Dec. 2

1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor

of France

1823: Monroe Doctrine issued

1859: Artist George Seurat born

1862: Charles Ringling born

Dec. 2

MONROE DOCTRINE Political Cartoons

Seurat the Dot

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

1621: Galileo invented telescope

1910: Neon lamp 1st displayed (at Paris Motor Show)

1931: Alka Seltzer first sold

1948: “Pumpkin Papers” discovered

1968: MLB announced pitcher’s mound would lower to 10” (from 15” – for more batting action)

Dec. 3

Alka Seltzer ads

10 Uses for Alka Seltzer

Pumpkin Papers

771: Charlemagne becomes King

of the Franks

1961: MoMA realized had hung Matisse painting upside down (for 47 days)

1998: Construction of International Space Station began

Dec. 4

Construction of International Space Station time lapse

1791: Composer Mozart died

1848: President Polk confirmed gold found in CA (started the Gold Rush of 1849)

1933: Prohibition repealed (21st Amendment)

1952: The Great Smog of London set in (lasted 5 days & killed 4,000 people)

Dec. 5

1790: Congress moved from NYC to Philadelphia

1865: 13th Amendment adopted (ended slavery)

1922: Irish Free State declared (4/5 Ireland free from English rule)

1947: Everglades National Park established

Dec. 6

Ireland Unification

26 counties in Irish Republic

+ 6 counties in Northern Ireland (under British control) = 1 united Ireland

Lincoln Movie Clip #1

Lincoln Movie clip #2

Mississippi ratifies 13th Amendment – in 2013 (start at 1:22)

The 13th Amendment

1803: 12th Amendment passed (vote for President & VP instead of 2 choices for President)

1854: “The Charge of the Light Brigade” was published

1965: “A Charlie Brown Christmas” premiered

Dec. 9

Can you spot the mistake with the tree?

Charlie Brown searches for the perfect Christmas Tree

1901: 1st Nobel Prizes awarded

1936: King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne (had reigned for 10 months)

1948: UN adopted Declaration of Human Rights

1941: Japan invaded the Philippines

Dec. 10

Some include:

All people are born free

All people are entitled to rights/freedoms

No one shall be held in slavery

No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel treatment

Dec. 11 1719: 1st recorded sighting of Aurora

Borealis (the Northern Lights)

1866: 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean

1941: Germany & Italy declared war on the US (US declared it back)

Ten Best Places to see the Northern Lights

Dec. 12 1897: “The Katzenjammer Kids”

debuted (1st comic strip to use speech bubbles)

1980: Oil tycoon Armand Hammer pays $5.1 million for da Vinci notebook (Bill Gates bought it in 1984 for $30.8 million)

The Katzenjammer Kids

Read the Codex here

1577: Sir Francis Drake began circumnavigation of the globe

1759: 1st music store opens in America (Philadelphia)

Dec. 13

Sir Francis Drake’s Circumnavigation of the Globe

1770: Ludwig von Beethoven born

1773: Boston Tea Party occurred ($1.7 million worth of tea destroyed)

1901: “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” was published

1916: Rasputin murdered

Dec. 16

Boston Tea Party-America the Story of US

Dec. 16

Rasputin

1777: France formally recognized the US as an independent country

1903: Wright brothers flew plane for first time

1989: “The Simpsons” premiered

2011: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il died

Dec. 17

Kim Jong Il funeral procession

Fake Tears

Dec. 18 1839: 1st photograph of moon made in

US

1944: Supreme Court upheld Japanese wartime relocation (interment camps)

1956: “To Tell The Truth” game show premiered

1st photo of moon

To Tell the Truth – Rosa Parks, 1980

Dec. 19 1732: Ben Franklin began publishing “Poor

Richard’s Almanack” (under the name Richard Saunders)

1843: Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol”

1918: Robert Ripley began writing “Believe It Or Not” column

1919: American Meteorological Society founded

“Fish and visitors smell in 3 days.”

“An investment in education always pays the best interest.”

“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”

"Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.”

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not

1820: Missouri imposes $1 “Bachelor Tax” (all unmarried men between 21-50 years of age)

1940: Connie Mack became owner of Philadelphia Athletics

1946: “It’s A Wonderful Life” premiered

1963: Berlin Wall opened for 17 days (so family members could see each other over the holidays)

Dec. 20

I will always play the game to the best of my ability. I will always play to win, but if I lose, I will not look for an excuse

to detract from my opponent's victory. I will never take an unfair advantage in order to win. I will always abide by the rules of the game—on the diamond as

well as in my daily life. I will always conduct myself as a true sportsman—on and off the

playing field. I will always strive for the good of the entire team rather than for

my own glory. I will never gloat in victory or pity myself in defeat. I will do my utmost to keep myself clean—physically, mentally,

and morally. I will always judge a teammate or an opponent as an individual

and never on the basis of race or religion.

Connie Mack’s Code of Conduct for Players, 1916

News Clips of Wall Opening (Xmas 1963) The Berlin Wall being built – 4:17-7:50

(Wall built – 9:30) The Wall comes down

The Berlin Wall