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1 Rosa Parks Day World AIDS Day Antarctica Made a Scientific Preserve (1959)
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2 Pan American Health Day First Artificial Heart Transplant (1982)
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3 International Day of Disabled Persons
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4 International Space Station Launched (1998)
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5 Day of the Ninja Walt Disney's Birthday (1901)
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6 Saint Nicholas Day Thirteenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution Ratified (1865)
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7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (1941)
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8 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) becomes a Commonwealth of Independent States (1991)
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9 Petrified Forest National Park Established (1962) Computer Mouse Developed (1968)
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10 Emily Dickinson's Birthday (1830) Human Rights Day
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11 UNICEF Anniversary (1946)
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12 Poinsettia Day Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico)
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13 Saint Lucia Day (Sweden) Geminid Meteor Shower
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14 South Pole Discovery Day (1911) International Shareware Day
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15 Bill of Rights Day (1791)
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16 Ludwig von Beethoven's Birthday (1770) Boston Tea Party (1773) Battle of the Bulge (1944)
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17 Wright Brothers First Flight (1903) Pan American Aviation Day
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18 International Migrants Day Slavery Abolished by 13th Amendment (1865)
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19 First Radio Voice Transmission via Satellite (1958)
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20 Louisiana Purchase Day (1803) U.S. Supreme Court Declares Segregated
Bus Seating Illegal (1956)
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21 Winter Solstice Pilgrim Landing Day (1620) First Crossword Puzzle (1913)
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22 Coelacanth Discovered (1938)
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23 First Nonstop Flight Around the World (1987)
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24 Christmas Eve
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25 Christmas
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26 Boxing Day Indian Ocean Earthquake/ Tsunami Disaster (2004)
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27 Saint John Feast Day
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28 Poor Richard's Almanack First Published (1732) Endangered Species Act Enacted (1973)
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29 British burn Buffalo NY during War of 1812
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30 Rudyard Kipling's Birthday (1865)
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31 Panama Given Control of the Panama Canal (1999) New Year's Eve
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