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| 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 | |||
| 12-5-2007, First Candle Lit for Chanukah (25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev) (12-22-2008, 12-12-2009, 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. | ||
| 12-20-2007, Eid-al-adha, Festival of Sacrifice (12-8-2008, 11-27-2009, 11-16-2010) |
The Islamic Garden | |||
| 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 | Expressionists prints | Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Resource File | ||
| b. 12-2-1859 - Georges Seurat, artist | Georges Seurat print | Georges Seurat Resource File | ||
| b. 12-2-1925 - Julie Harris, actress | Julie Harris photo | Julie Harris Resource File | ||
| b. 12-3-1755 - Gilbert Stuart, artist | Gilbert Stuart bio poster | Gilbert Stuart Resource File | ||
| 12-3-1818; Illinois, 21st State | Illinois posters | Illinois Facts | ||
| b. 12-3-1842 - Ellen S. Richards, scientist | Ellen Richards poster | Ellen Richards Resource File | ||
| b. 12-3-1857 - Joseph Conrad, author | Joseph Conrad print | Joseph Conrad Resource File | ||
| 12-3-1967, First Heart Transplant | heart posters | Heart Resource File | ||
| b. 12-4-1777 - Madame Recamier, author | Madame Recamier print | Madame Recamier Resource File | ||
| b. 12-4-1795 - Thomas Carlyle, philosopher | Thomas Carlyle print | Thomas Carlyle Resource File | ||
| b. 12-4-1860 - Lillian Russell, singer | Lillian Russell print | Lillian Russell Resource File | ||
| b. 12-4-1865 - Edith Cavell, nurse | Edith Cavell print | Edith Cavell Resource File | ||
| b. 12-4-1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, artist | Wassily Kandinsky print | Wassily Kandinsky Resource File | ||
| b. 12-5-1782 - Martin Van Buren, NY | Martin Van Buren print | White House, Van Buren Bio | ||
| b. 12-5-1806 - Anne Pratt, artist | Anne Pratt print | Anne Pratt Resource File | ||
| b. 12-5-1830 - Christina Rossetti, poet | Christina Rossetti print | Christina Rossetti Resource File | ||
| b. 12-5-1884 - Evert Cornelis, pianist | Evert Cornelis print | Evert Cornelis Resource File | ||
| b. 12-5-1901 - Werner Heisenberg, physicist | Werner Heisenberg | Werner Heisenberg Resource File | ||
| b. 12-5-1901 - Jonathan Kozol, educator | Jonathan Kozol print | Jonathan Kozol Resource File | ||
| b. 12-6-1875 - Evelyn Underhill, mystic theologian & author | Evelyn Underhill print | Evelyn Underhill Resource File | ||
| b. 12-6-1875 - Elissa Landi, actress | Elissa Landi print | Elissa Landi Resource File | ||
| b. 12-7-1598 - Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, architect | Bernini print | Bernini Resource File | ||
| 12-7-1787, Delaware Ratifies, 1st | Delaware posters | Delaware Facts | ||
| b. 12-7-1863 - Pietro Mascagni, composer | Mascagni print | Pietro Mascagni Resource File | ||
| b. 12-7-1865 - Sybil Sanderson, opera singer | Sybil Sanderson print | Sybil Sanderson Resource File | ||
| b. 12-7-1873 - Willa Cather, author | Willa Cather posters | CP Links for Learning - Cather | ||
| 12-7-1941, Pearl Harbor bombing by Japan | WWII posters | Attack on Pearl Harbor Resource File | ||
| b. 12-8-1542 - Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary, Queen of Scots print | Mary, Queen of Scots Resource File | ||
| b. 12-8-1626 - Christina of Sweden | Christina of Sweden | Christina of Sweden Resource File | ||
| b. 12-8-1765 - Eli Whitney, inventor | Eli Whitney poster | Eli Whitney Bio | ||
| b. 12-8-1765 - Jean Sibelius, composer | Jean Sibelius print | Jean Sibelius Resource File | ||
| b. 12-8-1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, author | Joel Chandler Harris print | Joel Chandler Harris Resource File | ||
| b. 12-8-1894 - James Thurber, author | James Thurber print | James Thurber Resource File | ||
| b. 12-9-1608 - John Milton, poet | John Milton poster | John Milton Resource File | ||
| b. 12-9-1742 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, chemist | Carl Wilhelm Scheele print | Carl Wilhelm Scheele Resource File | ||
| b. 12-9-1850 - Emma Abbott, opera singer | Emma Abbott print | Emma Abbott Resource File | ||
| b. 12-9-1882 - Joaquin Turina, composer | Joaquin Turina print | Joaquin Turina Resource File | ||
| b. 12-9-1906 - Grace Hopper, scientist |
Grace Hopper posters | CP Links for Learning - Hopper | ||
| d. 12-10-1198 - Averroes, theologian | Averroes print | Averroes Resource File | ||
| b. 12-10-1815 - Ada, Countess of Lovelace, scientist | Ada, Countess of Lovelace | Ada, Countess of Lovelace Resource File | ||
| 12-10-1817 - Mississippi, 20th State | Mississippi posters | About Mississippi | ||
| b. 12-10-1822 - Cesar Franck, composer | Cesar Franck print | Cesar Franck Resource File | ||
| b. 12-10-1830 - Emily Dickinson, poet | Emily Dickinson posters | CP Links for Learning - Dickinson | ||
| b. 12-10-1830 - Adolf Loos, architect | Adolf Loos print | Adolf Loos Resource File | ||
| b. 12-10-1891 - Nelly Sachs, author | Nelly Sachs print | Nelly Sachs Resource File | ||
| 12-11-1803 - Hector Berlioz, composer | Hector Berlioz prints | Hector Berlioz Resource File | ||
| 12-11-1816 - Indiana, 19th State | Indiana posters | |||
| b. 12-11-1843 - Dr. Robert Koch, researcher | Robert Koch print | Robert Koch Resource File | ||
| b. 12-11-1859 - Paul Hankar, architect | Paul Hankar print | Paul Hankar Resource File | ||
| b. 12-11-1890 - Mark Tobey, artist | Mark Tobey art print | Mark Tobey Resource File | ||
| b. 12-11-1918 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author |
Alexander Solzhenitsyn poster | Alexander Solzhenitsyn Resource File | ||
| b. 12-11-1931 - Rita Moreno, actress | Rita Moreno print | Rita Moreno Resource File | ||
| 12-11-1972 - Apollo 17 lands on moon | astronomy posters | Apollo 17 Resource File | ||
| 12-12-1531- Vision of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe | Lady of Guadalupe print | Mexico Resource File | ||
| 12-12-1745 - John Jay, jurist | John Jay portrait | John Jay Resource File | ||
| 12-12-1787 - Pennsylvania, 2nd State | Pennsylvania posters | |||
| 12-12-1821 - Gustave Flaubert, author | Gustave Flaubert print | Gustave Flaubert Resource File | ||
| b. 12-12-1863 - Edward Munch, artist | Edward Munch print | Edward Munch Resource File | ||
| b. 12-12-1928 - Helen Frankenthaler, artist | Helen Frankenthaler print | Helen Frankenthaler Resource File | ||
| b. 12-13-1797 - Heinrich Heine, author | Heinrich Heine print | Heinrich Heine Resource File | ||
| b. 12-13-1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, KY | Mary Todd Lincoln daguerreotype | White House Bio Mary Todd Lincoln | ||
| b. 12-14-1546 - Tycho Brahe, astronomer | Tycho Brahe print | Tycho Brahe Resource File | ||
| d. 12-14-1780 - Ignatius Sancho, author | Ignatius Sancho print | Ignatius Sancho Resource File | ||
| 12-14-1819 - Alabama, 22nd State | Alabama posters | All About Alabama | ||
| b. 12-14-1836 - Frances Ridley Havergal, author | Frances Ridley Havergal print | Frances Ridley Havergal Resource File | ||
| b. 12-14-1909 - Edward Lawrie Tatum, biologist | Edward Lawrie Tatum print | Edward Lawrie Tatum Resource File | ||
| b. 12-14-1946 - Patty Duke Astin | The Miracle Worker poster | Patty Duke Astin Resource File | ||
| 12-15-1791 - Bill of Rights | Bill of Rights posters | The National Archives | ||
| 12-15-1832 - Gustave Eiffel, architect | Eiffel print | Gustave Eiffel Resource File | ||
| b. 12-15-1852 - Antoine-Henri Becquerel, physicist | Antoine-Henri Becquerel print | Antoine-Henri Becquerel Resource File | ||
| b. 12-15-1888 - Maxwell Anderson, author | Maxwell Anderson print | Maxwell Anderson Resource File | ||
| b. 12-15-1907 - Oscar Niemeyer, architect | Oscar Niemeyer print | Oscar Niemeyer Resource File | ||
| b. 12-15-1912 - Ray Eames, designer | Ray & Charles Eames prints | Charles & Ray Eames Resource File | ||
| b. 12-15-1916 - Maurice Wilkins, biologist | Maurice Wilkins print | Maurice Wilkins Resource File | ||
| b. 12-15-1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist/architect | Hundertwasser posters | Friedensreich Hundertwasser Resource File | ||
| d. 12-16-705 - Wu Zetian, Chinese Empress | Wu Zetian print | Wu Zetian Resource File | ||
| 12-16-1773 - Boston Tea Party | Boston Tea Party print | Eyewitness Account by a Participant | ||
| b. 12-16-1775 - Jane Austen, author | Jane Austen poster | Jane Austen Society UK bio | ||
| b. 12-16-1863 - George Santayana, author | George Santayana print | George Santayana Resource File | ||
| b. 12-16-1917 - Arthur C. Clarke, author | Arthur C. Clarke print | Arthur C. Clarke Resource File | ||
| 12-16-1944 - Battle of Bulge begins | WWII posters | Battle of the Bulge Resource File | ||
| d. 12-17-1663 - Queen Nzinga Mbande | Queen Nzinga print | Queen Nzinga Resource File | ||
| b. 12-17-1706 - Madame Émilie du Chatelet, scientist | du Chatelet print | Émilie du Chatelet Resource File | ||
| b. 12-17-1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer | Beethoven posters | Beethoven Resource File | ||
| 12-17-1903 - Wright Bros 1st Flight | Wright Bros posters | CP Links for Learning - Wright Bros | ||
| 12-17-1908 - Willard Libby, chemist | Willard Libby TIME cover | Willard Libby Resource File | ||
| 12-18-1787 - New Jersey, 3rd State | New Jersey posters | New Jersey Facts | ||
| 12-18-1865 - 13th Amendment Ratified | Civil Rights posters | 13th Amendment Resource File | ||
| b. 12-18-1913 - Willy Brandt, German politician | Willy Brandt print | Willy Brandt Resource File | ||
| b. 12-19-1915 - Edith Piaf, singer | Edith Piaf print | Edith Piaf Resource File | ||
| b. 12-20-1838 - Edwin A. Abbott, author | Flatland print | Edwin A. Abbott Resource File | ||
| b. 12-20-1954 - Sandra Cisneros, author | Sandra Cisneros poster | Sandra Cisneros Resource File | ||
| 12-21-1603 - Roger Williams, theologian & founder of Rhode Island | Roger Williams print | Roger Williams Resource File | ||
| 12-21-1620 - Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock (or 11th) | Massachuetts posters | Pilgrim Hall Museum | ||
| b. 12-21-1744 - Anne Vallayer-Coster, artist | Anne Vallayer-Coster print | |||
| b. 12-21-1866; - Maud Gonne, actress | Maud Gonne print | Maud Gonne Resource File | ||
| b. 12-21-1892 - Dame Rebecca West, author | Rebecca West prints | Rebecca West Resource File | ||
| b. 12-22-1823 - Jean-Henri Fabre, entomologist | Jean-Henri Fabre print | Jean-Henri Fabre Resource File | ||
| b. 12-22-1856 - Frank B. Kellogg, Nobel Peace Prize | Frank B. Kellogg TIME Magazine cover | Frank B. Kellogg Resource File | ||
| b. 12-22-1858 - Giacomo Puccini, composer | Giacomo Puccini posters | Giacomo Puccini Resource File | ||
| b. 12-23-1867 - Madame C. J. Walker | Madame C. J. Walker poster | Madame C. J. Walker Resource File | ||
| b. 12-24-1809 - Kit Carson, explorer | Explorer posters | Kit Carson Resource File | ||
| b. 12-24-1818 - James Prescott Joule | James Prescott Joule print | James Prescott Joule Resource File | ||
| b. 12-24-1881 - Juan Ramon Jimenez, author | Juan Ramon Jimenez print | Juan Ramon Jimenez Resources File | ||
| b. 12-24-1887 - Lucrezia Bori, opera singer | Lucrezia Bori print | Lucrezia Bori Resource File | ||
| d. 12-25-1635 - Samuel de Champlain, explorer | Samuel de Champlain print | Samuel de Champlain Resource File | ||
| b. 12-25-1642 - Isaac Newton, scientist | Isaac Newton poster | Isaac Newton Resource File | ||
| b. 12-25-1821 - Clara Barton, nurse | Clara Barton print | Red Cross | ||
| b. 12-25-1865 - Felix Vallotton, artist | Felix Vallotton print | Felix Vallotton Resource File | ||
| b. 12-25-1874 - Lina Cavalieri, opera singer | Lina Cavalieri print | Lina Cavalieri Resource File | ||
| b. 12-25-1883 - Maurice Utrillo, artist | Maurice Utrillo print | Maurice Utrillo Resource File | ||
| b. 12-26-1716 - Thomas Gray, poet | Thomas Gray print | Thomas Gray Resource File | ||
| b. 12-26-1791/2 - Charles Babbage, mathematician | Mathematicians posters | Charles Babbage Resource File | ||
| b. 12-26-1894 - Jean Toomer, author | Jean Toomer poster | Jean Toomer Bio | ||
| b. 12-27-1571 - Johannes Kepler, astronomer | Johannes Kepler print | Johannes Kepler Resource File | ||
| b. 12-27-1778 - Humphry Davy, scientist | Humphry Davy print | Humphry Davy Resource File | ||
| b. 12-27-1793 - Alexander Gordon Laing, explorer | Alexander Gordon Laing print | Alexander Gordon Laing Resource File | ||
| b. 12-27-1822 - Louis Pasteur, scientist | Louis Pasteur poster | Louis Pasteur Resource File | ||
| b. 12-27-1923 - Maria Callas, opera singer | Maria Callas print | Maria Callas Resource File | ||
| 12-28-1846 - Iowa, 29th State | Iowa posters | Iowa Facts | ||
| b. 12-28-1856 - Woodrow Wilson, US President | Woodrow Wilson posters | Woodrow Wilson Links for Learning | ||
| b. 12-28-1882 - Sir Arthur Eddington, astronomer | Sir Arthur Eddington print | Sir Arthur Eddington Resource File | ||
| b. 12-28-1901 - Marlene Dietrich, actress | Marlene Dietrich print | Marlene Dietrich Resource File | ||
| b. 12-28-1929 - Maarten Schmidt, astronomer | Maarten Schmidt TIME cover print | Maarten Schmidt Resource File | ||
| b. 12-29-1800 - Charles Goodyear, inventor | Charles Goodyear Resource File | |||
| b. 12-29-1876 - Pablo Casals, musician | Pablo Casals poster | Pablo Casals Resource File | ||
| 12-29-1845 - Texas, 28th State | Texas posters | Texas Facts | ||
| b. 12-29-1893 - Vera Mary Brittain, author | Vera Mary Brittain print | Vera Mary Brittain Resource File | ||
| b. 12-30-1865 - Rudyard Kipling, author | Rudyard Kipling print | Rudyard Kipling Resource File | ||
| d. 12-31-1384 - John Wycliffe, theologian | John Wycliffe print | John Wycliffe Resource File | ||
| b. 12-31-1491 - Jacques Cartier, explorer | Jacques Cartier poster | Jacques Cartier Resource File | ||
| b. 12-31-1514 - Andreas Vesalius, anatomist & artist | Andreas Vesalius print | Andreas Vesalius Resource File | ||
| b. 12-31-1748 - Marie-Olympe de Gouges, explorer | Marie-Olympe de Gouges print | Marie-Olympe de Gouges Resource File | ||
| b. 12-31-1868 - Henri Matisse, artist | Henri Matisse posters | CP Links for Learning - Matisse | ||
| b. 12-31-1851 - Frederick Selous, explorer | Frederick Selous print | Frederick Selous Resource File | ||
| b. 12-31-1880 - George C. Marshall, military & statesman | George C. Marshall poster | George Marshall Resource File | ||
| b. 12-31-1880 - Pola Negri, actress | Pola Negri print | Pola Negri Resource file | ||
| b. 12-31-1881 - Max Pechstein, artist | Expressionists prints | Max Pechstein Resource File | ||
| b. 12-31-1930 - Jaime Escalante, math teacher | Jaime Escalante print | Jaime Escalante Resource File | ||