dailycalendar - December, 2007 -- 365 days of Google Answers

On this day:

Saturday, Dec. 1:

* Playboy Magazine hits the news stands for the first time in 1953. Though the magazine was quickly profitable, Playboy TV took 13 years to get into the black:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=425412

Sunday, Dec. 2: Advent (336)

* Ford introduces the new Model A in 1927. Pricing for its predecessor and some Ford history:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=74961

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Monday, Dec. 3:

* King Camp Gillette applies for a patent on a safety razor with disposable blades in 1901. How to care for those razor blades:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=25551

Tuesday, Dec. 4:

* First Heisman trophy awarded in 1935 to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago. One woman has married two Heisman winners:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=91244

Wednesday, Dec. 5: Hanukkah (339)

* Charlemagne becomes King of the Franks in 771. Pictures of Charlemagne's Chapel in Aachen, Germany:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=374080

Thursday, Dec. 6:

* The explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax harbor on this day in 1917 was so powerful that it was used in preliminary estimates of the strength of the atomic bomb:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=173543

Friday, Dec. 7:

* Misinformation following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=509857

Saturday, Dec. 8:

* John Lennon murdered in New York (1980). Lennon's family background:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=457633

Sunday, Dec. 9:

* On this day in 1992, the separation of Princess Diana and Prince Charles is announced. Other significant events for this date:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=273762

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Monday, Dec. 10:

* On this date in 1910, the first five Nobel Prizes were awarded (Chemistry, Physics, Literature, Medicine and Peace) were awarded in Stockholm:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=241184

Tuesday, Dec. 11:

* Six years ago on this day China entered the WTO. An early estimate of the impact:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=71385

Wednesday, Dec. 12:

* Largest one-day drop in the Dow-Jones Industrial Average, 24.39% in 1914. Tracking the Dow:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=780311

Thursday, Dec. 13:

* Ellis Bell publishes 'Wuthering Heights' in 1847. That was Emily Bronte's pseudonym at publication. Bronte never married:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=320630

Friday, Dec. 14:

* Birthday of Nostradamus in 1503 at the start of the French Renaissance. His prophecies on war:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=174000

Saturday, Dec. 15:

* Birthday of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer. Nine other things to do in Paris besides visiting his radio tower:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=593986

Sunday, Dec. 16:

* Boston Tea Party in 1773. More on the tax:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=95484

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Monday, Dec. 17:

* Dealing with awkward gift-giving requirements at Christmas:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=126142

Tuesday, Dec. 18:

* What it takes to start a Christmas tree farm:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=142345

Wednesday, Dec. 19:

* Lutefisk is a Scandinavian lye-soaked cod dish served at Christmas. But is it Norwegian or Swedish?

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=252321

Thursday, Dec. 20: Eid-al-Adha (354)

* The Louisiana Purchase was completed on this date in 1803, which soon made New Orleans the second largest port in the U.S.:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=296832

Friday, Dec. 21:

* On this day in 1933, 20th Century Fox signed 5-year-old Shirley Temple to a studio contract. She appeared in "Little Miss Marker" early in 1934:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=77146

Saturday, Dec. 22: Winter Solstice (356)

* The U.S. Golf Association was formed in New York City on this date in 1894, forerunning the creation of the "golf widow":

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=45043

Sunday, Dec. 23: Emperor's Birthday -- Japan (357)

* Holiday tipping protocol for personal services people:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=287831

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Monday, Dec. 24:

* With the support of Puritans, in the mid-1600s the English government suppressed Christmas as a holiday:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=121234

Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas (359)

* Christmas becomes a national holiday in the U.S. in 1890:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=180470

Wednesday, Dec. 26: Boxing Day (360)

* Though Boxing Day is widely celebrated in the Commonwealth countries, its origins are uncertain:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=290351

Thursday, Dec. 27:

* HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, sets sail in 1831. Darwinism's development during the 19th Century:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=374387

Friday, Dec. 28:

* Born on this day in 1934: Dame Maggie Smith, known widely as Prof. Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" movies. Send her a birthday card here:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=45656

Saturday, Dec. 29:

* Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, considered the last between American natives and U.S. troops. History of other battles:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=604934

Sunday, Dec. 30:

* The Poison Prevention Packaging Act is signed this day in 1970. A history of poison warnings:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=189105

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Monday, Dec. 31:New Year's Eve (365)

* According to the U.S. Copyright Office, any works published on or before this date in 1922 are in the public domain:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=357341

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