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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