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DECEMBER 6 |
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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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| 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 name of a children's author or illustrator born on this date:
MINOR LEGACIES |
Use all of these letters to spell the title of a poem by Joyce Kilmer (according to the University of Toronto)
PREFERRED CALIFORNIAN SOYA |
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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 1923 work by Khalil Gibran (according to the Authors' Calendar):
HOPPER TETH |
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Catholicism: St. Nicholas Day
(Commemorates of the death of St. Nicholas of Myra: 12/06 either 345 or 352) |
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Finland: Independence Day
(Commemoration of Finnish approval of the Declaration of Independence from Russia: 12/06/1917) |
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Spain: Constitution Day
(Commemoration of Spanish voters endorsing new constitution to put an end to dictatorship: 12/06/1978) |
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| 1884 | Cornelia Meigs (Illinois-born Children's Author) |
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| 1905 | Elizabeth Yates (New York-born Children's Author: Awarded 1951 Newbery Medal for Amos Fortune, Free Man) |
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| 1944 | John Reynolds Gardiner (Los Angeles-born Children's Author) |
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| 1478 | Baldassare Castiglione (Italian Author, Courtier, and Diplomat) |
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| 1803 | Susanna Moodie (English Novelist) |
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| 1883 | Khalil Gibran (Lebanese Poet) |
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| 1886 | Joyce Kilmer (New Jersey Poet) |
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| 1892 | Osbert Sitwell (English Essayist) |
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| 1893 | Sylvia Townsend Warner (English Novelist and Short Story Writer) |
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| 1922 | William P. McGivern (Chicago-born Novelist) |
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| 1942 | Peter Handke (Austrian Avant-garde Playwright and Novelist) |
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| 1898 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (German Photographer) |
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| 1901 | Eliot Porter (Illinois-born Photographer) |
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| 1896 | Ira Gershwin (New York City-born Composer, Songwriter) |
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| 1933 | Henryk Gorecki (Polish Composer) |
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| 1955 | Bright Sheng (Chinese-American Composer) |
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| 1863 | Charles Martin Hall (Ohio-born Chemist Who Developed a Cost-effective Process for the Production of Aluminum) |
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| 1892 | Theodore Lawless (Louisiana-born African-American Dermatologist, Medical Research and Philanthropist) |
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| 1822 | Eberhard Faber (German Pencil Manufacturer) |
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| 1889 | Robert W. Woodruff (Georgia-born President of Coca-Cola) |
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| 1421 | Henry VI (King of England) |
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| 1815 | Jane Grey Swisshelm (Pennsylvania-born Abolitionist, Feminist, Newspaper Publisher) |
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| 1971 | Ryan White (Indiana-born AIDS Victim and Early Activist) |
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| 1993 | Elián González (Cuban Refugee) |
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| 1900 | Agnes Moorehead (Massachusetts-born Actress) |
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| 1920 | Dave Brubeck (California-born Jazz Musician) |
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| 1953 | Tom Hulce (Wisconsin-born Actor) |
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| 1955 | Steven Wright (New York City-born Actor) |
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| 1956 | Peter Buck (California-born Popular Musician) |
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| 1962 | Janine Turner (Nebraska-born Actress) |
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| 1905 | James J. Braddock (New York City-born Member of the Boxing Hall of Fame) |
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| 1352 | Pope Clement VI (French-born Roman Catholic Pope) |
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| 1749 | Pierre Gaultier La Verendrye (French-Canadian Explorer) |
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| 1805 | Nicolas-Jacques Conté (French Inventor of the Modern Pencil) |
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| 1879 | Erastus Bigelow (Massachusetts-born Father of the American Carpet Industry) |
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| 1889 | Jefferson Davis (Kentucky-born President of the Confederate States of America) |
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| 1949 | Huddie (Leadbelly) Ledbetter (Louisiana-born African-American Jazz Musician) |
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| 1988 | Roy Orbison (Texas-born Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) |
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| 1240 | The Mongol Army Crosses the Frozen Dnieper River and Conquers Kiev |
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| 1492 | Christopher Columbus Is First European to Discover the Dominican Republic & Haiti |
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| 1786 | Wolfgang Mozart Finishes His Symphony No. 38 in D |
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| 1790 | The U.S. Congress Moves from New York to Philadelphia |
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| 1800 | The Northwest Territory Government Authorizes the Creation of Ohio's Clermont County |
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| 1803 |
 Clark: It was a dark wet morning that I awoke to. I was told that Capt. Lewis and an officer passed by here yesterday on his way to St. Louis. At 11 o'clock we picked up a small supply of provisions and continued on. We passed many small creeks and islands today. One creek had a settlement on it called Rock Creek. We passed two islands and a small sandbar and then passed the Meremeck River. 3/4 of a mile after the Meremeck we came to a farm. |
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| 1804 |
Clark: The wind blew violently hard from the N, N W. with Some Snow the air Keen and Cold. The Thermometer at 8 oClock A, M, Stood at 10 dgs. above 0 — at 9 oClock a man & his Squar Came down with Some meat for the inturpeter his dress was a par mockersons of Buffalow Skin a Pr. Legins of Goat Skin & a Buffalow robe, 14 ring of Brass on his fingers, this metel the Mandans ar verry fond off— Cold after noon river rise 1½ Inch to day Ordway: a cold Blustry morning. Some Squalls of Snow & wind high it being So disagreeable weather that we delayed on the work. |
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| 1805 |
Clark: The wind blew hard all the last night with a moderate rain, the waves verry high, the wind increased & from the S. W. and the rain Continued all day, about Dark the wind Shifted to the North cleared away and became fair weather. The high tide of today is 13 inches higher than yesterday, and obliged us to move our Camp which was in a low Situation, on higher ground Smoke exceedingly disagreeable.
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| 1806 | Vincennes University Is Founded |
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| 1811 | Large Earthquake Hits New Madrid, Missouri Followed by Aftershock 6 Hours Later |
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| 1821 | The First Wisconsin Post Office Is Established in Green Bay |
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| 1830 | President Jackson Tells Congress Progress Is Being Made Relocating Indians West |
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| 1841 | Iowa's Fourth Territorial Legislative Assembly Meets in Iowa City in a Donated Building |
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| 1846 | American Forces Clash with Califorinos East of San Diego in the Battle of San Pasqual |
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| Hector Berlioz Conducts the Initial Performance of His Dramatic Legend, "The Damnation of Faust," at the Paris Opéra-Comique |
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| 1847 | The Alabama Legislature Begins Its First Session in the New Capital of Montgomery |
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| 1851 | U.S. Government Lets the Contract for Construction of the Port Isabel, Texas Lighthouse |
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| 1861 | Florida's New River County Is Renamed Bradford County in Honor of Captain Richard Bradford |
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| Georgia's Cass County Is Renamed Bartow County in honor of Colonel Francis Bartow |
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| 1862 | Lincoln Orders the Hanging of 39 Sioux Convicted of Minnesota Uprising |
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| Florida's Suspends the Collection of Taxes in Counties under Union Control |
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| 1863 | Monitor Weehawken Sinks in Charleston Harbor Killing 30 Crew Members |
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| 1864 | President Lincoln Submits His Annual Message to Congress |
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| Abraham Lincoln Appoints Salmon P. Chase Supreme Court Chief Justice |
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| U.S.S. Sunflower Captures Confederate Sloop Pickwick Along Florida's Gulf Coast |
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| 1865 | The 13th Amendment Abolishing Slavery Is Ratified (Georgia - 27th State) |
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| 1876 | Tchaikovsky's Opera, "Vakula the Blacksmith," Premieres at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1877 | Thomas Edison Makes First Sound Recording "Mary Had a Little Lamb" |
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| 1884 | The Capstone Is Placed Atop the Washington Monument |
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| 1890 | Hector Berlioz' Opera "La Prise de Troie" (The Capture of Troy), Acts 1 & 2 of "Les Troyens" (The Trojans), Is First Staged in Karlsruhe, Germany |
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| 1898 | In Delaware, a Trolley Line Is Opened Between Wilmington and the Brandywine Springs Amusement Park |
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| 1902 | Mark Twain's "The Belated Russian Passport" Appears in Harper's Weekly |
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| 1907 | 361 Miners Are Killed in West Virginia's Monongah Coal Mine Disaster |
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| In Fairbanks, Alaska, Fire Burns the Model Cafe, a Drug Store and a Men's Clothing Store |
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| 1917 | In Halifax, Nova Scotia, the French Warship Mont Blanc Collides with a Freighter, Killing 2000 People with 9000 Injured |
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| Finnish Parliament Approves the Declaration of Independence from Russia |
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| 1919 | Igor Stravinsky's, Symphonic suite, "Le chant du rossignol," Premieres in Geneva, Switzerland |
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| 1921 | Articles of Agreement Are Signed Making Ireland a Free State |
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| Agnes McPhail First Woman Elected to Canadian House of Commons |
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| 1923 | Calvin Coolidge Makes First Presidential Radio Broadcast |
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| 1924 | Seattle's Olympic Hotel Opens |
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| 1929 | Igor Stravinsky's "Capriccio" for Piano and Orchestra, Is First Performed at the Salle Pleyel in Paris |
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| 1932 | Richard P. Spikes Receives Patent #1,889,814 for an Automatic Gear Shift |
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| 1933 | Federal Judge Rules James Joyce's Ulysses Is Not Obscene |
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| 1938 | France & Germany Sign Treaty of Friendship |
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| 1941 | Japanese Reject U.S. Peace Proposal: FDR Awaits Attack |
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| 1947 | President Harry Truman Dedicates the Everglades National Park in Florida |
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| 1955 | Volkswagen U.S. Trademark Is Registered |
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| Federal Government Standardizes the Size of License Plates |
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| 1957 | Teamsters Expelled from AFL-CIO |
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| First U.S. Satellite Blows Up on Launch Pad |
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| 1958 | Pioneer 3 Lunar Explorer Reaches Distance of 63,580 Miles Before Falling Back to Earth |
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| 1966 | NASA Launches ATS-1 (Applications Technology Satellite) Test Satellite |
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| 1969 | In California, Violence Mars a Free Rolling Stones Concert Attended by 30,000 |
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| 1973 | Gerald Ford Sworn in As Vice-President |
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| 1978 | Spanish Voters Overwhelmingly Approve New Constitution, Ending Dictatorship |
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| 1979 | NASA's Attempted Launch of a Third RCA Domestic Communications Satellite Fails |
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| 1980 | NASA Launches Intelsat-5 Communications Satellite |
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| 1983 | Doctors Perform Britain's First Heart and Lung Transplant |
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| 1987 | Protests Against Soviet Treatment of Jews Take Place in Washington and Moscow |
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| 1988 | Southern Iran Is Shaken by 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake |
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| 1992 | 2,000 Die in Riot After Hindu Extremists Destroy a Mosque in India |
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| 1994 | Orange County, California Declares Bankruptcy |
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| 1998 | Astronauts Mate the International Space Station's Zarya Control Module to the Unity Connecting Module |
Bill Cosby Receives Kennedy Center Honors |
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Hugo Chavez Is Elected President of Venezuela |
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