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December

December 1 - 1913 The first drive up gasoline station opens


December 2 - November is Aids Awareness Month



December 3 - 1621 Galileo perfects the telescope


December 4 - 1945 Senate approves US participation in the UN



December 5- 1893 First appearance of an electric car



December 8 - 1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on the Supreme Court



December 9 - 1985 Pixar Animation Studios was founded



December 10 - 1971 Jim Hart throws a football for a record 98 yards, the longest recorded throw



December 11 - 1719 First recorded display of Aurora Borealis in the US (New England)



December 12 - Poinsettia Day



December 15 - 1891 James Naismith, a Canadian, invents Basketball



December 16 - 1770 Ludwig Van Beethoven was born



December 17 - 1791 NYC traffic regulation created the first one way street



December 18 - 1787 New Jersey becomes the 3rd state to ratify the U.S. consitution



December 19 - Snow Day!



December 22 - 1882 First Holiday Lights for Sale




December 23 - Happy Holidays !!



 



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