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| Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching |
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| Why do you teach? Let Us Know. | 
| Tell Us about your most memorable teacher. |
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Today's 5-Minute Quest
Good Luck! |
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  Use all of these letters to spell the title of a 1942 book by Ann Nolan Clark (according to the University of New Mexico):
CAO RUFFLE BALL |
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(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)
Use all of these letters to spell the title of a book by Calvin Trillin (according to Writer's Almanac):
MY FAN MAIL |
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United Nations: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
(Observed annually on December 5) |
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Haiti: Discovery Day
(Commemoration of the discovery of Haiti by Columbus 12/05/1492) |
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The Netherlands: St. Nicholas Eve
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Thailand: The King's Birthday
(Commemorates the birth of King Bhumibol Adulyadej: 12/05/1927) |
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| 1896 | Ann Nolan Clark (New Mexico-born Children's Author: 1953 Newbery Award Winner for Secret of the Andes) |
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| 1933 | Harve Zemach (Harvey Fischtrom: New Jersey-born Children's Author)) |
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| 1830 | Christina Rossetti (English Poet) |
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| 1902 | Annie Greene Nelson (South Carolina-born African-American Author) |
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| 1915 | Ernest Kaiser (Virginia-born African-American Author) |
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| 1925 | John A. Williams (Mississippi-born African-American Author) |
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| 1934 | Joan Didion (California-born Author) |
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| 1935 | Calvin Trillin (Missouri-born Journalist) |
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| 1946 | Jose Carreras (Spanish Opera Singer) |
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| 1879 | Clyde Cessna (Iowa-born Developer of Cessna Aircraft Corporation) |
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| 1895 | Elbert Frank Cox (Indiana-born Mathematician, Educator: First African American to Earn a Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics) |
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| 1905 | Werner Heisenberg (Germany Scientists: 1932 Nobel Laureate for Physics) |
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| 1839 | George Armstrong Custer (Ohio-born U.S. Cavalry Officer) |
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| 1443 | Pope Julius II (Italian-born Roman Catholic Pope) |
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| 1782 | Martin Van Buren (New York-born 8th President of the United States) |
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| 1899 | Modjeska Simkins (South Carolina-born African-American Civil Rights Activist) |
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| 1902 | Strom Thurmond (South Carolina-born Member of the U.S. Congress) |
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| 1925 | Geneva Handy Southall (New Orleans-born African-American Musician, Educator) |
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| 1927 | Bhumibol Adulyadej (King of Thailand) |
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| 1897 | Nunnally Johnson (Georgia-born Filmmaker) |
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| 1901 | Walt Disney (Chicago-born Creator of Mickey Mouse, Founder of Walt Disney Corporation) |
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| 1906 | Otto Preminger (Austrian-born Filmmaker) |
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| 1910 | Abraham Polonsky (New York City-born Filmmaker) |
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| 1931 | James Cleveland (Chicago-born African-American Gospel Singer, Composer) |
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| 1932 | Little Richard (Georgia-born African-American Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) |
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| 1933 | Adolph Caesar (New York City-born African-American Actor) |
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| 1950 | Camaron De La Isla: (Spanish Flamenco Vocalist) |
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| 1870 | Bill Pickett (Texas-born African-American Rodeo Cowboy) |
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| 1879 | John Shippen (Washington, D.C-born African-American Golfer: the First Golf Professional Born in the United States) |
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| 1560 | Francis II, King of France |
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| 1784 | Phyllis Wheatley (Senegalese-born African-American Poet) |
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| 1791 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian Composer) |
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| 1925 | Christopher H. Payne (First African-American Elected to the West Virginia State Legislature) |
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| 1484 | Pope Innocent VIII Issues His "Witch Bull," Ordering the Inquisition of Germany |
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| 1492 | Christopher Columbus Discovers Hispaniola (Haiti) |
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| 1679 | French Explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle Reaches a Portage from the St. Joseph to the Kankakee River in Present Day Indiana |
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| 1704 | 19-year-old Georg Frederick Handel Narrowly Avoids Death in a Sword Duel When He Refuses to Turn Over a Harpsichord to an Older Musician |
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| 1765 | British Ship Speedwell Delivers Stamps to Savannah, Georgia for the Stamp Act |
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| 1766 | James Christie Holds His First Auction in London |
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| 1776 | Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society Is Founded at the College of William and Mary |
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| 1792 | George Washington and John Adams Are Re-elected As President and Vice President |
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| 1797 | Napoleon Returns to Paris, Takes Command of Planned Invasion of England |
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| 1801 | Tattnall and Clarke Counties Are Created As Georgia's 25th & 26th Counties |
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| 1803 |
 Clark: Set out this morning just before sunrise. We passed the upper point of the island at about 2 miles. I have noticed several caves and a number of indented arches of different sizes in the cliffs, giving it a somewhat romantic appearance. We passed several small creeks. At the lower point of a large sand bar I took a meridian reading. We passed between two islands, one near the center of the river, a mile and a half in length. One was hiding the mouth of the large creek Platea which could afford water for mills. Here the emigration is very heavy, which is the same at Swacken Creek. One of the settlements above St. Geniesviur is where we stopped to have dinner. We had some difficulty passing a point of the river where the current threatened to toss the boat into the rocks. (The rock appears to be made up of grit.) We stopped at the Leagle Creek settlement to pick up some provisions which had been ordered to be sent there. I was informed by a Mr. Blear that nothing had arrived for me. I returned to the boat and proceeded on for another 1/2 mile to set up camp for the night. |
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| 1805 |
Clark: Some hard Showers of rain last night, this morning Cloudy and drisley at Some little distanc above the isthmus the rain is much harder. high water to day at 12 this tide is 2 inches higher than that of yesterday. all our Stores and bedding are again wet by the hard rain of last night. Capt. Lewis's long delay below, has been the Sorce of no little uneasness on my part of his probable Situation and Safty, the repeeted rains and hard winds which blows from the S, W. renders it impossible for me to move with loaded Canoes along an unknown Coast we are all wet & disagreeable; the party much better of indispositions—. Capt. Lewis returned with 3 men in the Canoe and informs me that he thinks that a Sufficient number of Elk may be prcured Convenient to a Situation on a Small river which falls into a Small bay a Short distance below, that his party had Killed 6 Elk & 5 Deer in his rout, two men of his party left behind to Secure the Elk this was verry Satisfactory information to all the party. we accordingly deturmined to proceed on to the Situation which Capt. Lewis had Viewed as Soon as the wind and weather Should permit and Comence building huts &c.
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| 1811 | Madison County Is Created As Georgia's 38th County |
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| 1830 | Hector Berlioz' "Symphonie fantastique" Is First Performed in Paris, France |
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| 1831 | Former President John Quincy Adams Takes Seat in the U.S. House of Representatives |
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| 1835 | Texas Revolutionary Army Begins Its Assault on the Mexican Garrison at San Antonio de Béxar |
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| 1837 | Hector Berlioz' "Requiem" Is First Performed in Paris, France |
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| The Philosophical Society of Texas Is Founded in Houston |
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| 1840 | Yell County, Arkansas Is Created |
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| 1848 | In His State of the Union Speech, President Polk Triggers Gold Rush Confirming Discovery of Gold in California |
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| 1853 | Catoosa and Pickens Counties Are Created As Georgia's 100th & 101st Counties |
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| Henry M. Rice Replaces Henry H. Sibley as Minnesota Territory's Delegate to the U.S. Congress |
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| 1861 | In Oregon, the Small Steamer St. Clair Sweeps over the Willamette Falls Without Major Damage or Loss of Life |
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| 1863 | Union General James A. Garfield Resigns from the U.S. Army to Serve in the U.S. House of Representatives |
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| 1864 | Florida Establishes Special Courts for Trying Slaves, Free Negroes, and Mulattos for Capital Offenses |
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| Florida Places All White Males, Ages 16-55, into Militia Service |
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| 1866 | Herman Melville Is Appointed as Customs Inspector in New York City |
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| 1871 | John Muir Publishes "Yosemite Glaciers" in the New York Tribune |
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| 1873 | Lincoln County, Minnesota Is Created |
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| 1877 | Georgia Voters Approve New State Constitution Intended to End Reconstruction |
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| Georgia Voters Chose to Keep the State Capital in Atlanta |
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| 1879 | The Humane Society of Wisconsin Is Organized in Milwaukee |
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| 1883 | Meeting Is Held in Tallahassee, Florida to Consider Funding for City's First Library |
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| 1902 | Georgia Law Makes It a Misdemeanor to Sell Cocaine in the State without a Prescription |
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| 1904 | Henry Adams Writes the Preface to His book, Mont-Saint Michel and Chartres |
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| 1905 | Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian Arctic Explorer, Reaches Eagle, Alaska on the Yukon River, Traveling Overland from Herschel Island. |
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| Chiclets Gum Is Trademarked |
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| 1912 | Germany, Austria & Italy Renew Alliance for Another 6 Years |
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| 1915 | Siege of British-Occupied Kut, Mesopotamia (Modern Iraq) Begins |
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| 1916 | Herbert Asquith Resigns as British Prime Minister |
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| 1918 | Florida's House of Representatives Rejects Statewide Suffrage for Women: Vote of 31-37 |
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| 1919 | Director of Child Welfare, Loraine Bush, Is First Woman to Head an Alabama State Agency |
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| 1932 | Albert Einstein Is Granted a Visa Allowing Him to Travel to the United States |
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| Ford Introduces Its Model C and Its V-8 Engine |
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| 1933 | 21st Amendment Is Ratified Repealing Prohibition |
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| 1934 | Constitutional Amendment Gives Turkish Women the Right to Vote and to Hold Office |
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| Chinese Communists Behead American Missionaries John and Betty Stamm |
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| 1935 | Mary McLeod Bethune Establishes National Council of Negro Women |
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| 1936 | William Faulkner Publishes "Vendee," in the Saturday Evening Post |
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| 1941 | John Steinbeck Publishes Non-fiction Sea of Cortez with Ed Ricketts |
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| American Intelligence Expects Japanese Attack at Unknown Location |
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| 1945 | Five TBM Avenger Bombers Are Lost in the Bermuda Triangle |
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| 1946 | President Truman Issues Executive Order Creating Committee on Civil Rights |
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| 1947 | Samuel Barber's "Medea" Ballet Suite, Op. 23 Is First Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy Conducting |
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| 1950 | Chinese Forces Push U.N. Troops Out of the North Korean Capital of Pyongyang |
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| A 4-day Storm Begins That Will Drop 34.5" of Snow on Duluth. Minnesota |
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| 1951 | World's First Robotic Parking Garage Opens in Washington, D.C. |
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| 1952 | Eudora Welty's Story "The Ponder Heart" is Published in the New Yorker |
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| 1954 | The University of Delaware Blue Hen Football Team Defeats Kent State 19-7 in the Refrigerator Bowl in Evansville, Indiana |
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| 1955 | The Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins in Response to the Arrest of Rosa Parks |
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| The AFL & CIO Merge to Form the AFL-CIO |
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| 1957 | New York Is the First City to Ban Housing Discrimination on the Basis of Race or Creed |
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| William Inge's The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" Opens at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway |
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| 1964 | An Army Captain Is Awarded the First Medal of Honor for the Vietnam War |
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| 1968 | European Space Agency Launches HEOS-1 Satellite for Interplanetary Study |
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| 1972 | FAA Issues Emergency Rule Requiring Screening of All passengers and Carry-on Baggage |
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| 1974 | U.S. Pioneer 11 Planetary Spacecraft Flies by Jupiter |
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| 1977 | Egypt Severs All Relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen |
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| 1978 | The Soviet Union & Afghanistan Sign "Friendship" Treaty |
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| 1989 | Margaret Thatcher Repels Challenge for Leadership of Britain's Conservative Party |
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| 1994 | Newt Gingrich Selected As First Republican Speaker of the House in Four Decades |
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| President Bill Clinton Presents Hungarian-American Balthazar Korab's Photos as a Present to Hungarian President Arpad Goncz |
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| 1995 | Sri Lankan Troops Drive Tamil Tiger Guerrillas Out of Jaffna |
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| 1997 | Epicenter of 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Near Russian Peninsula of Kamchatka |
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| Miramax Pictures Premieres "Good Will Hunting" in California |
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| 1998 | James P. Hoffa Elected President of the Teamsters |
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| Astronauts Attach the ISS Unity Module to the Space Shuttle Endeavour Docking System |
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| 2001 | Afghan Leaders Sign Pact Creating an Interim Government |
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| NASA Launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on 11-day ISS Mission |
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| 2006 | Government of the Island of Fiji Is Overthrown in Military Coup |
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