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Eat a Red apple David Macaulay International
day
Born, 1946
day of Persons
with Disabilities
Rosa Parks Day: National Fritters
on this day in
Day
First successful
1955 she
heart
refused to give
Artist Georges
transplant, 1967
up her seat
Seurat Born,
1859

James Thurber
born, 1894

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Ball-Bearing
Roller Skates
Patented in
1884

Thursday
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Munro Leaf
Born, 1905

Friday

Saturday
5

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Ira Gershwin's
Birthday born,
1896

National Cookie
Day

Spelling Test
Walter Elias
(Walt) Disney's
Birthday born,
1901

Phonograph
invented, 1877

Montgomery Bus
Boycott (1955)

13th
Amendment
abolishing
slavery, ratified
(1865)
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National Cocoa
Day

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Rumer Godden
National Noodle
Spelling test
born, 1907
Ring Day
Barbara
Emberley born,
Pearl Harbor
National
Human Rights
UNICEF
1932
Remembrance
Brownie Day
Day
Anniversary
Day (1941)
First Christmas
Established in
Hovercraft
Inventor Eli
Seals Issued in
Emily Dickinson 1946
Patented (1955)
Whitney born,
1907
born, 1830
1765
Pilgrims landed
Poinsettia Day
on Plymouth
Rock (1620)
Marconi's radio
signal crossed
the Atlantic
(1901)
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First Miniature
Bill of Rights
Beethoven's
Wright Brother's Wear a Plunger
Spelling Test
Golf Course
Day
Birthday (1770) First Flight
On Your Head
Oatmeal Muffin
Opened in 1929
Boston Tea
(1903)
Day
Day
Underdog Day
Party
South Pole
Anniversary
National Maple
Baseball great Ty Dickens' A
Discovered in
David McCord
(1773)
Syrup Day
Cobb born, 1886 Christmas Carol
1911
born, 1897
National
published in
Chocolate
1843
National Cotton
Candy Day

2014
Mitten Tree Day

Susan B.
Anthony dollar
coined in 1970

20

Games Day
Electric Light
demonstrated in
1879

Covered
Anything Day

21
First Day of
Winter
First Crossword
Puzzle in a
Newspaper
(1913)
Humbug Day
Look at the
Bright Side Day

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First Christmas
Winder
Lights sold in
Recess
1882
begins.
Roots Day
Mercury
Thermometer
Federal Reserve
Was Invented in System
1714
established
(1913)
U.S. Golf
Association
Founded (1894

National
Flashlight Day
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Card Playing
Texas became
Day
the 28th state
(1845)
Chewing Gum
Patented in
1869
Iowa became
the 29th state
(1846)
National
Chocolate Day

30
Tiger Woods
born, 1975
Author Rudyard
Kipling born,
1865

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Christmas
Eve

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Christmas Boxing Day
National
Pumpkin Pie Day

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Ingri d'Aulaire
born, 1904

National Whiners
Day
World Bank
created (1945)

National Egg
Nog Day
Apollo 8
reached the
moon (1968)

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New Year's Eve
Artist Henri
Matisse born,
1869