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Minced shrimp shaped into a ball covered in batter and deep fried.
Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'Fried Shrimp Balls'. Minced shrimp shaped into a ball covered in batter and deep fried.
[The Hankster says] Make them small so the pop into your mouth. And get a bib, since the sauce won't.
Tomorrow is 'Games Day'. Created by the British game production and retail company, Games Workshop in 1975. It promotes games of any kind and organized game conventions.
[The Hankster says] No, we are not a few days early. You haven't got all those Christmas games yet, but can you remember board games or even last years electronic game. Bet the electronic one is dead and the board game is somewhere under the bed.
It will be 'Go Caroling Day' tomorrow.
[The Hankster says] I will not be caroling this Christmas. Last years home owners association noise injunction, handed me, will still be in effect.
Awareness / Observance Days on: December 20
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- 'International Human Solidarity Day'.
The 2015 Theme is Shared Progress and Prosperity based on global solidarity.
- 'World Snowboard Day'.
Historical events in the past on: December 20
In 1606, The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
In 1803, The French flag was lowered in New Orleans, to mark the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to the U.S. for about $15,000,000 U.S. (money and debt cancellation) which is about $237,000,000 U.S. in 2014 dollars.
In 1921, A judge decides that baseball's World Series should be a best of 7 series.
In 1941, During World War II, the first battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the 'Flying Tigers' in Kunming, China, is activated. From Wikipedia: '... was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), recruited under presidential authority and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. The shark-faced nose art of the Flying Tigers remains among the most recognizable image of any individual combat aircraft or combat unit of
World War II'.
In 1946, The popular Christmas film, It's a Wonderful Life, is first released in New York City. From Wikipedia: 'It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story 'The Greatest Gift', which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945. The film is now among the most popular in American cinema and because of numerous television showings in the 1980s has become traditional viewing during
the Christmas season'.
In 1950, The movie 'Harvey', starring James Stewart, premieres in NY. From Wikipedia: 'Harvey is a 1950 comedy-drama film based on Mary Chase's play of the same name, directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull. The story is about a man whose best friend is a pooka named Harvey — in the form of a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall invisible rabbit.'.
In 1957, Elvis Presley receives his army draft notice, and is granted a short deferment to complete his for film 'King Creole'.
In 1951, The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
In 1969, Peter, Paul and Mary's, 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' reaches #1.
In 1971, The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France. From Wikipedia: 'Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases'.
In 1977, The first 'Space Walk' is made by G Grechko from a Salyut 6 spacecraft.
In 1985, The position of American Poet Laureate is established with Robert Warren as it's first so honored.
In 1996, NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to the computer operating system, Mac OS X.
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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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