James Baldwin's Birthday (1924)

Rosa Parks Arrested (1955)

World AIDS Day

Environmental Protection Agency Established (1970)

First Artificial Heart Transplant (1982)

Int'l Day for the Abolition of Slavery

First Human Heart Transplant (1967)

Illinois Admission Day (1818)

Int'l Day of Disabled Persons

Game of "Monopoly" Debuted (1935)

James Monroe Elected President (1816)

Nat'l Cookie Day

Int'l Volunteer Day

Martin Van Buren's Birthday (1789)

Mozart Died (1791)

13th Amendment Ratified (1865)

First Taxicabs Began Operation (1897)

Washington Monument Completed (1884)

Delaware Ratified U.S. Constitution (1786)

Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor (1941)

Dec 7 - 13
Clerc-Gallaudet Week

Nat'l Handwashing Week

Eli Whitney's Birthday (1765)

John Lennon Murdered (1980)

U.S. Entered WWII (1941)

John Milton's Birthday (1608)

Mary Leakey Died (1996)

Roller Skates Patented (1884)

Human Rights Day

Mississippi Admission Day (1817)

Annie Jump Cannon's Birthday (1863)

Indiana Admission Day (1816)

Nat'l Noodle-Ring Day

First Black Man Elected to House of Representatives (1870)

Nat'l Poinsettia Day

Pennsylvania Admission Day (1787)

Stolen Mona Lisa Recovered (1913)

First Susan B. Anthony Dollar Issued (1979)

New Zealand Discovered (1642)

Saddam Hussein Captured (2003)

Alabama Admission Day (1819)

DNA First Synthesized (1967)

George W. Bush Accepted Presidency (2000)

South Pole First Reached (1911)

Basketball Created (1891)

Bill of Rights Took Effect (1791)

Sitting Bull Killed (1890)

Battle of the Bulge Began (1944)

Boston Tea Party (1773)

Earthquake in China Killed 200,000 (1920)

First Black Secretary of State Selected (2000)

France Recognized American Independence (1777)

Maple Syrup Day

Wright Brothers' Day

New Jersey Admission Day (1787)

The Nutcracker Suite Premiered in Russia (1892)

Steven Spielberg's Birthday (1946)

Poor Richard's Almanac Published (1732)

Pres. Bill Clinton Impeached (1998)

Saturnalia Festival

John Steinbeck Died (1968)

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

South Carolina First to Secede from Union (1860)

Winter Solstice

Crossword Puzzle Debuted (1913)

Pilgrims Landed at Plymouth (1607)

Dec 21 - 27
Int'l Language Week

Hanukkah Begins (Sundown)

Beatrix Potter Died (1943)

Samuel Beckett Died (1989)

First Nonstop Flight Around the World (1986)

Maryland Voted to Cede Land for District of Columbia (1788)

Transistor Debuted (1947)

Christmas Eve

Ku Klux Klan Formed (1865)

Verdi's Opera Aida Premiered (1871)

Christmas

Clara Barton's Birthday (1821)

Pumpkin Pie Day

Kwanzaa Begins

First Kwanzaa Celebrated (1966)

First Performance of King Lear (1606)

Tsunami in Indian Ocean Killed 280,000 (2004)

Johannes Kepler's Birthday (1571)

Louis Pasteur's Birthday (1822)

Visit the Zoo Day

Chewing Gum Patented (1869)

Iowa Admission Day (1846)

Pledge of Allegiance Recognized by Congress (1945)

Pres. Andrew Johnson's Birthday (1808)

Texas Admission Day (1845)

Rudyard Kipling's Birthday (1865)

New Year's Eve

Make Up Your Mind Day

Truman Proclaimed End of Hostilities in WWII (1946)