December 12, 2018
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2018
December
C alendar
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
1
2
Eat a Red Apple Day
Rosa Parks Day
World AIDS Day
3
International Day of
Persons with Disabil-
ities
National Roof-Over-
Your-Head Day
4
National Cookie Day
Wear Brown Shoes
Day
10
11
Human Rights Day
Emily Dickinson born,
1830
Noodle Ring Day
UNICEF Anniversary
Established in 1946
Pilgrims landed on
Plymouth Rock, 1620
17
18
Wright Brother’s First
Flight (1903)
National Maple Syrup
Day
Wear a Plunger On
Your Head Day
24
Christmas Eve
31
New Year’s Eve
Artist Henri Matisse
born, 1869
National Pumpkin Pie
Day
6
Mitten Tree Day
St. Nicholas Day
13th Amendment,
ratified (1865)
Montgomery Bus
Boycott (1955)
12
Hovercraft Patented
(1955)
Poinsettia Day
19
Oatmeal Muffin Day
Dickens’ A Christmas
Carol published in
1843
25
Christmas
National Egg Nog Day
Apollo 8 reached the
moon (1968)
5
26
Boxing Day
Kwanzaa Begins
National Whiners Day
13
National Cocoa Day
Susan B. Anthony dol-
lar coined in 1970
20
Games Day
Electric Light demon-
strated in 1879
27
Visit the Zoo Day
World Bank created
(1945)
7
8
National Cotton Can-
dy Day
Pearl Harbor Remem-
brance Day (1941)
National Brownie Day
14
15
First Miniature Golf
Course Opened in
1929
South Pole Discov-
ered in 1911
Bill of Rights Day
Underdog Day
21
22
First Day of Winter
Humbug Day
Look at the Bright
Side Day
National Flashlight Day
First Christmas Lights
sold in 1882
Mercury Thermome-
ter Was Invented in
1714
28
29
Card Playing Day
Iowa became the 29th
state (1846)
National Chocolate
Day
Texas became the 28th
state (1845)
Hanukkah Begins at
Sundown
National Fritters Day
9
Ball-Bearing Roller
Skates Patented in
1884
First Christmas Seals
Issued in 1907
16
Boston Tea Party
Anniversary (1773)
Las Posadas
National Chocolate
Covered Anything Day
23
Roots Day
Federal Reserve
System established
(1913)
30
Tiger Woods born,
1975
Author Rudyard
Kipling born, 1865