December 2008

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In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.

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David Macaulay was born on this day in 1946.

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Dr. Christian N. Barnard performed the world’s first successful human heart transplant.

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Walt Disney was born on this day in 1901.

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Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese in 1941.

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Snowflake Bentley illustrator Mary Azarian was born in 1940.

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Author Joel Chandler Harris was born on this day in 1848.

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Poet Emily Dickinson was born on this day in 1830.

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Bill of Rights Day is observed on December 15.

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The Boston Tea Party took place on this day in 1773.

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On this day in 1903, the Wright brothers made their phenomenal flight!

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Author Eve Bunting was born in Ireland on this day in 1928.

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The Poet Laureateship of the United States was established in 1985.

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Winter begins today in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Avi was born on this day in 1937.

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In 1939, A Christmas Carol was the first book ever to be transmitted over radio!

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The first edition of Poor Richard’s Almanack was published in 1733.

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