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2017Fun Facts Calendar
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New Year's DaySilversmith PaulRevere's Birthday(1735)
Flagmaker BetsyRoss's Birthday (1752)
Ellis Island Openedfor Immigration (1892)
Science FictionDay
Georgia RatificationDay (1788)
Moon FirstPhotographed (1839)
Euro Debuted (2002)
Author J.R.R.Tolkien's Birthday(1892)
Alaska Named 49thState (1959)
Author JacobGrimm's Birthday(1785)
Inventor LouisBraille's Birthday(1809)
Utah Admission Day(1896)
Nancy PelosiElected First FemaleSpeaker of theHouse (2007)
National Bird Day
X-Ray Discovered(1896)
St. Joan of Arc'sBirthday (1412)
Telegraph FirstDemonstrated (1838)
New Mexico Ratified(1912)
Jupiter's MoonsDiscovered (1610)
Inventor SirSandford Fleming'sBirthday (1827)
U.S. HydrogenBomb Revealed (1953)
Last Battle of Warof 1812 (1815)
Singer ElvisPresley's Birthday(1935)
Clean Off YourDesk Day
Static Electricity Day
ConnecticutRatification Day (1788)
Pres. RichardNixon's Birthday (1913)
Oil Discovered inTexas (1901)
UN GeneralAssembly FirstConvened (1946)
First DiabeticPatient Treated withInsulin (1922)
Amelia Earhart FlewSolo Across Pacific(1935)
Statesman JohnHancock's Birthday(1737)
First Public MuseumOpened in SC (1773)
Hattie Caraway FirstWoman Elected toSenate (1932)
Author JamesJoyce Died (1941)
RevolutionaryWar Ended (1784)
Hat Day
World Religion Day
Martin Luther King'sBirthday (1929)
Martin LutherKing DayOperation DesertStorm Announced(1991)
Jan. 16-20No Name-CallingWeek
Statesman BenFranklin's Birthday(1706)
First Baby Born inWhite House (1806)
Author A.A.Milne's Birthday (1882)
Popcorn Day
Author Edgar AllanPoe's Birthday (1809)
InaugurationDay
World's FirstOrganizedBasketball Game(1892)
Reagan BecameOldest President(1981)
MLK DayCelebrated asFederal Holiday (1986)
Barack ObamaBecame First BlackPresident (2009)
First AtomicSubmarineLaunched (1954)
Vietnam DraftEvaders Pardoned(1977)
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500 RussiansKilled on "BloodySunday" (1905)
Abortion Legalizedin Roe v. Wade (1973)
Handwriting Day
Elizabeth BlackwellBecomes FirstFemale Physician inU.S. (1849)
Compliment Day
California Gold RushBegan (1848)
Author EdithWharton's Birthday(1862)
FirstTranscontinentalPhone Call (1915)
First WinterOlympics (1924)
Australia Day
Michigan AdmissionDay (1837)
ComposerWolfgang AmadeusMozart's Birthday(1756)
Writer LewisCarroll's Birthday(1832)
Vietnam War PeaceAccords Signed (1973)
Chinese NewYearArtist JacksonPollock's Birthday(1912)
Louis BrandeisAppointed FirstJewish SupremeCourt Justice (1916)
Challenger ShuttleExploded (1986)
Puzzle Day
Poe's "The Raven"Published (1845)
Kansas AdmissionDay (1861)
Adolf HitlerNamed GermanChancellor (1933)
"Blue Suede Shoes"Recorded (1956)
Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson'sBirthday (1919)
Eye Care MonthHot Tea Month
Oatmeal MonthThank-You Month
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National FreedomDay
Robinson CrusoeDay
Columbia SpaceShuttle Disaster (2003)
Groundhog DayGirls & Women inSports Day
World Wetlands Day
Mexican-AmericanWar Ended (1848)
15th AmendmentSigned (BlackAmericans Right toVote) (1868)
World CancerDay
First U.S.Presidential Election(1789)
ConfederacyFormed (1861)
Activist RosaParks's Birthday (1913)
NationalWeatherperson'sDay
Super Bowl Sunday
Baseball PlayerHank Aaron'sBirthday (1934)
Baseball PlayerBabe Ruth'sBirthday (1895)
Queen Elizabeth IICrowned (1952)
Feb. 6-10School CounselingWeek
Love Your RobotDay
Author CharlesDickens's Birthday(1812)
Tattooing MachineIntroduced (1875)
Author JulesVerne's Birthday (1828)
Russo-JapaneseWar Began (1904)
NASDAQ Debuted(1971)
Toothache Day
National WeatherService Established(1870)
Hershey's®Chocolate Founded(1894)
Umbrella Day
Treaty of ParisSigned EndingFrench and IndianWar (1763)
SteamboatPatented (1809)
Inventor ThomasEdison's Birthday(1847)
First WeeklyWeather Report (1878)
Nelson MandelaFreed (1990)
Red Hand Day
Naturalist CharlesDarwin's Birthday(1809)
Pres. AbrahamLincoln's Birthday(1809)
NAACP Founded(1909)
First PublicSchool Founded inU.S. (1635)
Strauss's BlueDanube Premiered(1867)
Valentine's DayRead to Your ChildDay
Oregon AdmissionDay (1859)
Arizona AdmissionDay (1912)
Susan B.Anthony Day
Scientist GalileoGalilei's Birthday(1564)
Muhammad Ali LostBoxing Title (1978)
World ReadAloud Day
King Tutankhamen'sTomb Opened (1923)
Nylon Patented (1937)
Fidel CastroBecame Leader ofCuba (1959)
National PTAFounders Day
Last Classic VWBeetle Assembled(1972)
The Adventuresof Huckleberry FinnPublished (1885)
Pluto Discovered(1930)
AstronomerNicolausCopernicus'sBirthday (1473)
FDR AuthorizedJapaneseInternment (1942)
Presidents' DayMetropolitanMuseum of ArtOpened in NYC (1872)
"Batman & Robin"Comic Debuted (1944)
InternationalMother LanguageDay
Peace SymbolDesigned (1958)
Malcolm XAssassinated (1965)
World ThinkingDay
Pres. GeorgeWashington'sBirthday (1732)
Spain Ceded Floridato the U.S. (1819)
Santa AnnaBegan Siege of theAlamo (1836)
The Tootsie RollDebuted (1896)
Author WilhelmCarl Grimm'sBirthday (1786)
First Uranus "Flyby"by Voyager 2 (1986)
Maha Shivratri
First African-American Elected toU.S. Senate (1870)
Glacier Bay (Alaska)Proclaimed aNational Monument
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U.S. Marines WentAshore at Iwo Jima(1945)
Woolworth OpenedFirst "Five CentStore" (1879)
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Tell a Fairy TaleDay
Author Victor Hugo'sBirthday (1802)
Grand CanyonNational ParkEstablished (1919)
Feb. 26-Mar.4Eating DisordersAwareness Week
Polar Bear Day
15th RecordedPassage of Halley'sComet (837)
Poet H.W.Longfellow'sBirthday (1807)
Mardi GrasDNA Discovered(1953)
Computer CoreMemory Patented(1956)
American Heart MonthBird Feeding MonthBlack History MonthChildren's Dental Health Month
Library Lovers' MonthNational Cherry MonthNational Heart Month
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Self-InjuryAwareness Day
First CensusAuthorized (1790)
Nebraska AdmissionDay (1867)
Peace CorpsEstablished (1961)
Read AcrossAmerica Day
Texas DeclaredIndependence fromMexico (1836)
Dr. Seuss's Birthday(1904)
Florida AdmissionDay (1845)
Inventor AlexanderGraham Bell'sBirthday (1847)
"Star-SpangledBanner" BecameNational Anthem(1931)
U.S. ConstitutionWent into Effect (1789)
Vermont AdmissionDay (1791)
Mar. 4-11World Orphan Week
Boston Massacre(1770)
Stapler Invented (1868)
Mar. 5-11Teen Tech Week
ArtistMichelangelo'sBirthday (1475)
"Cyclops"Disappeared inBermuda Triangle(1918)
Mar. 6-10National SchoolBreakfast Week
Hitler BrokeTreaty of Versailles(1936)
Civil Rights ProtestDubbed "BloodySunday" (1965)
InternationalWomen's DayHubble PhotoShows Millions ofGalaxies (1934)
U.S. Combat TroopsArrived in Vietnam(1965)
World Kidney Day
Amistad SlavesFreed (1841)
Jumbo Arrived inU.S. (1882)
Barbie Debuted (1959)
Harriet TubmanDay
First Phone Call (1876)
JohnnyAppleseed Day
Terrorist Bombing inMadrid Killed 200(2004)
Great East JapanEarthquake (2011)
DaylightSaving TimeBeginsWriter JackKerouac's Birthday(1922)
Truman DoctrineEnacted (1947)
Janet Reno MadeU.S. AttorneyGeneral (1993)
UranusDiscovered (1781)
Pres. AndrewJohnson'sImpeachment TrialBegan (1868)
Teaching EvolutionProhibited in Tenn.Schools (1925)
Mar. 13-19Brain AwarenessWeek
Pi Day
Eli WhitneyPatented Cotton Gin(1793)
Physicist AlbertEinstein's Birthday(1879)
Julius CaesarMurdered—"Ides ofMarch" (44 BC)
Maine AdmissionDay (1820)
First Blood BankOpened (1937)
Pres. JamesMadison's Birthday(1751)
Barnum & BaileyCircus Debuted (1919)
St. Patrick'sDay
Britain Repealedthe Stamp Act (1766)
First Space Walk(1965)
AcademyAwards FirstTelevised (1953)
Iraq War Began (2003)
Spring BeginsAgriculture Day
Uncle Tom's CabinPublished (1852)
International Dayfor Elimination ofRacialDiscrimination
World WaterDay
Hale-Bopp CometApproached Earth(1997)
WorldMeteorological Day
Ponce de LeonDiscovered &
Magician HarryHoudini's Birthday(1874)
Exxon Valdez OilSpill (1989)
MeteoriteExploded inWisconsin (1865)
Fire at Triangle
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Mar. 19-25Poison PreventionWeek
World Poetry Day
Composer JohannBach's Birthday (1685)
Named Florida (1513)
Lewis & ClarkBegan Expedition(1806)
Near Miss Day (1989)
Shirtwaist Co. Killed145 (1911)
North America'sFirst Test TubeTwins Born (1982)
Make Your OwnHoliday Day
PlaywrightTennesseeWilliams's Birthday(1911)
Justice Sandra DayO'Connor's Birthday(1930)
World TheatreDay
First WashingMachine Patented(1930)
Spanish Civil WarEnded (1939)
Coca-ColaInvented (1886)
Rosenbergs FoundGuilty of Treason(1951)
Last U.S. TroopsLeft South Vietnam(1973)
Artist VincentVan Gogh's Birthday(1853)
Treaty to PurchaseAlaska Submitted(1867)
Eiffel TowerOfficially Opened(1889)
Major LeagueBaseball StrikeEnded (1995)
Deaf History Month (3/13-4/15)Irish-American Heritage MonthMusic in Our Schools MonthNational Craft Month
National Nutrition MonthSave Your Vision MonthWomen's History MonthYouth Art Month
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April Fool's DayCigarette AdsBanned from Radio& TV (1970)
Apple ComputerFounded (1976)
InternationalChildren's Book Day
World AutismAwareness Day
Philadelphia MintAuthorized (1792)
Author HansChristian Andersen'sBirthday (1805)
First PonyExpress Service (1860)
Scientist JaneGoodall's Birthday(1934)
Pres. William H.Harrison Died (1841)
NATO Created (1949)
Martin Luther KingJr. Assassinated(1968)
Microsoft Founded(1975)
PocahontasMarried John Rolfe(1614)
Educator Booker T.Washington'sBirthday (1856)
Helen Keller FirstLearned SignLanguage (1887)
Tartan Day
First ModernOlympics (1896)
North Pole FirstReached (1909)
U.S. Entered WWI(1917)
U.N. World HealthDay
5,000 SuffragistsMarched onWashington (1913)
Singer BillieHoliday's Birthday(1915)
17th AmendmentRatified (Election ofSenators) (1913)
Name YourselfDay
Civil War Ended (1865)
First Full-Color FilmShown (1914)
Apr. 9-15Library Week
PassoverBegins atSundownEncourage a YoungWriter Day
Publisher JosephPulitzer's Birthday(1847)
EinsteinRevealed Theory ofRelativity (1905)
1968 Civil Rights ActSigned (1968)
Civil War Began(1861)
First Man in Space(1961)
Pres. ThomasJefferson's Birthday(1743)
Oxygen Tank Burston Apollo 13 (1970)
Webster's FirstDictionaryCopyrighted (1828)
Abraham LincolnAssassinated (1865)
The Titanic HitIceberg (1912)
Jackie RobinsonDay
Artist Leonardo daVinci's Birthday (1452)
Boston MarathonTerrorist Attack (2013)
EasterInventor WilburWright's Birthday(1867)
Ice Hockey PlayerWayne GretzkyRetired (1999)
Daffy DuckDebuted (1937)
Ford MustangDebuted (1964)
Paul Revere Day AmericanRevolution Began(1775)
Oklahoma CityBombing Killed 168(1995)
First GamePlayed at FenwayPark (1912)
Columbine HighSchool ShootingKilled 15 (1999)
Gulf of Mexico OilSpill (2010)
City of RomeFounded (753 BC)
Earth DayJelly Bean Day
First Earth DayObserved (1970)
World Book &Copyright Day
HolocaustRemembrance Day
First Use ofName "America" (1507)
John WilkesBooth Killed (1865)
Take OurDaughters & Sons to
Pres. JamesMonroe's Birthday
InternationalDance Day
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Playwright WilliamShakespeare'sBirthday (1564)
YouTube Launched(2005)
Apr. 23-29Volunteer Week
Begins atSundownLibrary of CongressEstablished (1800)
Mailbox InventorBorn (1815)
First License PlatesRequired (1901)
Singer EllaFitzgerald's Birthday(1917)
Studio 54 DiscoOpened (1977)
Chernobyl NuclearReactor Disaster(1986)
Work Day
Tell a Story Day
York Captured byU.S. (1813)
Activist CorettaScott King's Birthday(1927)
(1758)
Maryland AdmissionDay (1788)
Zipper Patented (1842)
Musician DukeEllington's Birthday(1899)
Prince WilliamMarried KateMiddleton (2011)
InternationalJazz Day
Louisiana AdmissionDay (1812)
Vietnam War Ended(1975)
Alcohol & Drug Awareness MonthAnimal Cruelty Prevention MonthAutism Awareness MonthDeaf History Month (3/13-4/15)Keep America Beautiful MonthMathematics Education Month
National Garden MonthNational Poetry MonthSchool Library MonthWorld Habitat Awareness MonthYouth Sports Safety Month
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May Day
Empire StateBuilding Opened(1931)
May 1-7Children's BookWeek
Screen-Free WeekMay 1-5TeacherAppreciation Week
National TeacherDay
World Asthma Day
Soviet UnionAnnounced Fall ofBerlin (1945)
Nelson MandelaElected President ofSouth Africa (1994)
Osama Bin LadenKilled (2011)
NationalScrapbooking Day
World PressFreedom Day
InternationalFirefighters Day
Freedom Riders LeftD.C. for NewOrleans (1961)
Cinco de Mayo(Mexico)John ScopesArrested forTeaching Darwinism(1926)
First American inSpace (1961)
International NoDiet Day
PsychiatristSigmund Freud'sBirthday (1856)
Hindenburg Disaster(1937)
Composer PeterTchaikovsky'sBirthday (1840)
Lusitania Sunk (1915)
May 7-14National MusicWeek
World Red CrossDay
Pres. Harry S.Truman's Birthday(1884)
VE Day (1945)
Abolitionist JohnBrown's Birthday(1800)
Beatles Signed FirstRecording Contract(1962)
School NurseDay
FirstTranscontinentalRailway Completed(1869)
Nelson MandelaBecame SouthAfrica's President(1994)
MinnesotaAdmission Day (1858)
Sports Writer MikeLupica's Birthday(1952)
Kite Day
Nurse FlorenceNightingale'sBirthday (1820)
Pres. Jimmy CarterVisited Cuba (2002)
Lag BaOmer(Jewish Festival)Begins at Sundown
World Fair TradeDay
U.S. Declared Waron Mexico (1846)
Mother's DayLewis and ClarkExpedition Began(1803)
First OlympicGames Held in U.S.(1904)
First U.S. SpaceStation Launched(1973)
May 14-20National PreventionWeek
Police Week
International Dayof Families
U.S. Dept. ofAgriculture Created(1862)
First Air Mail RouteEstablished in U.S.(1918)
Biographers Day
First U.S. NickelMinted (1866)
International DayAgainstHomophobia
New York StockExchangeEstablished (1792)
Supreme CourtRuled on Brown v.Board of Education(1954)
InternationalMuseum Day
Pope John Paul II'sBirthday (1920)
Mount St. HelensErupted (1980)
New EnglandConfederationFormed (1643)
Armed ForcesDay
First Lady DolleyMadison's Birthday(1768)
Charles LindberghBegan TransatlanticFlight (1927)
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TransportationWeek
American RedCross Established(1881)
Amelia Earhart FlewSolo Across theAtlantic (1932)
First HydrogenBomb Dropped byAir (1956)
Buy a MusicalInstrument Day
International Day forBiological Diversity
Pres. NixonGoodwill Trip toUSSR (1972)
Botanist CarolusLinnaeus's Birthday(1707)
South CarolinaAdmission Day (1788)
Wright BrothersPatented the Aircraft(1906)
First TelegraphMessageTransmitted (1844)
Brooklyn BridgeOpened (1883)
Israeli Occupation ofLebanon Ended (2000)
Ascension Day(Christian FeastDay)
International MissingChildren's Day
Fork Debuted inU.S. (1630)
Jesse Owens BrokeThree WorldRecords (1935)
RamadanBegins
PhotographerDorothea Lange'sBirthday (1895)
Astronaut SallyRide's Birthday (1951)
First RecordedWitch Execution (1647)
St. PetersburgFounded (1703)
EnvironmentalistRachel Carson'sBirthday (1907)
Golden Gate BridgeOpened (1937)
Athlete JimThorpe's Birthday(1888)
Sierra ClubFounded (1892)
Linda FinchCompleted Earhart'sFlight Around theWorld (1997)
Memorial DayRhode IslandAdmission Day (1790)
WisconsinAdmission Day (1848)
Hillary and TenzingReached Mt.Everest Summit (1953)
Shavuot (JewishFestival) Begins atSundown
Indianapolis 500Debuted (1911)
Lincoln MemorialDedicated (1927)
World NoTobacco Day
First U.S. CopyrightLaw Enacted (1790)
South AfricaBecameIndependent (1961)
Asian-Pacific-American Heritage MonthAsthma & Allergy Awareness MonthBetter Hearing and Speech MonthClean Air MonthGet Caught Reading MonthHealthy Vision MonthInventors Month
Mental Health MonthNational Bike MonthNational Water Safety MonthPhysical Fitness & Sports MonthSkin Cancer Awareness MonthTransportation Month
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Stand for ChildrenDay
Kentucky AdmissionDay (1792)
TennesseeAdmission Day (1796)
CNN Debuted (1980)
Radio Patented(1896)
American IndiansGranted U.S.Citizenship (1924)
USDA IntroducesMyPlate NutritionGuidelines (2011)
First U.S. SpaceWalk (1965)
Tiananmen SquareDemonstrations (1989)
First SupermarketCart Introduced (1937)
U.N. WorldEnvironment Day
Robert F. KennedyAssassinated (1968)
First AIDS ReportPublished (1981)
First Drive-InMovie TheaterOpened (1933)
D-Day (1944)
Homer PlessyBroke SegregationLaws, Leading toPlessy v. Ferguson("Seperate butEqual") (1892)
World OceansDay
Hong KongLeased to UK for 99Years (1898)
AlcoholicsAnonymousFounded (1935)
Ballpoint PenPatented (1943)
Great BarrierReef Discovered(1770)
OceanographerJacques Cousteau'sBirthday (1910)
Diary Day
Pres. George H. W.Bush's Birthday (1924)
Anne Frank'sBirthday (1929)
Poet WilliamButler Yeats'sBirthday (1865)
Presidents of North& South Korea Met(2000)
Flag DayOfficial U.S. FlagAdopted (1777)
First CommercialComputerIntroduced (1951)
ArkansasAdmission Day (1836)
Oregon BoundaryTreaty Signed (1846)
ValentinaTereshkova FirstWoman in Space(1963)
Artist M.C.Escher's Birthday(1898)
Republic of IcelandEstablished (1944)
Father's DayWar of 1812 Began(1812)
Napoleon Defeatedat Battle of Waterloo(1815)
Sally Ride FirstAmerican Woman inSpace (1983)
First OfficialGame of Baseball(1846)
Juneteenth(Liberation ofSlaves) (1865)
World RefugeeDay
West VirginiaAdmission Day (1863)
SummerBeginsNew HampshireAdmission Day (1788)
WNBA Debuted (1997)
Explorer GeorgeVancouver'sBirthday (1757)
Pledge of AllegianceRecognized byCongress (1942)
First TypewriterPatented (1868)
Athlete WilmaRudolph's Birthday(1940)
Supreme CourtJustice ClarenceThomas's Birthday(1948)
Term "FlyingSaucers" First Used(1947)
General CusterDied at LittleBighorn (1876)
Bicycle Patented(1819)
Inventor of theThermometer Born
Activist HelenKeller's Birthday (1880)
First Newbery Medal (1922)
Paul BunyanDay
Shakespeare'sTheater Destroyedby Fire (1613)
Meteor Day
26th AmendmentChanged Voting Age
(1971)
Author GeorgeOrwell's Birthday(1903)
Author Eric Carle'sBirthday (1929)
First Color TVBroadcast (1951)
(1824)
First Map of HumanGenome Completed(2000)
Supreme CourtRules Same-SexMarriage Legal (2015)
AwardedRemote ControlIntroduced (1964)
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Child Vision Awareness MonthDairy MonthFireworks Safety MonthGLBT Book MonthLGBT Pride Month
National Rivers MonthNational Rose MonthSafety MonthSmile Month
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Battle ofGettysburg (1863)
Canada Day (1867)
First U.S. ZooOpened (1874)
ZIP CodesIntroduced (1963)
Pres. JamesGarfield Shot (1881)
Aviator AmeliaEarhartDisappeared (1937)
Civil Rights Act of1964 Became Law(1964)
Compliment YourMirror Day
Stay Out of the SunDay
Idaho AdmissionDay (1890)
U.S. VeteransAdministrationCreated (1930)
IndependenceDay (1776)
Thoreau Moved toWalden Pond (1845)
Statue of LibertyPresented (1884)
P. T. Barnum'sBirthday (1810)
Larry Doby Signedwith ClevelandIndians (1946)
First Cloned Sheep(Dolly) Born (1996)
Republican PartyFormed (1854)
Pres. George W.Bush's Birthday (1946)
PinocchioPublished (1883)
Hawaii Annexed byU.S. (1898)
London TerroristBombing (2005)
First PublicReading ofDeclaration ofIndependence (1776)
Vermont AbolishedSlavery (1777)
Sugar CookieDay
Don't Step on aBee Day
Wyoming AdmissionDay (1890)
WorldPopulation Day
Pres. John QuincyAdams's Birthday(1767)
Babe Ruth Debutedin Major LeagueBaseball (1914)
Author PatriciaPolacco's Birthday(1944)
Etch-a-SketchIntroduced (1960)
Geraldine FerraroNamed First FemaleVice-PresidentialCandidate (1984)
First World CupSoccer Tournament(1930)
25-hour Blackout inNew York City (1977)
Bastille Day inFrance (1789)
Nazis Became SolePolitical Party inGermany (1933)
$100 Bill BecameLargest U.S.Currency (1969)
Howard HughesSet New SpeedRecord (1938)
First InternationalManned Spaceflight(1975)
National IceCream Day
District of ColumbiaEstablished (1790)
Last Russian CzarExecuted (1918)
PotsdamConference (1945)
Disneyland Opened(1955)
Mein KampfPublished (1925)
Gymnast NadiaComaneci ScoredFirst Perfect 10 (1976)
First Women'sRights ConventionHeld (1848)
First East to WestRowing of theAtlantic (1969)
First SpecialOlympics (1968)
First Moon Landing(1969)
Author ErnestHemingway'sBirthday (1899)
Scopes FoundGuilty in "MonkeyTrial" (1925)
Pied PiperArrived in Hamelin(1264)
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First Parking Meters(1935)
Stateswoman JanetReno's Birthday (1938)
Parents' Day
Pneumatic TiresInvented (1888)
Hale-Bopp CometDiscovered (1995)
Apollo 11Astronauts SafelyReturn to Earth (1969)
Puerto RicoBecame U.S.Commonwealth (1952)
First Test-TubeBaby Born (1978)
New YorkAdmission Day (1788)
Liberia BecameAfrica's FirstRepublic (1847)
FBI Created (1908)
Hillary R. ClintonNamed First FemalePresidentialNominee (2016)
Korean WarVeterans' ArmisticeDay
Bugs BunnyDebuted (1940)
Bombing at OlympicGames in Atlanta(1996)
Author BeatrixPotter's Birthday (1866)
14th AmendmentRatified (CitizenshipRights) (1868)
World War I Began(1914)
Author SharonCreech's Birthday(1945)
NASA Established(1958)
Prince CharlesMarried Lady DianaSpencer (1981)
Author EmilyBrontë's Birthday(1818)
Industrialist HenryFord's Birthday (1863)
In God We TrustMade U.S. Motto(1956)
ColumbusArrived in Trinidad(1498)
Author J.K.Rowling's Birthday(1965)
Blueberries MonthHot Dog Month
Read an Almanac MonthRecreation and Parks Month
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ColoradoAdmission Day (1876)
Ice CreamSandwich Day
Declaration ofIndependenceSigned (1776)
First U.S. Census:Population3,929,214 (1790)
Lincoln PennyIssued (1909)
National Kids Day
Columbus Set Sail(1492)
William FaulknerStamp Issued (1987)
Musician LouisArmstrong's Birthday(1901)
Nazis Arrested AnneFrank & Family (1944)
President BarackObama's Birthday(1961)
Electric TrafficLights First Installed(1914)
Astronaut NeilArmstrong's Birthday(1930)
Friendship Day
BacteriologistAlexander Fleming'sBirthday (1881)
Atomic BombDropped onHiroshima (1945)
Sonia SotomayorConfirmed as FirstHispanic SupremeCourt Justice (2009)
First Pictures ofEarth Taken fromSpace (1959)
Lynne Cox SwamBering Strait (1987)
Great TrainRobbery ThievesStole $6M (1963)
First CanadianTurtle Derby (1972)
Pres. NixonAnnouncedResignation (1974)
International ArtAppreciation Day
Psychologist JeanPiaget's Birthday(1896)
Jesse Owens WonFour Olympic GoldMedals (1936)
SmithsonianInstitution Opened(1846)
JapaneseInternment SurvivorsAwarded $20K (1988)
Ruth BaderGinsburg JoinedSupreme Court (1993)
Martian MoonPhobos Discovered(1677)
First Inmates Arrivedat Alcatraz (1934)
InternationalYouth Day
Tyrannosaurus SueDiscovered (1990)
InternationalLeft-Hander's Day
Activist Lucy Stone'sBirthday (1818)
First Two-WaySatelliteConversation (1948)
China AnnouncedCultural Revolution(1966)
Japan Agreed toSurrender in WWII(1945)
Largest Blackout inU.S. History (2003)
Chef JuliaChild's Birthday (1912)
Panama CanalOpened (1914)
Woodstock Music &Art Fair Opened (1969)
New Solar SystemDiscovered (2001)
BathysphereReached RecordDepth (1934)
Folk Hero DavyCrockett's Birthday(1786)
Klondike Gold RushBegan (1896)
First AmericanChild of EnglishParents Born (1587)
Explorer MeriwetherLewis's Birthday (1774)
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Aviation Day
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Women'sEquality Day
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Mona Lisa Stolen(1911)
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Proulx's Birthday(1935)
Abolition
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Germany InvadedPoland, StartingWWII (1939)
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Great Fire ofLondon (1666)
Pres. TheodoreRoosevelt: "SpeakSoftly & Carry a BigStick" (1901)
Victory over Japan(V-J) Day (1945)
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Wizard of OzPublished (1900)
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Be Late forSomething Day
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Mother Teresa Died(1997)
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InternationalLiteracy Day
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Alexander FlemingDiscovered Penicillin(1928)
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Mickey Mouse (1928)
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International Dayof Peace
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DebutedAuthor StephenKing's Birthday (1947)
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Spain CededLouisiana to France(1800)
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Pres. JimmyCarter's Birthday(1924)
Child Health Day
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Peanuts Comic StripDebuted (1950)
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Sputnik ILaunched into Orbit(1957)
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Dictionary Day
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Prize in Literature(1962)
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First Oscar Night(1929)
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Day of the DeadStamp Act in Effect(1765)
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Harry TrumanElected President(1948)
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Gettysburg Address(1863)
Children's Day
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Ka Lahui(Independence Day,Hawaii) (1843)
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Politician WinstonChurchill's Birthday(1874)
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Rosa Parks Arrested(1955)
International Dayfor the Abolition ofSlavery
Special EducationDay
EnvironmentalProtection AgencyEstablished (1970)
First Artificial HeartTransplant (1982)
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First Human HeartTransplant (1967)
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InternationalVolunteer Day
Pres. Martin VanBuren's Birthday (1789)
Feast of St.Nicholas
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WashingtonMonumentCompleted (1884)
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Roller SkatesPatented (1884)
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First Nobel PrizesAwarded (1901)
Noodle-RingDay
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Boston TeaParty (1773)
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Maple SyrupDay
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The Nutcracker
Poor Richard'sAlmanac Published(1732)
LouisianaPurchase (1803)
South Carolina First
Winter SolsticePilgrims Landed atPlymouth (1620)
Author BeatrixPotter Died (1943)
Maryland Votedto Cede Land forDistrict of Columbia(1788)
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France RecognizedAmericanIndependence (1777)
Suite Premiered inRussia (1892)
Filmmaker StevenSpielberg's Birthday(1946)
Apollo 17 Returnedto Earth (1972)
Pres. Bill ClintonImpeached (1998)
to Secede fromUnion (1860) Crossword Puzzle
Debuted (1913)First Nonstop FlightAround the World(1986)
Christmas Eve
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Verdi's Opera AidaPremiered (1871)
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First KwanzaaCelebrated (1966)
South AsianTsunami (2004)
Visit the ZooDay
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Scientist LouisPasteur's Birthday(1822)
World Bank Created(1945)
Iowa AdmissionDay (1846)
First Film Shown(1895)
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Pres. AndrewJohnson's Birthday(1808)
Texas AdmissionDay (1845)
Writer RudyardKipling's Birthday(1865)
USSR Established(1922)
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