December birthstone Rough and polished tanzanite 2010 photo By Didier Descouens – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https commons.wikimedia.org ST. LUCIA’S DAY St. Lucia (also called Lucy) was a fourth-century Italian martyr. Her name is derived from the Latin lux, meaning “light,” so she has […]

Hanukkah table 2007 photo by By MathKnight – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https commons.wikimedia.org CHANUKAH BEGINS This eight-day Jewish festival begins this evening at sundown. The festival commemorates events that took place in Judea more than 2,000 years ago, when the Syrian king Antiochus […]

John Lennon in 1969 photo by By Joost Evers Anefo http proxy.handle.net, CC0, https commons.wikimedia.org Every Year FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (CELEBRATED IN MANY CATHOLIC COUNTRIES) 1760s BORN 1765: ELI WHITNEY (INVENTOR) 1880s 1886: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR IS ORGANIZED AT COLUMBUS, OHIO, WITH […]

November gemstone Citrine taillee 2009 photo by By Didier Descouens – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https commons.wikimedia.org ANNIVERSARY OF MARK TWAIN’S BIRTH Born on this day in 1835, beloved writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens provided us with endless entertainment through numerous novels, nonfiction books, short […]

November Topaz crystal 2009 photo by By Archaeodontosaurus – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https commons.wikimedia.org 1520s 1520: NAVIGATOR FERDINAND MAGELLAN REACHED THE PACIFIC, EMERGING FROM WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN 1750s BORN 1757: WILLIAM BLAKE (POET) 1820s BORN 1820: FRIEDRICH […]

Chrysanthemum, November flower 2005 photo by GFDL 1.2, https commons.wikimedia.org Every Year WORLD TELEVISION DAY 1620s 1620: THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT, A PRELIMINARY PLAN OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE PILGRIMS, WAS SIGNED IN THE CABIN OF THE MAYFLOWER NEAR WHAT IS NOW PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 1690s BORN 1694: […]

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY The United Nations General Assembly recommended in 1954 that all countries institute a Universal Children’s Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children and of activity promoting the welfare of the world’s children. Every Year UNIVERSAL […]

Every Year DISCOVERY DAY (PUERTO RICO) 1490s 1493: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FIRST SIGHTED WHAT IS NOW PUERTO RICO 1750s BORN 1752: GEORGE ROGERS CLARK (MILITARY LEADER) 1790s 1794: JAY’S TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND GREAT BRITAIN SIGNED 1820s DIED 1828: FRANZ SCHUBERT (COMPOSER) 1830s BORN 1831: […]