Thursday, December 21, 2017

Day 355 - This day in legal and military history

December 21
 

WINTER SOLSTICE – shortest day of the year
 

INTERNATIONAL Dalek Remembrance Day 

NATIONAL Crossword Puzzle Day
 

NATIONAL Humbug Day
 

NATIONAL Look on the Bright Side Day
 

NATIONAL Flashlight Day
 

NATIONAL Don't Make Your Bed Day
 

NATIONAL Short Girl Appreciation Day
 

NATIONAL Re-gifting Day
 

NATIONAL Short Story Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1620 The Pilgrims land at or near Plymouth Rock
 

1913 The first crossword puzzle was printed in the New York World
 

1937 Disney's Snow White, the first feature length color and sound cartoon, premiered
 

1988 Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland
 

2003 Time magazine named The American soldier, who bears the duty of “living with and dying for a country’s most fateful decisions,” as Person of the Year


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