Advent Calendar

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Rosa Parks was arrested for civil disobedience (December 1st 1955).

2

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

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Murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman in December 1980.

9

Birth of John Milton (1608)

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Death of George Washington in 1799.

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First publication of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in 1843.

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Winter Solstice

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Christmas Advent Calendar

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4

The first issue of The Observer was printed (December 1791)

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Boston Tea Party in 1773.

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Landing of the first flight from Great Britain to Australia in 1919.

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Adapted by A. Denutte

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Christmas Eve and National Eggnog Day