National Peppermint Latte Day: More
A latte is espresso coffee with steamed milk injected.
Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Peppermint Latte Day'. A latte is espresso coffee with steamed milk injected.
[The Hankster says] My favorite latte is liquorice flavored, but I bet a little peppermint thrown in on occasion, might be good.
Tomorrow is 'National Roof Over Your Head Day'. Be thankful for what you have day.
[The Hankster says] Remember Thanksgiving a few days ago? Some of the very basic needs of life, like shelter, are not available to all.
Can't think of a git to give someone for Christmas? Try tomorrow's 'Make A Gift Day'.
[The Hankster says] My favorite type of gift.
No need for your colored 3D glasses tomorrow. It will be '3December'. Celebrating 3D computer graphics by Alias System Corporation. December 3 was chosen as the day, to promote the 3D in the name.
Awareness / Observance Days on: December 3
o Health
- 'International Day of Persons With Disabilities'. Since 1992 by the U.N.
o Other
- 'Global No Pesticides Use Day'. Since 1998 by the Pesticide Action Network International. It commemorates the 1984 Bhopal disaster. In that pesticide plant accident, over 8,000 people died due to a gas leak.
Historical events in the past on: December 3
In 1586, Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia.
In 1609, Galileo makes the first close-up observation of the moon through a telescope.
In 1736, Astronomer Anders Celsius takes measurements that confirm Newton's theory that the earth was an ellipsoid rather than the previously accepted sphere.
In 1775, The first official U.S. flag is raised, the Grand Union Flag, aboard the naval vessel USS Alfred.
In 1818, Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. State.
In 1833, Oberlin College, Ohio started classes and was the first coed institution of higher learning in U.S.
In 1898, The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16-0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
In 1910, Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
In 1927, The movie 'Putting Pants on Philip', is the first Laurel and Hardy film. The plot was one in which Oliver tries to to get Laurel (having arrived in America) to ware pants, instead of his kilt. Their first appearance as 'Stan and Ollie' characters was in 'The Second Hundred Years'.
In 1931, 'Alka Seltzer' goes on sale.
In 1967, At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
In 1968, In U.S. baseball, the pitcher's mound drops from 15 inches to 10 inches and the strike zone is reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters. (see 1968)
In 1973, The U.S. Pioneer 10 spacecraft passes Jupiter and is the first fly-by of an outer planet.
In 1984, A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
In 1989, Bush and Gorbachev suggest that the Cold War is coming to an end.
In 1992, A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague. The message was 'Merry Christmas'.
In 2001, The Segway Personal Transporter, a unique self-balancing transportation device used in cities to replace cars, is shown to the public for the first time.
In 2005, The XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of the U.S. Mail in Mojave, California.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in December
Food
Buckwheat Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Health
Aids Awareness Month
Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) (12/17 - 2/7)
Other
Bingo's Birthday Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
National Tie Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Operation Santa Paws (1-19)
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Universal Human Rights 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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