Chocolate Covered Anything Day: More
Tomorrow's food holiday will be ' Chocolate Covered Anything Day.
[The Hankster says] No I refuse to say Pizza, but it is in the back of my mind.
Tomorrow we celebrate 'Boston Tea Party Day'. See 1773 below.
Thomas Hardy once said 'Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.'
[The Hankster says] That is the fun of the enlightenment of studying the past. How and why we got, where we are, always surprises and amazes me. Let's walk softly backwards through time and see if December 16 in the past, might not jump out and say 'boo!' at us.
In 1707, Mount Fuji's last recorded volcanic eruption occurs in Japan.
In 1773, At what became known as 'The Boston Tea Party', disguised members of the Sons of Liberty dump crates of tea into Boston harbor.
In 1811, The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
In 1971 - Don McLean releases his over 8 minute long rendition of 'American Pie,' which tops the charts.
No. 1 song
Top movie
Food:
Buckwheat Month
Tomato and Winter Squash Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
National Egg Nog Month
National Fruit Cake Month
Root Vegetables Month
Other:
World Aids Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
National Tie Month
Universal Human Rights Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month National Tie Month
December is:
December origin (from Wikipedia): '
December gets its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar, which began in March. The winter days following December were not included as part of any month. Later, the months of January and February were created out of the monthless period and added to the beginning of the calendar, but December retained its name.
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December is the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern
Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent
to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. D
ecember is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the
Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the
Southern Hemisphere.
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December at Wikipedia: More
If you couldn't afford 90 cents for a movie ticket, 50 years ago,
or your 45 RPM record player was broke, you might watch one of these shows on TV.
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Sites for downloading or reading free Public Domain eBooks. Available in various formats. More