December Events Calendar for Educators

December Events 2012

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December 2012
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						Eat a Red Apple Day 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	Hanukkah Begins at Sundown James Thurber born, 1894 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	Bill of Rights Day 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	First Christmas Lights sold in 1882 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	Texas became the 28th state (1845) 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
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

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