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ON THIS DAY: December 21, 2016
December 21st is Crossword Puzzle Day * Humbug Day National Short Story Day * Flashlight Day * Ribbon Candy Day * Short Girl Appreciation Day Look on the Bright Side Day International Dalek Remembrance Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Jack Russell, Rebecca West … Continue reading
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Tagged Florence Griffith Joyner, Frank Zappa, Jack Russell, Rebecca West, Stephen King, Thomas Becket, Vespasian
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ON THIS DAY: December 19, 2016
December 19th is ‘A Christmas Carol’ Day * Evergreen Day Hard Candy Day Oatmeal Muffin Day ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Ben Franklin, Édith Piaf and Richard Leakey, click
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ON THIS DAY: December 18, 2016
December 18th is Arabic Language Day * Bake Cookies Day I Love Honey Day International Migrants Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Paul Klee, Jacques Pépin and Gillian Armstrong, click
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Tagged Arturo Toscanini, Christina Aguilera, Gillian Armstrong, Jacques Pépin, Keith Richards, Paul Klee, Saki (H.H. Munro)
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ON THIS DAY: December 17, 2016
December 17th is Maple Syrup Day Wright Brothers Day * Wreaths Across America Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Deborah Sampson, Simón Bolívar, and Charles Dickens, click
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Tagged Charles Dickens, Deborah Sampson, OPEC, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Saturnalia, Simón Bolívar, William Safire
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ON THIS DAY: December 16, 2016
December 16th is Boston Tea Party Day* Chocolate Covered Anything Day Free Shipping Day * ….Ugly Christmas Sweater Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Anton Dvorak, Beatrix Potter and Jimi Hendrix , click
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Tagged Anton Dvorak, Arthur C. Clarke, Beatrix Potter, Jimi Hendrix, Ludwig van Beethoven, Margaret Mead, Noel Coward, Philip K. Dick
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ON THIS DAY: December 15, 2016
December 15th is Bill of Rights Day * Cat Herders Day National Cupcake Day National Gingerbread Latte Day ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Jane Austen, Gustave Eiffel and Franklin D. Roosevelt, click
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Tagged Betty Smith, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gustave Eiffel, Jane Austen, Maxwell Anderson, Muriel Rukeyser, Sitting Bull
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ON THIS DAY: December 14, 2016
December 14th is Bouillabaisse Day Monkey Day Roast Chestnuts Day * Quantum Theory Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Aphra Behn, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. click
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Tagged Aphra Behn, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Margaret Chase Smith, Roald Amundsen, Shirley Jackson, Tycho Brahe, Wilma Mankiller
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ON THIS DAY: December 13, 2016
December 13th is National Cocoa Day National Day of the Horse * National Popcorn String Day * National Violin Day ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Kenneth Patchen, Grandma Moses and Yasser Arafat, click
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Tagged Abel Tasman, Carlos Montoya, George Gershwin, Grandma Moses, Kenneth Patchen, Sir Francis Drake, Yasser Arafat
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ON THIS DAY: December 12, 2016
December 12th is Gingerbread Decorating Day * National Ambrosia Day National Ding-a-Ling Day * National Poinsettia Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Gustave Flaubert, Edvard Munch and Dionne Warwick, click
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Tagged Chief Justice John Jay, Dionne Warwick, Edvard Munch, Gustave Flaubert, Helen Frankenthaler, U.S. 2000 Election, William Lloyd Garrison
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