Halloween Hosting Giveaway! GigFoot Software Support Hosting Boards Today Users Flash FAQ LOL 3D 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Kwanzaa Dec/ 1: ROSA PARKS IGNITES BUS BOYCOTT: December 1, 1955 In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, a violation of the city's racial segregation laws. More Information Dec/ 1: Events that occurred on this day: 1824 Presidential election goes to the House 1830 Due date for Victor Hugo 1862 Lincoln's State of the Union address 1884 Elfego Baca battles Anglo cowboys 1909 First Christmas Club Accounts 1913 Ford Debuts Assembly Line 1914 Back to Business During the War 1921 Steam-Powered Car Announced 1934 Sergey Kirov murdered 1934 Benny Goodman debuts on radio 1942 War Causes Fuel Shortages 1944 Stettinius succeeds Hull as secretary of state 1946 Geographically Speaking ends 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat 1959 Antarctica made a military-free continent 1960 Sandra Dee marries Bobby Darin 1963 Wendell Scott Wins 1964 Johnson Administration makes plans 1971 Situation in Cambodia worsens 1990 Tunnelers meet under English Channel 1995 Drug-Store Chain Chief Found Guilty Dec/ 2: MCCARTHY CONDEMNED BY SENATE: December 2, 1954 The U.S. Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Senator Joseph R. McCarthy for conduct unbecoming of a senator. More Information Dec/ 2: Events that occurred on this day: 1793 Coleridge joins the cavalry 1804 Napoleon crowned emperor 1823 Monroe Doctrine declared 1845 Polk affirms Monroe Doctrine 1859 John Brown hanged 1864 General Gracie killed at Petersburg 1867 Dickens' first U.S. reading 1892 Death of a Robber Baron 1899 Birth Of A British Speedster 1902 Finally, You Can Have a V-8 1930 Hoover Fights for Public Works 1932 Crosby and Hope team up 1942 Fermi produces the first nuclear chain reaction 1961 Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist 1962 Senator Mansfield pronounces American aid 1963 South Vietnamese leaders order a temporary halt 1985 John Gotti takes control of the Gambino crime family 1997 Greenspan Sees End to Asian Flu Dec/ 3: FIRST HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANT: December 3, 1967 On December 3, 1967, 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky receives the first human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. More Information Dec/ 3: Events that occurred on this day: 1818 Illinois becomes the 21st state 1826 George McClellan born 1857 Joseph Conrad's birthday 1901 TR the Trust Buster 1907 Mary Pickford and Cecil DeMille open in Broadway 1912 First Balkan War ends 1917 Longest Cantilevered Bridge 1929 Nation on the Rebound? 1944 Civil war breaks out in Athens 1962 Viet Cong are prepared for a long war 1965 Memorandum outlines terms for bombing halt 1979 End of the Line for Pacer 1979 Tragedy at The Who concert 1984 The Bhopal-Union Carbide disaster 1989 Bush and Gorbachev suggest Cold War ending 1989 The clothes make the man . . . guilty Dec/ 4: Events that occurred on this day: 1864 Engagement ends at Waynesboro 1867 Oliver Kelley organizes the Grange 1872 The mystery of the Mary Celeste 1915 Henry Ford Tries To End Great War 1916 Somerset Maugham sails for Pago Pago 1918 President Wilson travels to Europe 1921 Hung jury for Arbuckle 1936 Tallulah Bankhead tests for Scarlett 1942 Polish Christians come to the aid 1943 The End of WPA 1945 Senate approves U.S. participation 1952 CIO Elects UAW Chief Reuther 1966 Viet Cong attack Tan Son Nhut airport 1967 Riverine force surrounds Viet Cong battalion 1969 Police kill two members of the Black Panther 1971 Faulty Motors Recalled 1984 General Motors Swears Off Diesel Motors 1991 Last American hostage in Lebanon released Dec/ 4: BUSH ORDERS U.S. TROOPS TO SOMALIA: December 4, 1992 President George H. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia, a war-torn East African nation where rival warlords were preventing the distribution of humanitarian aid to thousands of starving Somalis. More Information Dec/ 5: Events that occurred on this day: 1945 Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle 1932 Ford Model C And V-8 Introduced 1977 Front-Wheel Drive For the Common Citizen 1839 George Custer born 1978 USSR and Afghanistan sign "friendship treaty" 1873 Belfry Murderer kills his first victim 1906 Otto Preminger born 1912 The New York Hat released 1952 Abbott and Costello Show debuts 1941 Steinbeck's Sea of Cortez is published 1871 Rodeo star Bill Pickett born in Texas 1964 Army Captain awarded first Medal of Honor 1970 N. Vietnam announces it will not be intimidated 1985 A Turbulent Day on the Street 1865 The Greenbacks' Last Stand 1955 AFL, CIO Merge 1941 American carrier Lexington heads to Midway Dec/ 5: PROHIBITION ENDS: December 5, 1933 The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. At 5:32 p.m. EST, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, achieving the requisite three-fourths majority of states' approval. More Information Dec/ 6: IRISH FREE STATE DECLARED: December 6, 1921 The Irish Free State, comprising four-fifths of Ireland, is declared, ending a five-year Irish struggle for independence from Britain. More Information Dec/ 6: Events that occurred on this day: 1749 French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies 1865 13th Amendment ratified 1868 Train robbers reach the end of the line 1887 Cleveland Fights Tariffs 1907 The Monongah coal mine disaster 1917 The Great Halifax Explosion 1933 Ulysses is ruled not obscene 1941 "Prevent further death and destruction" 1948 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts debuts 1955 National Standard For License Plates 1961 Operation Farm Gate missions authorized 1972 Fighting continues in South Vietnam 1976 O'Neil Sets Record 1987 Protest against Soviet treatment of Jews 1994 Orange County Goes Bankrupt 1998 Bill Cosby receives Kennedy Center Honors Dec/ 7: PEARL HARBOR BOMBED: December 7, 1941 At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. More Information Dec/ 7: Events that occurred on this day: 1787 The First State 1862 Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas 1873 Willa Cather is born 1805 Lewis and Clark settle in Fort Clatsop 1925 Johnny Weissmuller sets world record 1931 Model-A Ford Discontinued 1941 From Pearl Harbor to Wall Street 1941 "A date which will live in infamy" 1941 Movie business down 50 percent 1954 Budget Deficit Is Nothing New 1964 Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam 1965 McNamara predicts more U.S. troops needed 1965 A Fleet Of Chevys 1975 Indonesia invades East Timor 1983 First execution by lethal injection 1987 Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in United States 1988 Earthquake devastates Armenia 1990 Joan Bennett dies 1993 Commute of terror Dec/ 8: JOHN LENNON SHOT: December 8, 1980 John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City. More Information Dec/ 8: Events that occurred on this day: 1542 Mary Queen of Scots born 1860 Treasury Secretary Protests Lincoln Victory 1863 Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty 1886 Birth of the AFL 1894 James Thurber is born 1941 The United States declares war on Japan 1941 Jeanette Rankin casts sole vote 1945 Japanese Auto Industry Starts Up Again 1949 Chinese Nationalists move capital to Taiwan 1964 William Bendix dies 1964 England's Worst Crash 1965 Operation Tiger Hound launched 1966 N. Vietnam rejects Johnson's prisoner exchange 1969 Nixon declares Vietnam War is ending 1980 The country mourns the death of John Lennon 1980 John Lennon shot 1981 Mitsubishi Comes To America 1987 Superpowers agree to reduce nuclear arsenals 1993 NAFTA signed into law Dec/ 9: INTIFADA BEGINS ON GAZA STRIP: December 9, 1987 In the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip, the first riots of the Palestinian intifada, or "shaking off" in Arabic, begin one day after an Israeli truck crashed into a station wagon carrying Palestinian workers in the Jabalya refugee district of Gaza, killing four and wounding 10. More Information Dec/ 9: Events that occurred on this day: 1835 The Texan Army captures San Antonio 1854 "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is published 1861 Committee on the Conduct of the War created 1865 New Home for the NYSE 1878 Good Day for Greenbacks 1926 Benny Goodman records his first solo 1929 Ginger Rogers makes Broadway debut 1940 Brits launch offensive against Italians in North Africa 1941 Auto Racing Drivers Club Closed For The War 1950 Harry Gold sent to prison 1958 John Birch Society founded 1963 Studebaker Winds Down 1965 Newspaper reports on bombing over North Vietnam 1971 Paris Peace talks break down 1972 Louella Parsons dies 1981 Mumia Abu-Jamal's struggle begins 1990 Walesa elected president of Poland 1992 Separation of Charles and Diana announced 1996 Wall St. Stands Tough Dec/ 10: FIRST NOBEL PRIZES: December 10, 1901 The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. More Information Dec/ 10: Events that occurred on this day: 1830 Emily Dickinson is born 1845 Carriages Ride On Air 1845 President Polk for Some Real Estate 1864 Sherman arrives in front of Savannah 1869 Wyoming grants women the vote 1898 Treaty of Paris ends Spanish-American War 1915 One Million Automobiles 1938 Filming of Gone with The Wind begins 1941 Japan becomes master of the Pacific and South China Sea 1950 Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize 1957 Sidney Poitier signs for Porgy and Bess 1963 Frank Sinatra Jr. endures a frightening ordeal 1970 Lee Iacocca President Of Ford 1970 Calley trial defense begins 1972 Breakthrough appears for Paris peace talks 1974 Sex scandal involving Arkansas politician 1977 Soviets arrest dissidents on United Nations 1979 Dollarys Dramatic Drop on Tokyo Market 1982 Freeman Gosden dies Dec/ 11: YELTSIN ORDERS RUSSIAN FORCES INTO CHECHNYA: December 11, 1994 In the largest Russian military offensive since the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks pour into the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya. More Information Dec/ 11: Events that occurred on this day: 1862 Federals occupy Fredericksburg 1894 First Automobile Exposition 1872 Bill Cody makes first stage appearance 1918 Alexander Solzhenitsyn is born 1930 NY Branch of Bank of U.S. Goes Belly-up 1936 Edward VIII abdicates 1939 Marlene Dietrich records "Falling in Love Again" 1941 Spare Tires Outlawed 1941 Germany declares war on the United States 1946 UNICEF founded 1956 Hays Code eases 1961 First U.S. helicopters arrive in South Vietnam 1968 Unemployment Hits a New Low 1969 Paratroopers depart South Vietnam 1969 Soviets declare nudity a sign of "western decadence" 1985 Unabomber kills his first victim Dec/ 12: MARCONI SENDS FIRST ATLANTIC WIRELESS TRANSMISSION: December 12, 1901 Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean, disproving detractors who told him that the curvature of the earth would limit transmission to 200 miles or less. More Information Dec/ 12: Events that occurred on this day: 1805 Wells Fargo Founder Born 1806 Stand Watie born 1821 Flaubert is born 1900 U.S. Steel Formed 1913 Mona Lisa recovered in Florence 1915 Frank Sinatra born 1916 Studebaker Digs In 1917 Father Flanagan establishes Boys Town 1923 Bob Barkerýs Birthday 1929 Cattle pioneer Charles Goodnight dies 1937 USS Panay sunk by Japanese 1941 United States seizes French liner Normandie 1955 Half A Billion To Charity 1968 Tallulah Bankhead dies 1968 Procedural questions cause difficulty 1969 Philippine soldiers depart South Vietnam 1987 Shultz calls on European allies 1997 A young murderer is indicted Dec/ 13: DRAKE SETS OUT: December 13, 1577 English seaman Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, with five ships and 164 men on a mission to raid Spanish holdings on the Pacific coast of the New World and explore the Pacific Ocean. Three years later, Drake's return to Plymouth marked the first circumnavigation of the earth by a British explorer. More Information Dec/ 13: Events that occurred on this day: 1621 First export of American furs 1642 Tasman discovers New Zealand 1798 Joseph Walker born in Tennessee 1816 First Savings Bank Chartered 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg 1910 Metropolitan Opera broadcast 1915 Mystery writer Ross Macdonald is born 1922 Early Convertible Top Patented 1928 An American in Paris debuts 1939 Lincoln Continental Is Born 1937 The Rape of Nanking 1951 John Service dismissed 1957 The Changing Thunderbird 1942 Goebbels complains of Italians' treatment 1950 James Dean appears in Pepsi ad 1972 Peace negotiations in Paris deadlocked 1974 N. Vietnamese commence attack on Phuoc Long 1978 First Susan B. Anthony Dollar 1989 "Queen of Mean" sentenced to the slammer Dec/ 14: AMUNDSEN REACHES SOUTH POLE: December 14, 1911 Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott. More Information Dec/ 14: Events that occurred on this day: 1640 Aphra Behn is baptized 1790 Hamiltonýs Plan for Bank of the U.S. 1799 George Washington dies 1799 George Washington dies at Mount Vernon 1863 Lincoln pardons his sister-in-law 1874 An unsatisfactory end to a kidnapping 1900 The birth of quantum theory 1909 Brick Racetrack Completed 1931 Rolls-Royce Acquires Bentley 1939 USSR expelled from the League of Nations 1944 National Velvet opens 1947 Stock Car Racing Organized 1961 Kennedy announces intent to increase aid 1964 Operation Barrel Roll begins 1980 CIA issues warning about Soviet arms sales 1993 Myrna Loy dies 1995 Boeing Strike Ends 1999 Charles M. Schulz announces retirement Dec/ 15: BILL OF RIGHTS BECOMES LAW: December 15, 1791 Following ratification by the state of Virginia, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, become the law of the land. More Information Dec/ 15: Events that occurred on this day: 1961 Architect of the Holocaust sentenced to die 1973 Billionaire's kidnapped grandson found in Italy 1941 Strikes Ruled Out By Labor 1864 Battle of Nashville, Tennessee 1978 United States announces that it will recognize communist China 1988 James Brown begins his prison sentence 1966 Walt Disney dies 1936 George Orwell delivers the manuscript for The Road to Wigan Pier 1890 Sitting Bull killed by Indian police 1969 Nixon announces additional U.S. troop withdrawals 1995 Trading on NYSE Hits New Mark 1945 MacArthur orders end of Shinto as Japanese state religion Dec/ 16: BATTLE OF THE BULGE BEGINS: December 16, 1944 With the Anglo-Americans closing in on Germany from the west and the Soviets approaching from the east, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler orders a massive attack against the western Allies by three German armies. Dec/ 16: Events that occurred on this day: 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1811 Earthquake rocks the American wilderness 1920 Earthquake devastates Gansu province of China 1971 Pakistani forces defeated in Bangladesh 1949 Swedish Carmaker Debuts 1863 Johnston named commander of Army of Tennessee 1950 Truman declares state of emergency 1989 A terrorist bomber begins his deadly rampage 1913 Charles Chaplin starts work at Keystone 1775 Jane Austen's birthday 1826 Edwards declares the Texas Republic of Fredonia 1972 Kissinger announces that North Vietnamese left negotiations 1982 Operating Capacity of Factories Plummets 1944 Battle of the Bulge Dec/ 17: FIRST AIRPLANE FLIES: December 17, 1903 Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. More Information Dec/ 17: Events that occurred on this day: 1944 U.S. approves end to internment of Japanese Americans 1975 "Squeaky" Fromme sentenced to life 1990 Aristide wins Haiti's first free election 1996 Peruvian rebels seize Japanese ambassador's home 1979 Car Breaks Sound Barrier 1862 Grant expels the Jews from his department 1991 Yeltsin supporters announce Soviet Union will cease to exist by New Year's Eve 1986 "Operation Iceman" nabs the culprit 1936 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy debut on radio 1843 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is published on this day 1889 "Silver Dollar" Tabor born in Denver 1971 Cambodian forces under heavy pressure 1983 Another Round of Reagan Tax Reform 1941 Commander at Pearl Harbor canned Dec/ 18: SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN AMERICA: December 18, 1865 Following its ratification by the requisite three-quarters of the states earlier in the month, the 13th Amendment is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution, ensuring that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude. . . .shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." More Information Dec/ 18: Events that occurred on this day: 1912 Piltdown Man discovered 1916 Battle of Verdun ends 1898 Official Land Speed Record Set 1862 Battle of Lexington, Tennessee 1972 Nixon announces start of "Christmas Bombing" of North Vietnam 1878 The death of Molly-ism 1946 Steven Spielberg born 1870 Short story writer H.H. Munro is born in Burma 1888 Wetherill and Mason discover Mesa Verde 1972 Nixon orders the initiation of Operation Linebacker II 1987 Boesky Sentenced 1941 Japan invades Hong Kong Dec/ 19: BRITAIN TO RETURN HONG KONG: December 19, 1984 In the Hall of the People in Beijing, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang sign an agreement committing Britain to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 in return for terms guaranteeing a 50-year extension of its capitalist system. More Information Dec/ 19: Events that occurred on this day: 1777 Continental Army enters winter camp at Valley Forge 1972 Last lunar-landing mission ends 1998 President Clinton impeached 1924 A Famous Ghost Vanishes 1817 James Archer born 1986 Gorbachev releases Sakharov from internal exile 1978 A funky smell leads to the capture of a killer 1915 Edith Piaf born 1732 Poor Richard's Almanack is published 1964 John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn released 1972 North Vietnam condemns Linebacker raids 1983 Greyhound Strike Settled 1941 Hitler takes command of the German army Dec/ 20: HO CHI MINH FIGHTS FRENCH: December 20, 1946 The morning after Viet Minh forces under Ho Chi Minh launched a night revolt in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, French colonial troops crack down on the communist rebels. More Information Dec/ 20: Events that occurred on this day: 1989 The U.S. invades Panama 1995 NATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia 1892 Inflatable Wheels 1862 Raid on Holly Springs, Mississippi 1963 Berlin Wall opened for first time 1980 Sunny von Bulow is found comatose 1932 Al Jolson records "April Showers" 1579 John Fletcher is baptized 1803 The French surrender Orleans to the U.S. 1960 National Liberation Front formed 1968 Treasury Secretaryýs Reign Ends 1941 Hitler to Halder: No retreat! Dec/ 21: DE GAULLE ELECTED: December 21, 1958 Three months after a new French constitution was approved, Charles de Gaulle is elected the first president of the Fifth Republic by a sweeping majority of French voters. More Information Dec/ 21: Events that occurred on this day: 1968 Apollo 8 departs for moon's orbit 1975 Carlos the Jackal attacks OPEC headquarters 1979 U.S. Government Rescues Chrysler 1861 Trent crisis escalates 1991 Soviet republics proclaim the Commonwealth of Independent States 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie 1967 Rolling Stones release a new album 1799 William Wordsworth moves into Dove Cottage 1866 Indians massacre Fetterman and eighty soldiers 1969 Thailand announces plans to withdraw troops 1988 Drexel Burnham Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud 1945 "Old Blood and Guts" dies Dec/ 22: WALDHEIM ELECTED U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL: December 22, 1971 The United Nations General Assembly votes to ratify the U.N. Security Council's nomination of Austrian diplomat Kurt Waldheim to lead the U.N. More Information Dec/ 22: Events that occurred on this day: 1894 Dreyfus affair begins in France 1984 The Bernhard Goetz subway shooting 1989 Romanian government falls 1973 Americans Must Drive 55 1864 Sherman presents Lincoln with a Christmas gift 1990 Lech Walesa sworn in as president of Poland 1964 A famously controversial comedian is convicted for obscenity 1949 Robin and Maurice Gibb born 1849 Dostoevsky reprieved at last minute 1884 John Chisum dies in Arkansas 1972 Washington announces Linebacker II raids will continue 1807 Jeffersonýs Embargo Act 1941 Churchill and Roosevelt discuss war and peace Dec/ 23: VOYAGER COMPLETES GLOBAL FLIGHT: December 23, 1986 After nine days and four minutes in the sky, the experimental aircraft Voyager lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California, completing the first nonstop flight around the globe on one load of fuel. More Information Dec/ 23: Events that occurred on this day: 1620 Construction of Plymouth settlement begins 1948 Japanese war criminals hanged in Tokyo 1982 Gas Tax Hike 1862 Davis declares Butler a felon 1968 Crew of USS Pueblo released by North Korea 1984 Bernard Goetz goes on the lam 1930 Bette Davis signs with Universal 1912 French magazine rejects Remembrance of Things Past 1829 Prince Wurttemberg explores the West 1972 Operation Linebacker II continues 1913 Federal Reserve Act Approved 1944 The execution of Eddie Slovik is authorized Dec/ 24: WAR OF 1812 ENDS: December 24, 1814 The Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America is signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. More Information Dec/ 24: Events that occurred on this day: 1851 Fire ravages Library of Congress 1865 KKK founded 1801 Steam Propels Carriage In Cornwall 1864 Bombardment of Fort Fisher begins 1952 McCarren-Walter Act goes into effect 1994 Islamic terrorists hijack a French plane 1922 Ava Gardner born 1881 Nobel Prize winning poet Juan Ramon Jimynez is born 1809 Kit Carson born in Kentucky 1972 Bob Hope gives his last show in Vietnam 1905 Happy Birthday, Mr. Hughes 1942 French Admiral Jean Darlan is assassinated Dec/ 24: FULL MOON: A Full Moon is opposite the Sun, which means that the moon rises around sunset and sets at around sunrise. It occurs two weeks after New Moon, a week after First Quarter Moon, and a week before Last Quarter Moon. If you use the same reasoning as we do with "quarter" Moons, you would call this the "Half Moon," since we see only half the surface of the Moon. more info.... 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Photos of: Solar Eclipse Winter Solar Eclipse Ecliped Moon and Stars Moonlight Eclipes Phases of a Lunar Eclipe Lunar Eclipes Lunar Eclipes 1993 Lunar Eclipes Lunar Eclipes Lunar Eclipes Ecliped Moon and Stars Moonlight Eclipes Fleeting Eclipes Solstice and Seasons Eclipes Full Eclipes Full Eclipes Total Lunar Eclipe Partial Lunar Eclipes Total Solar Eclipes Waning Cresent Moon Old Cresent Moon Waxing Gibbous Waxing Cresent Full Moon Full Moon Full Moon Double Full Moon New Moon New Moon New-Old Moon First Quarter Moon Lunar Eclipes Winter Solar Eclipse Solstice and Seasons Eclipes Total Solar Eclipes Ecliped Moon and Stars Moonlight Eclipes Solar Eclipse Calendar Dates for: New Moon Dates First Quarter Dates Full Moon Dates Last Quarter Moon Dates Lunar Eclipes Solar Eclipes Blue Moon Dec/ 25: MERRY CHRISTMAS: CHRIST IS BORN: December 25, 6 B.C. Although most Christians celebrate December 25 as the birthday of Jesus Christ, few in the first two Christian centuries claimed any knowledge of the exact day or year in which he was born. The oldest existing record of a Christmas celebration is found in a Roman almanac that tells of a Christ's Nativity festival led by the church of Rome in 336 A.D. The precise reason why Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25 remains obscure, but most researchers believe that Christmas originated as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. More Information Dec/ 25: Events that occurred on this day: 1776 Washington crosses the Delaware 1914 The Christmas Truce 1985 Because No Extension Cord Is That Long 1862 Christmas for Union soldier Elisha Hunt Rhodes 1991 Gorbachev resigns as president of the USSR 1996 Young JonBenet Ramsey is murdered 1938 Leigh cast as Scarlett 1996 Jimmy Buffett departs on a cruise that inspires A Pirate Looks at Fifty 1869 John Wesley Hardin kills over a card game 1972 Linebacker II resumes after Christmas pause 1992 A Good Shopping Season 1941 British surrender Hong Kong Dec/ 26: JACK JOHNSON WINS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: December 26, 1908 Jack Johnson becomes the first African American to win the world heavyweight title when he knocks out Canadian Tommy Burns in the 14th round in a championship bout near Sydney, Australia. Johnson, who held the heavyweight title until 1915, was reviled by whites for his defiance of the "Jim Crow" racial conventions of early 20th-century America. More Information Dec/ 26: Events that occurred on this day: 1941 Churchill addresses Congress 1966 The first Kwanzaa 1985 Ford Turns Things Around 1860 Mason and Slidell freed 1955 Porgy and Bess opens in Leningrad 1610 Bathory's torturous escapades are exposed 1974 Jack Benny dies 1606 King Lear performed at Court 1820 Moses Austin asks Spanish for Texas colony 1971 U.S. jets strike North Vietnam 1833 Bank of the U.S. Controversy 1943 Britain surprises German attacker in the Arctic Dec/ 26: Kwanzaa December 26 through January 1 Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. More Information on: Kwanzaa Anything you need to know about Kwanzaa Dr. Maulana Karenga Maulana Karenga Calendar Dec/ 27: RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL OPENS: December 27, 1932 At the height of the Great Depression, thousands turn out for the opening of Radio City Music Hall, a magnificent Art Deco theater in New York City. More Information Dec/ 27: Events that occurred on this day: 1831 HMS Beagle departs England 1968 Apollo 8 returns to Earth 1978 Spanish king ratifies democratic constitution 1951 Driving Right In the Postal Service 1864 Hood's army crosses the Tennessee River 1979 Soviets take over in Afghanistan 1922 A deadly package bomb is opened 1927 Show Boat opens 1904 Peter Pan, by James Barrie, opens in London 1846 Doniphan's Thousand take El Paso 1966 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops attack Viet Cong stronghold 1943 FDR Helps Avert Rail Strike 1942 Germans form the Smolensk Committee to enlist Soviet soldiers Dec/ 27: Kwanzaa December 26 through January 1 Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. More Information on: Kwanzaa Anything you need to know about Kwanzaa Dr. Maulana Karenga Maulana Karenga Calendar Dec/ 28: WORST EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKE: December 28, 1908 At dawn, the most destructive earthquake in recorded European history strikes the Straits of Messina in southern Italy, leveling the cities of Messina in Sicily and Reggio di Calabria on the Italian mainland. More Information More Information Dec/ 28: Events that occurred on this day: 1895 Motion pictures shown 1832 Calhoun resigns vice presidency 1869 America's first Labor Day 1989 Dubcek returns to public office 1954 Slow Demise Of The Hudson Hornet 1822 William Booth Taliaferro born 1973 Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago published 1793 An American hero is arrested in France 1947 Wynonie Harris records "Good Rockin' Tonight" 1932 Argentine novelist Manuel Puig is born 1900 Carry Nation attacks a Kansas saloon 1972 Hanoi announces return to the Paris peace talks 1929 Birth of a Top UAW Official 1941 Request made for creation of construction battalions Dec/ 28: Kwanzaa December 26 through January 1 Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. More Information on: Kwanzaa Anything you need to know about Kwanzaa Dr. Maulana Karenga Maulana Karenga Calendar Dec/ 29: WORST AIR RAID ON LONDON: December 29, 1940 On the evening of December 29, 1940, London suffers its most devastating air raid when Germans firebomb the city. More Information Dec/ 29: Events that occurred on this day: 1170 The making of an English martyr 1845 Texas enters the Union 1800 Good Year For A Goodyear 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs 1956 United States prepares new strategic plan for Middle East 1985 The "Railway Rapist" commits his first murder 1967 Paul Whiteman dies 1916 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is published 1890 U.S. Army massacres Sioux at Wounded Knee 1966 Johnson Administration responds to Harrison Salisbury's charges 1950 Passage of Celler-Kefauver Anti-merger Act 1940 Germans raid London Dec/ 29: Kwanzaa December 26 through January 1 Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. More Information on: Kwanzaa Anything you need to know about Kwanzaa Dr. Maulana Karenga Maulana Karenga Calendar Dec/ 30: MARCOS INAUGURATED: December 30, 1965 Former Philippines Senate president Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation. Marcos' regime would span 20 years and become increasingly authoritarian and corrupt. More Information Dec/ 30: Events that occurred on this day: 1853 Southern U.S. border established 1916 Rasputin murdered 1922 USSR established 1905 Frenchman Is Fastest 1862 U.S.S. Monitor sinks 1950 Acheson calls for renewed effort to meet communist threat 1994 An anti-abortion activist goes on a murder spree 1985 Rick Nelson dies in plane crash 1816 Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wed 1905 Former Idaho governor Steunenberg assassinated 1972 Negotiations to resume in Paris 1936 Permission to Form UAW 1884 Tojo is born Dec/ 30: Kwanzaa December 26 through January 1 Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. More Information on: Kwanzaa Anything you need to know about Kwanzaa Dr. Maulana Karenga Maulana Karenga Calendar Dec/ 31: EDISON DEMONSTRATES INCANDESCENT LIGHT: December 31, 1879 In the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison lights up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey. More Information Dec/ 31: Events that occurred on this day: 1600 Charter granted to the East India Company 1775 Patriots defeated at Quebec 1968 Soviets test supersonic airliner 1909 Manhattan Bridge Opens 1862 Battle of Parker's Crossroads 1978 United States ends official relations with Nationalist China 1922 The Rosewood attacks begin 1969 Jimi Hendrix's new band debuts 1972 Pete Hamill quits drinking 1943 John Denver born in New Mexico 1968 Bloodiest year of the war ends 1933 Treasury Secretary Steps Down 1944 Hungary declares war on Germany Dec/ 31: Kwanzaa December 26 through January 1 Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. More Information on: Kwanzaa Anything you need to know about Kwanzaa Dr. Maulana Karenga Maulana Karenga Calendar December 2007 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31