December+2013

Rosa Parks Day on this day in 1955 she refused to give up her seat. World AIDS Day 1 || David Macaulay born, 1946 National Fritters Day Artist Georges Seurat born, 1859 2 || International Day of Persons with Disabilities National Roof-Over- Your-Head Day First successful heart transplant (1967) 3 || Munro Leaf born, 1905 National Cookie Day Wear Brown Shoes Day Phonograph Invented (1877) 4 || Walter Elias (Walt) Disney's Birthday born, 1901 Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) 5 || Ira Gershwin's Birthday born, 1896 Mitten Tree Day St. Nicholas Day 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, ratified (1865) 6 || National Cotton Candy Day Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (1941) 7 || National Brownie Day Inventor Eli Whitney born, 1765 8 || Ball-Bearing Roller Skates Patented in 1884 First Christmas Seals Issued in 1907 9 || Rumer Godden born, 1907 Human Rights Day Emily Dickinson born, 1830 10 || National Noodle Ring Day UNICEF Anniversary Established in 1946 Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock (1620) 11 || Barbara Emberley born, 1932 Golf Tee Patented (1899) Hovercraft Patented (1955) Poinsettia Day Marconi's radio signal crossed the Atlantic (1901) 12 || National Cocoa Day Susan B. Anthony dollar coined in 1970 13 || First Miniature Golf Course Opened in 1929 South Pole Discovered in 1911 14 || Underdog Day David McCord born, 1897 15 || Beethoven's Birthday (1770) Marie Hall Ets born, 1895 Quentin Blake born, 1932 Boston Tea Party Anniversary (1773) Las Posadas National Chocolate Covered Anything Day 16 || Wright Brother's First Flight (1903) National Maple Syrup Day 17 || Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day Baseball great Ty Cobb born, 1886 18 || Eve Bunting born, 1928 Oatmeal Muffin Day Dickens' A Christmas Carol published in 1843 19 || Games Day Electric Light demonstrated in 1879 20 || First Day of Winter First Crossword Puzzle in a Newspaper (1913) Humbug Day Look at the Bright Side Day National Flashlight Day 21 || Mercury Thermometer Was Invented in 1714 U.S. Golf Association Founded (1894) 22 || Roots Day Federal Reserve System established (1913) 23 || Christmas Eve National Egg Nog Day Apollo 8 reached the moon (1968) 24 || Christmas National Pumpkin Pie Day 25 || Boxing Day Kwanzaa Begins National Whiners Day 26 || Ingri d'Aulaire born, 1904 Visit the Zoo Day World Bank created (1945) 27 || Card Playing Day Chewing Gum Patented in 1869 Iowa became the 29th state (1846) National Chocolate Day 28 || 29 || Tiger Woods born, 1975 Author Rudyard Kipling born, 1865 30 || New Year's Eve Artist Henri Matisse born, 1869 31 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||  **//Also see our other [|December Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities] //** **__Special Goings-On__**
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 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]] Eat a Red Apple Day
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]]James Thurber born, 1894
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]] Bill of Rights Day
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]]First Christmas Lights sold in 1882
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]]Texas became the 28th state (1845)

 Hi Neighbor Month

Kwanzaa, African Harvest Festival (Last week in December)

 National Stress Free Family Holiday Month

Read A New Book Month

Safe Toy and Gift Month

Universal Human Rights Month

 Write to a Friend Month