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  1. December 15 - Zamenhof Day - celebrated in the Esperanto movement in honor of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. 8:53 AM Dec 15th from Tweetie
  2. December 13, 1577 - Sir Francis Drake set out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. 10:22 AM Dec 13th from Tweetie
  3. December 11, 1971 - the Libertarian Party of the United States was formed. 11:42 PM Dec 10th from Tweetie
  4. December 10, 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize. #nobel 11:28 PM Dec 9th from Tweetie
  5. December 10, 1901 - the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. #nobel 11:27 PM Dec 9th from Tweetie
  6. December 10 - International Animal Rights Day. #animalrights 11:26 PM Dec 9th from Tweetie
  7. December 8, 1980 - John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. 8:27 AM Dec 8th from Tweetie
  8. December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day. 11:52 PM Dec 6th from Tweetie
  9. December 6, 1768 - the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published. 11:31 PM Dec 5th from Tweetie
  10. December 5, 2005 - the Civil Partnership Act came into effect in the U.K., granting civil partnerships rights identical to civil marriage. 11:57 PM Dec 4th from Tweetie
  11. December 1 - World AIDS Day (dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection). #aids 12:07 AM Dec 1st from Tweetie
  12. Nov. 26, 1941 - U.S. President F.D.Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the 4th Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day, a federal holiday. 12:22 AM Nov 26th from Tweetie
  13. November 21 - World Television Day. 12:03 AM Nov 21st from Tweetie
  14. November 20, 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released. 2:43 AM Nov 20th from Tweetie
  15. November 16, 1938 – LSD was first synthesized by Dr. Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist. 11:16 PM Nov 15th from Tweetie
  16. November 15 - America Recycles Day in the U.S. 12:03 AM Nov 15th from Tweetie
  17. November 11, 1926 - U.S. Route 66 was established. 11:17 PM Nov 10th from Tweetie
  18. Nov. 9, 1985 - Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union became the youngest World #Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the SU. 11:03 PM Nov 8th from Tweetie
  19. November 5, 1895 - George B. Selden, an American patent lawyer and inventor, was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. 11:47 PM Nov 4th from Tweetie
  20. Nov. 4, 1970 - Genie, a 13-year-old feral child was found in Los Angeles, CA, after having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life. 12:42 AM Nov 4th from Tweetie