FDR wins unprecedented fourth term
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-wins-unprecedented-fourth-term

Sports
1991 : Magic Johnson announces he has HIV
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/magic-johnson-announces-he-has-hiv

Vietnam War
1964 : U.S. intelligence asserts numbers of North Vietnamese in South Vietnam growing
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-intelligence-asserts-numbers-of-north-vietnamese-in-south-vietnam-growing
1966 : McNamara shouted down at Harvard speech
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcnamara-shouted-down-at-harvard-speech
1972 : Nixon re-elected president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-re-elected-president

World War I
1914 : First issue of The New Republic published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-issue-of-the-new-republic-published

World War II
1944 : Soviet master spy is hanged by the Japanese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-master-spy-is-hanged-by-the-japanese

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