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December 2008
December is “Write to a Friend Month”
December is “Write to a Friend Month”
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Sun. Nov. 30
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Mon. Dec. 1
Twelve nations, including the US, signed a treaty making Antarctica a scientific preserve free from military activity, 1959
Rosa Parks Day
Read about Parks and take a quiz on civil rights history.
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Wed. Dec. 3
Pioneer 10 made the first flyby of Jupiter and took first close-up images of Jupiter (1973)
Illinois became a state, 1818
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Fri. Dec. 5
Walt Disney's Birthday
International Volunteer Day
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Sat. Dec. 6
Johann Palisa (astronomer who discovered 120 asteroids) born, 1848
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Sun. Dec. 7
Pearl Harbor Day (US)
Pearl Harbor Day
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, attacked by Japan, 1941. Take a quiz on Hawaii.
The spacecraft Galileo became the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet (Jupiter), 1995
Delaware became a state and was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1787
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Mon. Dec. 8
Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law, 1993
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Tue. Dec. 9
3.6-million-year-old skeleton of early human found in South Africa, 1998
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Wed. Dec. 10
Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize, 1964
Mississippi became a state, 1817
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Thu. Dec. 11
Annie Jump Cannon (stellar astronomer) born, 1863
Indiana became a state, 1816
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Fri. Dec. 12
Edvard Munch (artist) born, 1863
Pennsylvania became a state, 1787
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Sat. Dec. 13
Sir Francis Drake starts his trip around the world, 1577
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Sun. Dec. 14
Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, 1911
Tycho Brahe (astronomer) born, 1546
Read about stars, then take a quiz.
Alabama became a state, 1819
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Mon. Dec. 15
Canada adopted its national flag, 1964
Basketball was invented (by James E. Naismith), 1891
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Tue. Dec. 16
Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1653
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Wed. Dec. 17
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight, 1903
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Sat. Dec. 20
USA purchased Louisiana Territory from France, 1803
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Sun. Dec. 21
Forefathers' Day (Anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower at Plymouth, 1620)
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Thu. Dec. 25
Christmas
Isaac Newton's Birthday
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Sat. Dec. 27
Charles Darwin left England on HMS Beagle, 1831
Johannes Kepler born, 1571
Visit the Zoo Day
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Sun. Dec. 28
King's Birthday, Nepal
Iowa became a state, 1846
Read a page on Iowa, then take a quiz.
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Tue. Dec. 30
Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galactic systems, 1924
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Wed. Dec. 31
New Year's Eve
Soviet Union officially dissolves, 1991
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Thu. Jan. 1
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