December birthstone a slab of turquoise 2010 photo by By Parent Géry – Own work, Public Domain, https commons.wikimedia.org 1780s BORN 1782: MARTIN VAN BUREN (8TH U.S. PRESIDENT). HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE A U.S. CITIZEN AT BIRTH 1790s DIED 1791: WOLFGANG AMADEUS […]

Yellow narcissus flower for month of December 2008 photo by By Screen stalker – Own work, Public Domain, https commons.wikimedia.org 1640s DIED 1642: ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS, CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU (FRENCH CLERGYMAN AND STATESMAN) 1780s 1783: AT FRAUNCES TAVERN IN NEW YORK’S LOWER MANHATTAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON […]

Goodbye November 2020 Hello December Christmas tree on Park Avenue (WeLoveThisPic.com).jpg Every Year INDEPENDENCE DAY (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) 1760s 1763: TOURO SYNAGOGUE, OLDEST IN THE UNITED STATES, WAS DEDICATED IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND 1800s 1804: NAPOLEON BONAPARTE WAS CROWNED FRENCH EMPEROR NAPOLEON I OF FRANCE […]

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 […]

THANKSGIVING DAY In a 1789 proclamation, President George Washington called on the people of the United States to acknowledge God for affording them “an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness” by observing a day of thanksgiving. Devoting a […]

(photo courtesy of InvisionMag.com) 1640s BORN 1643: RENÉ-ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE LA SALLE (EXPLORER) 1710s DIED 1718: BLACKBEARD (PIRATE) 1810s BORN 1819: GEORGE ELIOT (AUTHOR) 1860s 1869: BRITISH CLIPPER CUTTY SARK LAUNCHED 1880s 1880: ACTRESS LILLIAN RUSSELL DEBUTED AT TONY PASTOR’S THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY […]

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: […]