Celebrating Families Calendar
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Start: 12:00 pm
Special Olympics is an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for persons with intellectual disability. The idea was born when Eunice Kennedy Shriver noticed that individuals with intellectual disability were far more capable in sports and physical activities than experts thought. In December 1968, Special Olympics was established as a nonprofit charitable organization.
Start: 12:00 pm
On this day in 1995, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.
Start: 12:00 pm
December 1st is World AIDS Day.
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12 / 5
Start: 12:00 pm
International Volunteer Day is a day in which every individual is encouraged to participate in voluntary services in their community. Refer to the the World Volunteer Web for ideas and toolkits needed to organize your own IVD event.
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12 / 6
Start: 8:30 am
End: 10:30 am
The Alliance for Excellent Education hosts its 2006 Breakfast Forums on Promising Practices in Secondary Education in Washington, DC.
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Start: 12:00 pm
On December 13, 1769, the Royal Governor of New Hampshire donated land for the establishment of a college “for the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land…” Reverend Eleazar Wheelock founded Dartmouth.
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Start: 6:00 pm
Hanukkah is the Jewish eight-day celebration that is also called the Festival of Lights.
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12 / 22
Start: 12:22 am
The Winter Solstice is the day when the distance between the Tropic of Capricorn and the sun is the shortest. Because of the earth's tilt, the Northern Hemisphere is leaning farther away from the sun than at any other time during the year. This makes the Winter Solstice the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere where it marks the beginning of winter.
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12 / 25
Start: 12:00 pm
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Christian messiah. Feasts are often held and presents given. It is a time of celebration, family and religious observance.
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12 / 26
Start: 12:00 pm
Kwanzaa is an African American celebration that is centered around the seven principles (Nguzo Saba) with particular emphasis on the unity of families.
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12 / 31
Start: 12:00 pm
New Year's Eve is the last day of the calendar year, or December 31 in the Gregorian calendar. Since most of the world uses this calendar, New Year's Eve is celebrated around the globe.
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