Calendar: Week of December 2
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:
Monday kicks off National Tax Security Awareness Week, with the IRS urging taxpayers to take additional steps to protect their tax data and identities.
- National Tax Security Awareness Week 2019 (December 2-6) | Press release
- Security Awareness for Taxpayers (pdf)
- Identity Protection: Prevention, Detection and Victim Assistance
Watch the IRS video, "Easy Steps to Protect Your Computer and Phone"
On Tuesday, Olympic figure skating gold medalist Katarina Witt turns 54.
- katarina-witt.de (Official site)
- Follow @Katarina_Witt on Twitter and Instagram
Katarina Witt ice skates to "Carmen" at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, for which she won a Gold Medal:
Wednesday is National Cookie Day, a celebration apparently inspired by "Sesame Street"'s Cookie Monster.
Thursday sees the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.
- 2019 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, December 5 on the Ellipse at President's Park, Washington, D.C.
- Watch the tree lighting broadcast, Monday, December 9 on REELZ (8 p.m. ET) and Ovation (9 p.m. ET).
- National Park Foundation
On Friday, the British rock group The Who release their first album in 13 years, titled (appropriately enough) "Who."
- "Who" by The Who | Pre-order now
- thewho.com
To listen to "Ball and Chain" from The Who's new album, click on the video player below:
And Saturday, December 7th, is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, marking the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed 2,403 American service members and civilians.
- Memorial ceremonies will be live-streamed from Pearl Harbor beginning at 7:50 a.m. Hawaii Time (12:50 p.m. ET)
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration
- World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Pearl Harbor (National Park Service)
- Battleship Missouri Memorial, Pearl Harbor
- Pacific Historic Parks
- Almanac: Pearl Harbor ("Sunday Morning," 12/07/14)
- GALLERY: Pearl Harbor, Day of Infamy
- Remains of Pearl Harbor sailor return home 80 years later ("CBS Evening News, 10/01/19)
Watch Lee Cowan's 2016 "Sunday Morning" report, "Remembering Pearl Harbor":
