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December Observances: poster links resource links
Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month addictions posters National Ctr for Injury Prevention & Control
Safe Toys & Gifts Month safety posters Selecting Safe Toys for Your Child
First Week of December
Second Week of December
Third Week of December
Fourth Week of December
December Holidays
12-1, AIDS Awareness Day Understanding HIV - AIDS poster US Dept of Health & Human Services
12-6, St. Nicholas Day St. Nicholas poster

12-12-2009, First Candle Lit for Chanukah (25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev) (12-2-2010) Chanukah posters Hanukkah Resource File
12-10, Human Rights Day - Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed, 1947 peace & justice posters United Nations Human Rights Comm.
12-21, Winter Solstice, Yule Winter Season posters Analemma
12-25, Christmas - the birth of Jesus Christmas posters
12-26, First Day of Kwanzaa Kwanzaa posters
12-31, New Year's Eve
December Notable Dates
b. 12-1-1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Resource File
b. 12-1-1910 - Alicia Markova, ballet dancer Alicia Markova Resource File
d. 12-2-1546 - Hernan Cortes, explorer Hernan Cortes Resource File
b. 12-2-1738 - Richard Montgomery, Revolutionary War Richard Montgomery Resource File
b. 12-2-1859 - Georges Seurat, artist Georges Seurat Resource File
b. 12-2-1925 - Julie Harris, actress Julie Harris Resource File
b. 12-3-1755 - Samuel Crompton, inventor Samuel Crompton Resource File
b. 12-3-1755 - Gilbert Stuart, artist Gilbert Stuart Resource File
12-3-1818 - Illinois, 21st State Illinois Facts
b. 12-3-1842 - Ellen S. Richards, scientist Ellen Richards Resource File
b. 12-3-1857 - Joseph Conrad, author Joseph Conrad Resource File
12-3-1967 - First Heart Transplant Heart Resource File
b. 12-4-1777 - Madame Recamier, literary salon leader Madame Recamier Resource File
b. 12-4-1795 - Thomas Carlyle, philosopher Thomas Carlyle Resource File
b. 12-4-1822 - Frances Power Cobbe, activist Frances Power Cobbe Resource File
b. 12-4-1860 - Lillian Russell, singer Lillian Russell Resource File
b. 12-4-1865 - Edith Cavell, nurse Edith Cavell Resource File
b. 12-4-1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, artist Wassily Kandinsky Resource File
b. 12-4-1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, poet & author Rainer Maria Rilke Resource File
b. 12-4-1940 - Herbie Hancock, musician Herbie Hancock Resource File
b. 12-5-1782 - Martin Van Buren, 8th US President White House, Van Buren Bio
d. 12-5-1753 - Phillis Wheatley, poet Phillis Wheatley Resource File
b. 12-5-1806 - Anne Pratt, artist Anne Pratt Resource File
b. 12-5-1830 - Christina Rossetti, poet Christina Rossetti Resource File
b. 12-5-1884 - Evert Cornelis, pianist Evert Cornelis Resource File
b. 12-5-1898 - Grace Moore, soprano opera singer Grace Moore Resource File
b. 12-5-1901 - Milton H. Erickson, MD, hypnotherapist Milton H. Erickson Resource File
b. 12-5-1901 - Werner Heisenberg, physicist Werner Heisenberg Resource File
b. 12-5-1932 - “Little Richard”, musician Little Richard Resource File
b. 12-5-1936 - Jonathan Kozol, educator Jonathan Kozol Resource File
b. 12-5-1946 - Jose Carreras, tenor opera singer Jose Carreras Resource File
b. 12-6-1478 - Baldassare Castiglione, author Baldassare Castiglione Resource File
b. 12-6-1856 - Louise Breslau, artist Louise Breslau Resource File
b. 12-6-1875 - Evelyn Underhill, mystic theologian & author Evelyn Underhill Resource File
b. 12-6-1875 - Elissa Landi, actress Elissa Landi Resource File
d. 12-6-1949 - “Lead Belly”, musician “Lead Belly” Resource File
b. 12-7-521 - Saint Columbia, missionary monk
b. 12-7-1598 - Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, architect Bernini Resource File
12-7-1787 - Delaware Ratifies, 1st State Delaware Facts
b. 12-7-1863 - Pietro Mascagni, composer Pietro Mascagni Resource File
b. 12-7-1865 - Sybil Sanderson, opera singer Sybil Sanderson Resource File
b. 12-7-1873 - Willa Cather, author CP Links for Learning - Cather
12-7-1941 - Pearl Harbor bombing by Japan Attack on Pearl Harbor Resource File
b. 12-8-1542 - Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots Resource File
b. 12-8-1626 - Christina of Sweden Christina of Sweden Resource File
b. 12-8-1765 - Eli Whitney, inventor Eli Whitney Bio
b. 12-8-1765 - Jean Sibelius, composer Jean Sibelius Resource File
b. 12-8-1832 - Bjornstierne Bjornson, author Bjornstjerne Bjornson Resource File
b. 12-8-1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, author Joel Chandler Harris Resource File
b. 12-8-1894 - James Thurber, author James Thurber Resource File
b. 12-8-1925 - Sammy Davis, Jr., entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. Resource File
b. 12-9-1608 - John Milton, poet John Milton Resource File
b. 12-9-1742 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele Resource File
b. 12-9-1850 - Emma Abbott, opera singer Emma Abbott Resource File
b. 12-9-1882 - Joaquin Turina, composer Joaquin Turina Resource File
b. 12-9-1906 - Grace Hopper, scientist
 CP Links for Learning - Hopper
d. 12-10-1198 - Averroes, theologian Averroes Resource File
b. 12-10-1815 - Ada, Countess of Lovelace, scientist Ada, Countess of Lovelace Resource File
12-10-1817 - Mississippi, 20th State About Mississippi
b. 12-10-1822 - Cesar Franck, composer Cesar Franck Resource File
b. 12-10-1830 - Emily Dickinson, poet CP Links for Learning - Dickinson
b. 12-10-1830 - Adolf Loos, architect Adolf Loos Resource File
b. 12-10-1891 - Nelly Sachs, author Nelly Sachs Resource File
b. 12-11-1725 - George Mason, Revolutionary War George Mason Resource File
12-11-1803 - Hector Berlioz, composer Hector Berlioz Resource File
12-11-1816 - Indiana, 19th State
b. 12-11-1843 - Dr. Robert Koch, researcher Robert Koch Resource File
b. 12-11-1859 - Paul Hankar, architect Paul Hankar Resource File
b. 12-11-1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, astronomer Annie Jump Cannon Resource File
b. 12-11-1890 - Mark Tobey, artist Mark Tobey Resource File
b. 12-11-1918 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author
 Alexander Solzhenitsyn Resource File
b. 12-11-1931 - Rita Moreno, actress Rita Moreno Resource File
12-11-1972 - Apollo 17 lands on moon Apollo 17 Resource File
12-12-1531- Vision of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe Mexico Resource File
12-12-1745 - John Jay, jurist John Jay Resource File
12-12-1787 - Pennsylvania, 2nd State
b. 12-12-1900 - Maria Telkes, chemist/physicists & inventor Maria Telkes Resource File
b. 12-12-1821 - Gustave Flaubert, author Gustave Flaubert Resource File
b. 12-12-1863 - Edward Munch, artist Edward Munch Resource File
b. 12-12-1928 - Helen Frankenthaler, artist Helen Frankenthaler Resource File
b. 12-13-1797 - Heinrich Heine, author Heinrich Heine Resource File
b. 12-13-1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady White House Bio Mary Todd Lincoln
b. 12-13-1903 - Ella Baker, activist Ella Baker Resource File
b. 12-14-1546 - Tycho Brahe, astronomer Tycho Brahe Resource File
d. 12-14-1780 - Ignatius Sancho, author Ignatius Sancho Resource File
12-14-1819 - Alabama, 22nd State All About Alabama
b. 12-14-1836 - Frances Ridley Havergal, author Frances Ridley Havergal Resource File
b. 12-14-1909 - Edward Lawrie Tatum, biologist Edward Lawrie Tatum Resource File
b. 12-14-1946 - Patty Duke Astin, actress Patty Duke Astin Resource File
d. 12-15-1673 - Margaret Cavendish, author Margaret Cavendish Resource File
12-15-1791 - Bill of Rights The National Archives
12-15-1832 - Gustave Eiffel, architect Gustave Eiffel Resource File
b. 12-15-1852 - Antoine-Henri Becquerel, physicist Antoine-Henri Becquerel Resource File
b. 12-15-1888 - Maxwell Anderson, author Maxwell Anderson Resource File
b. 12-15-1907 - Oscar Niemeyer, architect Oscar Niemeyer Resource File
b. 12-15-1912 - Ray Eames, designer Charles & Ray Eames Resource File
b. 12-15-1913 - Muriel Rukeyser, poet Muriel Rukeyser Resource File
b. 12-15-1916 - Maurice Wilkins, biologist Maurice Wilkins Resource File
b. 12-15-1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist/architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser Resource File
d. 12-16-705 - Wu Zetian, Chinese Empress Wu Zetian Resource File
12-16-1773 - Boston Tea Party Eyewitness Account by a Participant
b. 12-16-1775 - Jane Austen, author Jane Austen Society UK bio
b. 12-16-1863 - George Santayana, author George Santayana Resource File
b. 12-16-1901 - Margaret Mead, anthropologist Margaret Mead Resource File
b. 12-16-1917 - Arthur C. Clarke, author Arthur C. Clarke Resource File
b. 12-16-1928 - Philip K. Dick, science fiction author Philip K. Dick Resource File
b. 12-16-1938 - Liv Ullmann, actress & film director Liv Ullmann Resource File
12-16-1944 - Battle of Bulge begins Battle of the Bulge Resource File
d. 12-17-1663 - Queen Nzinga Mbande Queen Nzinga Resource File
b. 12-17-1706 - Madame Émilie du Chatelet, scientist Émilie du Chatelet Resource File
b. 12-17-1749 - Domenico Cimarosa, composer Domenico Cimarosa Resource File
b. 12-17-1760 - Deborah Sampson, Revolutionary War soldier Deborah Sampson Resource File
b. 12-17-1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer Beethoven Resource File
12-17-1903 - Wright Bros 1st Flight CP Links for Learning - Wright Bros
12-17-1908 - Willard Libby, chemist Willard Libby Resource File
b. 12-18-1768 - Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist, artist Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist Resource File
12-18-1787 - New Jersey, 3rd State New Jersey Facts
b. 12-18-1860 - Edward Alexander MacDowell, composer Edward Alexander MacDowell Resource File
12-18-1865 - 13th Amendment Ratified 13th Amendment Resource File
b. 12-18-1897 - Fletcher Henderson, musician Fletcher Henderson Resource File
b. 12-18-1913 - Willy Brandt, German politician Willy Brandt Resource File
b. 12-18-1916 - Betty Grable, dancer & actress Betty Grable Resource File
b. 12-19-1885 - Joe “King” Oliver, musician Joe “King” Oliver Resource File
b. 12-19-1902 - Dusolina Giannini, opera singer Dusolina Giannini Resource File
b. 12-19-1915 - Edith Piaf, singer Edith Piaf Resource File
d. 12-19-1967 - Carmen Melis, soprano opera singer Carmen Melis Resource File
b. 12-20-1838 - Edwin A. Abbott, author Edwin A. Abbott Resource File
b. 12-20-1954 - Sandra Cisneros, author Sandra Cisneros Resource File
12-21-1603 - Roger Williams, theologian & founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams Resource File
12-21-1620 - Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, Massachuetts Pilgrim Hall Museum
b. 12-21-1744 - Anne Vallayer-Coster, artist Anne Vallayer-Coster Resource File
b. 12-21-1866 - Maud Gonne, actress Maud Gonne Resource File
b. 12-21-1892 - Dame Rebecca West, author Rebecca West Resource File
b. 12-21-1975 - Paloma Herrera, ballerina Paloma Herrera Resource File
b. 12-22-1639 - Jean Racine, dramatist Jean Racine Resource File
b. 12-22-1823 - Jean-Henri Fabre, entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre Resource File
b. 12-22-1856 - Frank B. Kellogg, Nobel Peace Prize 1929 Frank B. Kellogg Resource File
b. 12-22-1858 - Giacomo Puccini, composer Giacomo Puccini Resource File
b. 12-22-1869 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, poet Edwin Arlington Robinson Resource File
d. 12-23-1568 - Roger Ascham, instructional writer Roger Ascham Resource File
b. 12-23-1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr. founder of LDS Church Joseph Smith, Jr. Resource File
b. 12-23-1867 - Madame C. J. Walker Madame C. J. Walker Resource File
b. 12-24-1809 - Kit Carson, explorer Kit Carson Resource File
b. 12-24-1818 - James Prescott Joule, chemist James Prescott Joule Resource File
b. 12-24-1822 - Matthew Arnold, poet Matthew Arnold Resource File
b. 12-24-1881 - Juan Ramon Jimenez, author Juan Ramon Jimenez Resources File
b. 12-24-1887 - Lucrezia Bori, opera singer Lucrezia Bori Resource File
b. 12-24-1922 - Ava Gardner, actress Ava Gardner Resource File
d. 12-25-1635 - Samuel de Champlain, explorer Samuel de Champlain Resource File
b. 12-25-1642 - Isaac Newton, scientist Isaac Newton Resource File
b. 12-25-1821 - Clara Barton, nurse Red Cross
b. 12-25-1865 - Evangeline Cory Booth, activist Evangeline Cory Booth Resource File
b. 12-25-1865 - Felix Vallotton, artist Felix Vallotton Resource File
b. 12-25-1874 - Lina Cavalieri, opera singer Lina Cavalieri Resource File
b. 12-25-1883 - Maurice Utrillo, artist Maurice Utrillo Resource File
b. 12-25-1884 - Evelyn Nesbit, actress Evelyn Nesbit Resource File
b. 12-25-1907 - Cab Calloway, musician Cab Calloway Resource File
b. 12-26-1716 - Thomas Gray, poet Thomas Gray Resource File
b. 12-26-1780 - Mary Fairfax Somerville, scientist Mary Fairfax Somerville Resource File
b. 12-26-1791/2 - Charles Babbage, mathematician Charles Babbage Resource File
b. 12-26-1894 - Jean Toomer, author Jean Toomer Bio
b. 12-27-1571 - Johannes Kepler, astronomer Johannes Kepler Resource File
b. 12-27-1773 - Sir George Cayley, aerodynamics engineer Sir George Cayley Resource File
b. 12-27-1778 - Humphry Davy, scientist Humphry Davy Resource File
b. 12-27-1793 - Alexander Gordon Laing, explorer Alexander Gordon Laing Resource File
b. 12-27-1822 - Louis Pasteur, scientist Louis Pasteur Resource File
b. 12-27-1923 - Maria Callas, opera singer Maria Callas Resource File
12-28-1846 - Iowa, 29th State Iowa Facts
b. 12-28-1856 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President Woodrow Wilson Links for Learning
b. 12-28-1882 - Sir Arthur Eddington, astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington Resource File
b. 12-28-1901 - Marlene Dietrich, actress Marlene Dietrich Resource File
b. 12-28-1902 - Mortimer Adler, author, philosopher, educator Mortimer Adler Resource File
b. 12-28-1903 - Earl Hines, Jazz musician Earl Hines Resource File
b. 12-28-1929 - Maarten Schmidt, astronomer Maarten Schmidt Resource File
b. 12-29-1800 - Charles Goodyear, inventor Charles Goodyear Resource File
b. 12-29-1876 - Pablo Casals, musician Pablo Casals Resource File
12-29-1845 - Texas, 28th State Texas Facts
b. 12-29-1893 - Vera Mary Brittain, author Vera Mary Brittain Resource File
b. 12-29-1952 - Gelsey Kirkland, ballerina Gelsey Kirkland Resource File
b. 12-30-1865 - Rudyard Kipling, author Rudyard Kipling Resource File
d. 12-31-1384 - John Wycliffe, theologian John Wycliffe Resource File
b. 12-31-1491 - Jacques Cartier, explorer Jacques Cartier Resource File
b. 12-31-1514 - Andreas Vesalius, anatomist & artist Andreas Vesalius Resource File
b. 12-31-1748 - Marie-Olympe de Gouges, activist & author Marie-Olympe de Gouges Resource File
b. 12-31-1805 - Countess Maria d'Agoult, author Countess Maria d'Agoult Resource File
b. 12-31-1868 - Henri Matisse, artist CP Links for Learning - Matisse
b. 12-31-1851 - Frederick Selous, explorer Frederick Selous Resource File
b. 12-31-1880 - George C. Marshall, military & statesman George Marshall Resource File
b. 12-31-1880 - Pola Negri, actress Pola Negri Resource file
b. 12-31-1881 - Max Pechstein, artist Max Pechstein Resource File
b. 12-31-1905 - Frank Marshall Davis, journalist Frank Marshall Davis Resource File
b. 12-31-1930 - Jaime Escalante, math teacher Jaime Escalante Resource File
December Facts & Tidbits

Peace on Earth, Art PrintDecember, 12th month of the year, name comes from the Latin decem for "ten", because December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar until January and February were added. Decem is the basic word for the decimal system, and a dime=10¢ or 1/10th of 100¢).
Astrological Signs Astrology
• Sagittarius: Nov 22 - Dec 21 • Sagittarius poster
• Sagittarius, the Archer Ecard		 mutable, fire, universal; "I seek," philosophic, fun-loving, adventurous, blundering, wanderlust, scattered, hips/thighs; free, straightforward, careless.
• Capricorn: Dec 22 - Jan 19 • Capricorn poster
• Capricorn, the Archer Ecard		 cardinal, earth, universal; "I build," ambitious, cautious, authoritative, cunning, competent, stable, saturnine, knees/skeleton; prudent, cautious, suspicious.
Birthstones

• Turquoise is the traditional birthstone of December, signifies good fortune, success.
• Blue Topaz and zircons are modern alternative birthstones of December.

Minerals Chart Art Print

 • Birthstones (U of Washington)
• Turquoise Resource File
• Topaz Resource File
Flowers

• Holly
• Paper Whites
• Poinsettia

 • flower posters • Paper Whites Resource File
• Holly Resource File
• Poinsettia Resource File

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