Educators' Calendar: United States

December 2019

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1st December

World AIDS Day

Writer James Baldwin's Birthday (1924)

Rosa Parks Arrested (1955)

2nd December

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

Special Education Day

Environmental Protection Agency Established (1970)

First Artificial Heart Transplant (1982)

Dec. 2-8
Handwashing Awareness Week

3rd December

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Illinois Admission Day (1818)

First Human Heart Transplant (1967)

Dec. 3-9
Computer Science Education Week

4th December

National Cookie Day

National Dice Day

James Monroe Elected President (1816)

Game of "Monopoly" Debuted (1935)

5th December

International Volunteer Day

Pres. Martin Van Buren's Birthday (1789)

6th December

Feast of St. Nicholas

13th Amendment Ratified, Abolishing Slavery (1865)

Washington Monument Completed (1884)

7th December

Delaware Ratified U.S. Constitution (1786)

Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor (1941)

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8th December

Inventor Eli Whitney's Birthday (1765)

U.S. Entered WWII (1941)

Musician John Lennon Murdered (1980)

9th December

Poet John Milton's Birthday (1608)

Roller Skates Patented (1884)

10th December

Dewey Decimal System Day

Human Rights Day

Mississippi Admission Day (1817)

First Nobel Prizes Awarded (1901)

11th December

Noodle-Ring Day

Indiana Admission Day (1816)

Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon's Birthday (1863)

12th December

Poinsettia Day

Pennsylvania Admission Day (1787)

Stolen Mona Lisa Recovered (1913)

13th December

New Zealand Discovered (1642)

First Susan B. Anthony Dollar Issued (1979)

Saddam Hussein Captured (2003)

14th December

Alabama Admission Day (1819)

South Pole First Reached (1911)

DNA First Synthesized (1967)

Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (2012)

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15th December

Sitting Bull Killed (1890)

Game of Basketball Created (1891)

16th December

Boston Tea Party (1773)

Battle of the Bulge Began (1944)

First Black Secretary of State Selected (2000)

17th December

Wright Brothers' Day

Maple Syrup Day

France Recognized American Independence (1777)

18th December

New Jersey Admission Day (1787)

The Nutcracker Suite Premiered in Russia (1892)

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg's Birthday (1946)

19th December

Poor Richard's Almanac Published (1732)

Apollo 17 Returned to Earth (1972)

Pres. Bill Clinton Impeached (1998)

20th December

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

South Carolina First to Secede from Union (1860)

21st December

Pilgrims Landed at Plymouth (1620)

Crossword Puzzle Debuted (1913)

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22nd December

Winter Solstice

Author Beatrix Potter Died (1943)

23rd December

Hanukkah Begins at Sundown

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

First Nonstop Flight Around the World (1986)

24th December

Christmas Eve

Ku Klux Klan Formed (1865)

Verdi's Opera Aida Premiered (1871)

25th December

Nurse Clara Barton's Birthday (1821)

26th December

Kwanzaa Begins

First Performance of King Lear (1606)

First Kwanzaa Celebrated (1966)

South Asian Tsunami (2004)

27th December

Visit the Zoo Day

Mathematician Johannes Kepler's Birthday (1571)

Scientist Louis Pasteur's Birthday (1822)

World Bank Created (1945)

28th December

Iowa Admission Day (1846)

First Film Shown (1895)

Pledge of Allegiance Recognized by Congress (1945)

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29th December

Pres. Andrew Johnson's Birthday (1808)

Texas Admission Day (1845)

30th December

Writer Rudyard Kipling's Birthday (1865)

USSR Established (1922)

31st December

New Year's Eve

Make Up Your Mind Day

Truman Proclaimed End of Hostilities in WWII (1946)

1st January

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Month-Long Holidays and Events

Bingo's Birthday Month

Universal Human Rights Month

Safe Toys & Gifts Month

World AIDS Month

Stress-Free Family Holiday Month

Write to a Friend Month

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