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ON THIS DAY: December 23, 2018
December 23rd is Bake Day Festivus * HumanLight Day * National Roots Day Pfeffernüsse Day _______________________________________ MORE! Yohl Ik’nal, Vincent Van Gogh and Marie Bell, click
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Tagged Donna Tartt, Liis Koger, Marie Bell, Norman Maclean, Oscar S. Straus, Vincent Van Gogh, Yohl Ik’nal
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ON THIS DAY: December 22, 2018
December 22nd is Be a Lover of Silence Day Date Nut Bread Day Forefathers Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Jean Racine, Sarada Devi and Lech Wałęsa, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Aya Takano, Frances Lannon, Jean Racine, Lech Walesa, Nguyễn Huệ, Sarada Devi, Thomas Mokopu Mofolo
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ON THIS DAY: December 20, 2018
December 20th is Games Day * Go Caroling Day Louisiana Purchase Day * Sangria Day International Human Solidarity Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Ivana Kobilca, Fred Astaire and Sandra Cisneros, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Elsie de Wolfe, Fred Astaire, Ivana Kobilca, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Nalo Hopkinson, Sandra Cisneros, Vespasian
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ON THIS DAY: December 19, 2018
December 19th is A Christmas Carol Day * Hard Candy Day Oatmeal Muffin Day Look for an Evergreen Day * ___________________________________________________ MORE! Tom Paine, Pauahi Bishop and Charles Dickens, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Carter G. Woodson, Charles Dickens, Dorothea Sophia Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg, Ke Ali'i Bishop, Mileva Marić, Orna Berry, Thomas Paine
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ON THIS DAY: December 18, 2018
December 18th is Arabic Language Day * Bake Cookies Day International Migrants Day * Roast Suckling Pig Day Save the Brazilian Rainforests Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Kublai Khan, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Saki, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Cicely Tyson, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Joan Wallach Scott, Kublai Khan, Lenore Blum, Paul Klee, Saki (H.H. Munro)
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ON THIS DAY: December 17, 2018
December 17th is Maple Syrup Day The Nutcracker Day * Wright Brothers Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Simón Bolívar, Mary Cartwright and Zwelakhe Sisulu, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Dorothy Rowe, María Elena Velasco, Mary Cartwright, Penelope Fitzgerald, Simón Bolívar, Zwelakhe Sisulu
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TCS: In the Bleak Midwinter
Good Morning! ___________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Music, Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst, In the Bleak Midwinter, King's College Cambridge, Oliver Herford, TCS
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ON THIS DAY: December 16, 2018
December 16th is American Pie Day * Boston Tea Party Day * Chocolate Covered Anything Day _______________________________________ MORE! Beatrix Potter, Philip K. Dick and Jen Golbeck, click
ON THIS DAY: December 15, 2018
December 15th is Bill of Rights Day * Cat Herders Day Gingerbread Latte Day National Cupcake Day International Tea Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Jane Austen, Sitting Bull and Julie Taymor, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Carlos Soublette, Donald James Woods, Eliza Atkins Gleason, Gamal al-Banna, Jane Austen, Julie Taymor, Sitting Bull
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