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January 1 |
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Say "Happy New Year" in many languages
January is
National Health Month
Ellis Island Opened |
The
Drinking Straw was Patented
Georgia
became the 4th
U.S. state (1788)
Information : The Fifty States of the United States |
Alaska Admission Day
Explore Alaska: Three Scavenger Hunts |
Louis Braille’s Birthday
Jacob Grimm, German librarian and fairy tale collector, born (1785)
Using
Fairy Tales to Debate Ethics |
George Washington Carver Day
More
National Bird Day |
Joan of Arc’s Birthday
Label a map of France.
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Millard
Fillmore’s Birthday
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Elvis Presley’s Birthday
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Aviation Anniversary
National Static
Electricity Day |
Women’s Suffrage
First Meeting of United Nations |
Amelia Earhart began a flight from
Honolulu, HI to Oakland, CA becoming the first woman to fly solo across
the Pacific Ocean (1935)
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Pyramid Mysteries Unearthed
National Handwriting Day |
Rubber Duckie's Birthday
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Benedict Arnold’s Birthday
Douglas
Wilder
is sworn in as Governor of VA |
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Wikipedia goes online in 2001 |
Persian Gulf War Began
Dian Fossey,
the world's leading authority on the mountain gorillas was born
Martin Luther King
Day
Take a quiz on MLK Jr. |
Benjamin Franklin's
Birthday
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Pooh Day
WWI Peace Congress opened in Versailles, France (1919) |
Popcorn Day
Robert
E. Lee, commander of Confederate forces during the Civil
War, born
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John
F. Kennedy's Inauguration
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Ethan Allen,
frontiersman and Revolutionary War
leader of the Vermont Green Mountain Boys, born
Do Something Day |
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Lord George Gordon Byron,
English Romantic poet born
Boy
Scouts Begins
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National School Nurse Day
National Handwriting Day |
California Gold Rush
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Macintosh
Computer Released
Alexander
Graham Bell transcontinental telephone service begins |
Michigan became a state, 1837
Read a page on Michigan,
then
take a quiz. |
Mozart’s Birthday
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Challenger
Explodes
Alice Neel (artist) born, 1900
Color one of Neel's paintings |
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Feburary 1 |
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National Puzzle
Day
Kansas
became the 34th state in the U.S |
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt’s Birthday
Read about FDR, then write a paragraph on him. |
Jackie Robinson’s Birthday
Print and take a quiz on African-American history |
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