World AIDS Day

James Baldwin's Birthday (1924)

Rosa Parks Arrested (1955)

Int'l Day for the Abolition of Slavery

Environmental Protection Agency Established (1970)

First Artificial Heart Transplant (1982)

Int'l Day of Disabled Persons

Illinois Admission Day (1818)

First Human Heart Transplant (1967)

Nat'l Cookie Day

James Monroe Elected President (1816)

Game of "Monopoly" Debuted (1935)

Int'l Volunteer Day

Martin Van Buren's Birthday (1789)

Mozart Died (1791)

13th Amendment Ratified (1865)

Washington Monument Completed (1884)

First Taxicabs Began Operation (1897)

Nat'l Handwashing Week

Delaware Ratified U.S. Constitution (1786)

Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor (1941)

Eli Whitney's Birthday (1765)

U.S. Entered WWII (1941)

John Lennon Murdered (1980)

John Milton's Birthday (1608)

Roller Skates Patented (1884)

Mary Leakey Died (1996)

Human Rights Day

Mississippi Admission Day (1817)

Hanukkah Begins at Sundown

Nat'l Noodle-Ring Day

Indiana Admission Day (1816)

Annie Jump Cannon's Birthday (1863)

Nat'l Poinsettia Day

Pennsylvania Admission Day (1787)

First Black Man Elected to House of Representatives (1870)

Stolen Mona Lisa Recovered (1913)

New Zealand Discovered (1642)

First Susan B. Anthony Dollar Issued (1979)

Saddam Hussein Captured (2003)

Alabama Admission Day (1819)

South Pole First Reached (1911)

DNA First Synthesized (1967)

George W. Bush Accepted Presidency (2000)

Bill of Rights Took Effect (1791)

Sitting Bull Killed (1890)

Basketball Created (1891)

Boston Tea Party (1773)

Earthquake in China Killed 200,000 (1920)

Battle of the Bulge Began (1944)

First Black Secretary of State Selected (2000)

Maple Syrup Day

Wright Brothers' Day

France Recognized American Independence (1777)

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)

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

South Carolina First to Secede from Union (1860)

John Steinbeck Died (1968)

Winter Solstice

Pilgrims Landed at Plymouth (1620)

Crossword Puzzle Debuted (1913)

Beatrix Potter Died (1943)

Samuel Beckett Died (1989)

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

Transistor Debuted (1947)

First Nonstop Flight Around the World (1986)

Christmas Eve

Ku Klux Klan Formed (1865)

Verdi's Opera Aida Premiered (1871)

Christmas

Clara Barton's Birthday (1821)

Kwanzaa Begins

First Performance of King Lear (1606)

First Kwanzaa Celebrated (1966)

Tsunami in Indian Ocean Killed 280,000 (2004)

Visit the Zoo Day

Johannes Kepler's Birthday (1571)

Louis Pasteur's Birthday (1822)

Iowa Admission Day (1846)

Chewing Gum Patented (1869)

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)