December 10, 2021 - HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – NOBEL PRIZE DAY – NATIONAL LAGER DAY – NATIONAL SALESPERSON DAY – DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM DAY
DECEMBER 10, 2021 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY | NOBEL PRIZE DAY | NATIONAL LAGER DAY | NATIONAL SALESPERSON DAY | DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM DAY
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Human Rights Day on December 10th annually seeks to honor the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Representatives from different cultural backgrounds all over the world… Read more…
NOBEL PRIZE DAY
On December 10th, Nobel Prize Day recognizes the annual award established by Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris on November 27, 1895. When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden and internationally, as Nobel had left much… Read more…
NATIONAL LAGER DAY
National Lager Day on December 10th raises a glass to the third most popular beverage after water and tea. While lager is typically characterized as a light, summer beer we believe that every season deserves to be celebrated with a few of your favorite things. Lagers are distinguished from other beers by using… Read more…
NATIONAL SALESPERSON DAY
In the middle of the holiday shopping season, National Salesperson Day recognizes the personnel who make sure the products keep flying off the shelves. On the second Friday in December, the day honors the value and dedication of the professional salesperson and the… Read more…
DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM DAY
Dewey Decimal System Day December 10th celebrates a system of classification and the man who invented it. On December 10, 1851, Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) was born. The librarian invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. As the most widely used library classification system, the… Read more…
National Days
International Days
- UNICEF Birthday
- International Mountain Day
- International Shareware Day – Second Saturday in December
Recipe of the Day
Name: Apple Salad
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Total Prep: 10 minutes
Servings: 6
Great for picnics, this apple salad will be a hit at BBQs and potlucks. Add it to fried fish filets and more!
Ingredients:
5 medium apples
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup grapes
2 stalks of celery, diced
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/3 cup mayonnaise
nstructions:
Wash fruit. Core and cut apples into 1/2 pieces. Peeling is optional.
Cut grapes in half.
Add prepared fruit and celery to a medium bowl. Drizzle with lemon juice. Add nuts, cheese, and mayonnaise. Mix all ingredients well. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
Recipe credit:
Michele S. – National Day Calendar
Week Observances
- Halcyon Days: (Always 7 days before and 7 days after the Winter Solstice)
- Computer Science Education Week (Begins the Second Monday)
- Christmas Bird Count Week: December 14-January 5
- Gluten-free Baking Week (Week Before Christmas)
- Las Posadas: December 16-24
- Saturnalia December 17-23
In the Classroom
- Foreign Language
- Celebration Challenge – Week 38 – December 13-17, 2021
- Bill of Rights Day & Ugly Sweater Day
- Monkey
- National Cocoa Day & Bird Count Week
- Twins
- Wright Brothers Day
1869
Wyoming Territory Governor John Campbell signs legislation granting women the right to vote and hold office. It’s the first law in United States history explicitly granting women voting rights. The legislation carries forward into Wyoming statehood.
1884
Chatto & Windus / Charles L. Webster And Company publish Mark Twain’s novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the United Kingdom and Canada. They would publish the novel a year later in the United States.
1901
The Nobel Prize committee hosted the first Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. They presented four of the five prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and Literature according to Alfred Nobel’s will five years after his death. The fifth prize, the Peace Prize, was presented in Christiana, Norway (today known as Oslo.)
1978
Starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman, Superman premiered in Washington, D.C. Richard Donner directed the superhero movies that paved the way for more superhero movies.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet – 1787
In 1817, Gallaudet along with Laurent Clerc opened the first school for the deaf in America.
Emily Dickinson – 1830
The brilliant New England poet wrote nearly 1,800 poems throughout her life. She is considered one of America’s greatest poets and yet she received little recognition during her lifetime.
Ada Lovelace – 1815
The gifted mathematician wrote an algorithm that led to her being called the first computer programmer.
Melvil Dewey – 1851
The librarian invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification.
Michael Clarke Duncan – 1957
In 1999, the actor co-starred opposite Tom Hanks in The Green Mile. Written by Stephen King, Duncan played John Coffey, a man on death row with miraculous abilities.
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