December
1
Theatre Day
Festival of Poseidon (Greek God of Sea and Rebirth)
National Pie Day
St. Edmund Campion's Day (patron of printers)
International Prisoners for Peace Day
Iceland Independence Day
Portugal Independence Day
Eat A Red Apple Day
Becky Thatcher Day
Romania National Day
World AIDS Day (UN)
Rosa Parks Day
December
2
Atomic Day
Pan American Health Day
United
Arab Emirates Independence Day
Sugarplum Festival
National Fritters Day
December
3
Jazz Day
National Ice Cream Box Day
Grange Day
National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day
International Day of Disabled Persons (UN)
Singapore Independence Day
Reinvigorate Your Brain by Reading Something Today Day
1st Successful heart transplant performed (1967)
Union Carbide killed 1,000's in Bhopal, India (1984)
1st Official US flag raised (1775)
Longest lease signed (10 million years; Ireland, 1888)
December
4
Comet Day
Day of the Artisans (Mexico)
National Cookie Day
Wear Brown Shoes Day
Wear a Beard of Bees Today Day
December
5
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Bathtub Party Day
December
6
National Pawnbrokers Day
St. Nicholas' Day
Ireland Independence Day
Denmark Independence Day
Finland Independence Day
National Gazpacho Day
1st Sound Recording made (Mary Had A Little Lamb; 1872)
Alcohol for sale again in the US (1933)
Columbus discovered Haiti (1492)
Denmark became 1st nation to establish education system (1774)
Rolling Stones' played Altamont Speedway (1969)
December
7
Festival of Primordial Beings
Enlightenment Day
Lebanon Independence Day
Bodhi (Buddhist Celebration)
Ivory Coast Independence Day
National Cotton Candy Day
Delaware became the 1st state (1787)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor (1941)
US declared war on Austria (WW 1, 1917)
December 8
National Brownie Day
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Take It In the Ear Day
Winter Flowers Day
Tanzania Independence Day
John Lennon assassinated (1980)
Washington crossed the Delaware River (1776)
December 9
Fiesta of the Mother of Health (Mexico)
National Pastry Day
Tanzania Independence Day
Upper Volta National Holiday
A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted (1965)
NYC's 1st Newspaper (by Noah Webster; The American Minerva; 1793)
1st Formal Cremation in US (1792)
Carmel, California banned high heels (1982)
December 10
Holidays Events
National Lager Day
International Human Rights Day
Nobel Prize Day
Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales (Inuit Eskimos)
Mighty Mouse debuted
1st Nobel Peace Prize awarded (1901)
December
11
US Declared War on Germany & Italy (WW 2; 1941)
Indiana became the 19th state (1816)
King Edward VIII abdicated to marry divorced American (1936)
Venetian Blinds patented (1769)
1st Automobile Show held (Paris; 1894)
December 12
National Ambrosia Day
National Poinsettia Day
Gingerbread House Day
Switzerland Independence Day
Farewell to Autumn Festival begins (Hopi)
Guadalupe Day (Mexico)
Poinsettia Day
Fiesta of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Mexico)
Toronto Peace Festival
National Ding-A-Ling Day
St. Jane Frances de Chantal's Day Pennsylvania became the 2nd state (1787)
1st Motel opened (Milestone Mo-Tel, San Luis Obispo, CA; 1925)
1st Bank of the US opened (1792)
Hovercraft patented (1955)
Marconi sent 1st radio signal across Atlantic Ocean (1901)
Experimental aircraft Voyager completed an around-the-world flight without
refueling (1986)
Leona Helmsley sentenced to jail for tax evasion (1989)
December
13
Namibia Independence Day
1st Incident in the American Revolutionary War
North
and South Korea signed a formal treaty ending Korean War (1991)
December 14
National Bouillabaisse Day
1st Miniature Golf course opened (1929)
December
15
Bill of Rights Day
Audobon Christmas Bird Count
National Lemon Cupcake Day
US Bill of Rights adopted (1791)
American Psychiatric Ass'n declared homosexuality not a mental illness
(1973)
December 16
Eat
What You Want Day
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Fiesta of the Virgin of the Lonely (Mexico)
Saturday Night Fever premiered (1977)
December
17
International Shareware Day
National Maple Syrup Day
Pan American Aviation Day
Wright Brothers Day
Wright Brothers take the 1st airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, NC (1903)
December 18
Fiesta of the Virgin of the Lonely (Mexico)
Feast of Our Lady of Solitude (Mexico)
Wear a Plunger On Your Head Today Day
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
Slavery abolished in US (1865)
December 19
Underdog Day
National Oatmeal Muffin Day
December
20
Games
Day
Chinese Feast of Winter Solstice
Mother Night
National Sangria Day
Pongol of the Sun (Hindu)
Mudd Day (Dr. Mudd gave aid to John Wilkes Booth)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
December
21
Chaos Day
Humbug Day
Look At the Bright Side Day
National French Fried Shrimp Day
National Flashlight Day
Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock (1620)
December
22
International Arbor Day
Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)
Yule (Wiccan)
December
23
Fools Day
Feast of the Radishes (Mexico)
National Pfeffernuesse Day
December
24
Christmas Eve
National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day
National Egg Nog Day
December
25
Christmas
National Pumpkin Pie Day
December
26
Boxing Day
Kwanzaa begins (US, Africa)
Kwanzaa, Day 1: Umoja (Unity)
Recyclable Packaging Day
National Candy Cane Day
National Whiner's Day
December 27
Kwanzaa, Day 2: Kuichagulia (Self-Determination)
Visit the Zoo Day
National Fruitcake Day
December
28
Card Playing Day
National Chocolate Day
Inocentes (Mexican April Fool's Day)
Kwanzaa, Day 3: Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility)
Eat Vegetarian Day
Throw Away Your Subliminal Motivation Tapes Today Day
December
29
Broadway Day
Kwanzaa, Day 4: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economy)
National Chocolate Again Day
December 30
Miracle Day
Kwanzaa, Day 5: Nia (Purpose)
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
1st Color TV for sale (Admiral; 1953)
December
31
New Year's Eve
World Peace Meditation Day
Make Up Your Mind Day
Unlucky Day (Astronomy)
National Champagne Day
Kwanzaa, Day 6: Kuumba (Creativity)
Check the Smoke Alarms Day
No Resolution Day
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