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| + | * [[TDiJC:February_2|February 02]], 1848: [[Wikipedia:Mexican-American_War|Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] signed, marking the end of the [[The Presidents|Mexican-American War]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_3|February 03]], 1924: [[The Presidents|Woodrow Wilson]] [[Wikipedia:Woodrow_Wilson|died]]. | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_3|February 03]], 2006: [[Thing a Week]] #19, [[So Far So Good]], released | * [[TDiJC:February_3|February 03]], 2006: [[Thing a Week]] #19, [[So Far So Good]], released | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_4|February 04]], 1992: [[Baby Got Back|Sir Mix-A-Lot]]'s [[Wikipedia:Mack_Daddy|"Mack Daddy"]] album released. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_6|February 06]], 1911: [[The Presidents|Ronald Reagan]] [[Wikipedia:Ronald_Reagan|born]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_7|February 07]], 1812: [[Christmas Is Interesting|Charles Dickens]] [[Wikipedia:Charles_Dickens|born]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_9|February 09]], 1773: [[The Presidents|William Henry Harrison]] [[Wikipedia:William_Henry_Harrison|born]]. | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_10|February 10]], 2006: [[Thing a Week]] #20, [[Curl]], released | * [[TDiJC:February_10|February 10]], 2006: [[Thing a Week]] #20, [[Curl]], released | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_11|February 11]], 1858: [[Screwed (demo)|Marie-Bernade Soubirous (Bernadette)]] had the first of her [[Wikipedia:Bernadette_Soubirous|visions]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_12|February 12]], 1809: [[De-Evolving|Charles Darwin]] [[Wikipedia:Charles_Darwin|born]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_12|February 12]], 1809: [[The Presidents|Abraham Lincoln]] [[Wikipedia:Abraham_Lincoln|born]]. | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_12|February 12]], 2008: [[Lady Aberlin's Muumuu]] released | * [[TDiJC:February_12|February 12]], 2008: [[Lady Aberlin's Muumuu]] released | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_13|February 13]], 2006: [[Curl|The 2006 US Olympic curling team]] [[Wikipedia:Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics|plays its first game]]. | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_13|February 13]], 2008: Betty "Lady" Aberlin [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/02/12/new-song-lady-aberlins-muumuu/#comment-175915 comments on JoCo's blog] | * [[TDiJC:February_13|February 13]], 2008: Betty "Lady" Aberlin [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/02/12/new-song-lady-aberlins-muumuu/#comment-175915 comments on JoCo's blog] | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_14|February 14]], 1876: [[Screwed (demo)|Alexander Graham Bell]]'s lawyer [[Wikipedia:Alexander_Graham_Bell|files a patent application for the telephone]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_17|February 17]], 1876: [[Wikipedia:Alexander_Graham_Bell|Bell]] [[Screwed (demo)|calls]] [[Wikipedia:Thomas_A._Watson|Watson]]: "Mr. Watson -- come here -- I want to see you." | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_17|February 17]], 2006: [[Thing a Week]] #21, [[Chiron Beta Prime]], released | * [[TDiJC:February_17|February 17]], 2006: [[Thing a Week]] #21, [[Chiron Beta Prime]], released | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_18|February 18]], 1930: [[I'm Your Moon|Pluto]] [[Wikipedia:Pluto|discovered]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_20|February 20]], 2005: [[A Talk with George|Hunter S. Thompson]] [[Wikipedia:Hunter_S._Thompson|died]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_22|February 22]], 1732: [[The Presidents|George Washington]] [[Wikipedia:George_Washington|born]]. | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_22|February 22]], 2006: US Men's [[Curl|Curling]] team [[Wikipedia:Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics#Semi-finals_-_Wednesday.2C_February_22.2C_1900|loses Olympic semifinal]] to Canada | * [[TDiJC:February_22|February 22]], 2006: US Men's [[Curl|Curling]] team [[Wikipedia:Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics#Semi-finals_-_Wednesday.2C_February_22.2C_1900|loses Olympic semifinal]] to Canada | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_23|February 23]], 1847: [[The Presidents|Zachary Taylor]] leads US Army forces in the [[Wikipedia:Battle_of_Buena_Vista|Battle of Buena Vista]]. | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_23|February 23]], 1848: [[The Presidents|John Quincy Adams]] [[Wikipedia:John_Quincy_Adams|died]]. | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_23|February 23]], 2006: US Men's [[Curl|Curling]] team [[Wikipedia:Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics#Bronze_medal_game_-_Friday.2C_February_24.2C_1300|wins Olympic bronze medal game]] over the United Kingdom | * [[TDiJC:February_23|February 23]], 2006: US Men's [[Curl|Curling]] team [[Wikipedia:Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics#Bronze_medal_game_-_Friday.2C_February_24.2C_1300|wins Olympic bronze medal game]] over the United Kingdom | ||
| + | * [[TDiJC:February_24|February 24]], 1868: [[The Presidents|Andrew Johnson]] [[Wikipedia:Andrew_Johnson|impeached]] by the House of Representatives. | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_24|February 24]], 2006: [[Thing a Week]] #22, [[Take Care of Me]], released | * [[TDiJC:February_24|February 24]], 2006: [[Thing a Week]] #22, [[Take Care of Me]], released | ||
* [[TDiJC:February_24|February 24]], 2007: [[Seattle, WA: 2007-02-24|Seattle show]] | * [[TDiJC:February_24|February 24]], 2007: [[Seattle, WA: 2007-02-24|Seattle show]] | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 9 May 2008
This page is a compilation of dates, not necessarily important dates, with JoCo relevance. (If the relevance to JoCo is not obvious, please provide a link!) See also the shows calendar for a more chronological version of JoCo shows.
January
- January 01, 1970: Beginning of the Unix Epoch.
- January 03, 1977: Apple Computer incorporated.
- January 05, 1933: Calvin Coolidge died.
- January 06, 1918: Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor died.
- January 06, 1919: Theodore Roosevelt died.
- January 06, 2006: Thing a Week #16, You Could Be Her, released
- January 07, 1800: Millard Fillmore born.
- January 07, 1844: Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Bernadette) born.
- January 07, 2003: Aluminum PowerBook G4 announced.
- January 08, 1815: US forces, unaware that the War of 1812 had ended in the Treaty of Ghent two weeks earlier, defeat Britain in the Battle of New Orleans.
- January 09, 1913: Richard Nixon born.
- January 17, 1893: Rutherford B. Hayes died.
- January 17, 1991: "Operation Desert Storm" begins.
- January 18, 1854: Thomas A. Watson born.
- January 18, 1862: John Tyler died.
- January 20, 1953: Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- January 20, 1961: Inauguration of John F. Kennedy.
- January 20, 1969: Inauguration of Richard Nixon.
- January 20, 1977: Inauguration of James "Jimmy" Carter.
- January 20, 1981: Inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
- January 20, 1989: Inauguration of George H. W. Bush.
- January 20, 1993: Inauguration of William "Bill" Clinton.
- January 20, 2001: Inauguration of George W. "Dubya" Bush.
- January 20, 2006: Thing a Week #17, I Will, released
- January 22, 1973: Lyndon B. Johnson died.
- January 24, 1941: Neil Diamond born.
- January 25, 1870: Niels Fabian Helge von Koch born.
- January 27, 2006: Thing a Week #18, Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance, released
- January 29, 1843: William McKinley born.
- January 30, 1882: Franklin D. Roosevelt born.
February
- February 02, 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed, marking the end of the Mexican-American War.
- February 03, 1924: Woodrow Wilson died.
- February 03, 2006: Thing a Week #19, So Far So Good, released
- February 04, 1992: Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Mack Daddy" album released.
- February 06, 1911: Ronald Reagan born.
- February 07, 1812: Charles Dickens born.
- February 09, 1773: William Henry Harrison born.
- February 10, 2006: Thing a Week #20, Curl, released
- February 11, 1858: Marie-Bernade Soubirous (Bernadette) had the first of her visions.
- February 12, 1809: Charles Darwin born.
- February 12, 1809: Abraham Lincoln born.
- February 12, 2008: Lady Aberlin's Muumuu released
- February 13, 2006: The 2006 US Olympic curling team plays its first game.
- February 13, 2008: Betty "Lady" Aberlin comments on JoCo's blog
- February 14, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell's lawyer files a patent application for the telephone.
- February 17, 1876: Bell calls Watson: "Mr. Watson -- come here -- I want to see you."
- February 17, 2006: Thing a Week #21, Chiron Beta Prime, released
- February 18, 1930: Pluto discovered.
- February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson died.
- February 22, 1732: George Washington born.
- February 22, 2006: US Men's Curling team loses Olympic semifinal to Canada
- February 23, 1847: Zachary Taylor leads US Army forces in the Battle of Buena Vista.
- February 23, 1848: John Quincy Adams died.
- February 23, 2006: US Men's Curling team wins Olympic bronze medal game over the United Kingdom
- February 24, 1868: Andrew Johnson impeached by the House of Representatives.
- February 24, 2006: Thing a Week #22, Take Care of Me, released
- February 24, 2007: Seattle show
March
- March 03, 2006: Thing a Week #23, A Talk with George, released
- March 07, 2008: Alexandria show
- March 08, 2008: Austin show
- March 10, 2006: Thing a Week #24, Don't Talk to Strangers, released
- March 17, 2006: Thing a Week #25, Stroller Town, released
- March 18, 1927: George Ames Plimpton born
- March 20, 2008: London show
- March 22, 2008: Atlanta show
- March 24, 2006: Thing a Week #26, Re Your Brains, released
- March 29, 2007: San Fran show
- March 30, 1926: Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA born
- March 30, 1937: Warren Beatty born
- March 31, 2006: Thing a Week #27, Madelaine, released
April
- April 01: April Fools' Day
- April 01, 2008: Still Alive released on Rock Band
- April 02, 2008: Philadelphia show
- April 03, 2008: Northampton show
- April 05, 2008: Northeastern University show (not open to public)
- April 07, 2006: Thing a Week #28, When You Go, released
- April 13, 1743: Thomas Jefferson born
- April 14, 2006: Thing a Week #29, Code Monkey, released
- April 15, 1865: Abraham Lincoln died; Andrew Johnson sworn in.
- April 16, 1879: Death of Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Bernadette), subsequently Feast Day of St. Bernadette.
- April 16, 1958: Rosalind Franklin died.
- April 16, 1958: Ride of Paul Revere.
- April 19, 1882: Charles Darwin died.
- April 20, 1932: Giuseppe Peano died.
- April 22, 1994: Richard Nixon died.
- April 22, 2008: JocoPedia goes public!
- April 23, 1791: James Buchanan born.
- April 23, 1898: Spain declares war against the United States.
- April 25, 2008: Portland show
- April 26, 2008: Seattle show 1
- April 27, 1822: Ulysses S. Grant born.
- April 27, 2008: Seattle show 2
- April 28, 1758: James Monroe born.
- April 28, 2006: Thing a Week #30, The Presidents, released
- April 29, 1945: German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies, ending World War II on the Western front.
- April 30, 1789: Inauguration of George Washington.
- April 30, 1803: Louisiana Purchase signed.
May
- May 01: Outdoor fucking starts today!, which means it's time for the First of May Olympics.
- May 01, 1941: US release of Citizen Kane
- May 01, 2008: Minneapolis show
- May 02, 2008: Madison show
- May 03, 1921: Walker Smith, Jr. aka Sugar Ray Robinson, born
- May 03, 2008: Chicago show
- May 05: Europe Day
- May 05, 2006: Thing a Week #31, Just as Long as Me, released
- May 06, 1882: Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act
- May 07, 2006: Visual Thing A Week for Just as Long as Me released on Flickr
- May 08, 1884: Harry S. Truman born
- May 08, 1945: Victory in Europe day
- May 09: Europe Day, again
- May 10, 1818: Paul Revere died
- May 12, 2006: Thing a Week #32, Till the Money Comes, released
- May 13, 1846: The US declares war on Mexico
- May 15, 1868: Senate vote on Andrew Johnson's eleventh article of impeachment fails by one vote
- May 15, 2008: Phoenix show
- May 17, 1977: Kandi Burruss born
- May 19, 1994: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Jackie O) died
- May 19, 2006: Thing a Week #33, Tom Cruise Crazy, released
- May 20, 1908: James "Jimmy" Stewart born
- May 21, 1980: US release of The Empire Strikes Back
- May 23, 2005: Tom Cruise appears on Oprah, jumps on couch.
- May 24, 1626: Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan
- May 25, 1977: US release of Star Wars
- May 25, 1983: US release of Return of the Jedi
- May 26, 1868: Senate votes on Andrew Johnson's second and third articles of impeachment both fail by one vote
- May 26, 2006: Thing a Week #34, Famous Blue Raincoat, released
- May 28, 1830: Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act
- May 29, 1917: John F. Kennedy born
- May 30, 1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed, marking the end of the Missouri Compromise
June
- June 01, 1868: James Buchanan died.
- June 02, 2006: Thing a Week #35, Soft Rocked By Me, released
- June 05, 1910: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) died.
- June 05, 1968: Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy shot.
- June 05, 2004: Ronald Reagan died.
- June 06, 1944: Normandy Landings
- June 06, 1968: Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy died.
- June 08, 1845: Andrew Jackson died.
- June 08, 1916: Francis Crick born.
- June 09, 1870: Charles Dickens died.
- June 09, 2006: Thing a Week #36, Not About You, released
- June 12, 1924: George H. W. Bush born.
- June 12, 1981: US release of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- June 15, 1849: James K. Polk died.
- June 15, 1999: US release of Destiny's Child's Bills, Bills, Bills single.
- June 16, 2006: Thing a Week #37, Rock and Roll Boy, released
- June 17, 2005: Tom Cruise proposes to Katie Holmes.
- June 18, 1812: The US declares war on Britain.
- June 18, 1942: Paul McCartney born.
- June 22, 1978: Charon discovered.
- June 23, 2006: Thing a Week #38, Drinking With You, released
- June 24, 1717: The Grand Lodge of England founded.
- June 24, 1862: Martin Van Buren died.
- June 24, 1908: Grover Cleveland died.
- June 28, 1836: James Madison died.
- June 28, 1919: Treaty of Versailles marks the formal end of World War I.
- June 28, 1969: Sweet Caroline released.
- June 30, 2006: Thing a Week #39, Pizza Day, released
July
- July 02, 1881: James A. Garfield shot.
- July 02, 1890: Benjamin Harrison signed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
- July 02, 1961: Ernest Hemingway died.
- July 02, 1997: James "Jimmy" Stewart died.
- July 03, 1962: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (Tom Cruise) born.
- July 04, 1826: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died.
- July 04, 1831: James Monroe died.
- July 04, 1872: Calvin Coolidge born.
- July 06, 1946: George W. "Dubya" Bush born.
- July 07, 2006: Thing a Week #40, SkyMall, released
- July 08, 1853: Commodore Perry arrives in Uraga Harbor.
- July 09, 1850: Death of Zachary Taylor; Millard Fillmore sworn in.
- July 11, 1767: John Quincy Adams born.
- July 14, 1913: Gerald Ford born.
- July 14, 2006: Thing a Week #41, Seahorse, released
- July 16, 1888: Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson born.
- July 18, 1937: Hunter S. Thompson born.
- July 19, 1947: Brian May born.
- July 21, 1899: Ernest Hemingway born.
- July 21, 2006: Thing a Week #42, Creepy Doll, released
- July 23, 1885: Ulysses S. Grant died.
- July 23, 1973: Monica Lewinsky born.
- July 25, 1920: Rosalind Franklin born.
- July 27, 1999: US release of Destiny's Child's "The Writing's on the Wall" album.
- July 28, 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia, marking the beginning of World War I.
- July 28, 1929: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Jackie O) born.
- July 28, 2004: Francis Crick died.
- July 28, 2006: Thing a Week #43, Under the Pines, released
- July 31, 1875: Andrew Johnson died.
August
- August 02, 1922: Alexander Graham Bell died.
- August 02, 1923: Warren G. Harding died; Calvin Coolidge sworn in.
- August 04, 2006: Thing a Week #44, Big Bad World One, released
- August 06, 1945: Truman drops the Bomb on Hiroshima.
- August 09, 1974: Nixon resigns; Ford sworn in.
- August 10, 1874: Herbert Hoover born.
- August 11, 1954: David Ian "Joe" Jackson (the one with shoes) born
- August 11, 2006: Thing a Week #45, Mr. Fancy Pants, released
- August 12, 1898: Spanish-American War ends.
- August 12, 1963: Anthony Ray (Sir Mix-a-Lot) born.
- August 18, 2006: Thing a Week #46, You Ruined Everything, released
- August 19, 1812: USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere.
- August 19, 1946: William "Bill" Clinton born.
- August 20, 1833: Benjamin Harrison born.
- August 23, 1949: Richard Springthorpe (Rick Springfield) born.
- August 24, 2006: Pluto demoted from "planet" to "dwarf planet".
- August 25, 1954: Declan Patrick MacManus (The Great Elvis Costello) born
- August 25, 2006: Thing a Week #47, I'm Your Moon, released
- August 27, 1858: Giuseppe Peano born.
- August 27, 1908: Lyndon B. Johnson born.
- August 31, 2006: Thing a Week #48, The Big Boom, released
September
- September 05, 1946: Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) born.
- September 08, 1890: Harland "Colonel" Sanders born.
- September 08, 1974: Ford gave Nixon pardon for his crimes.
- September 08, 2006: Thing a Week #49, Make You Cry, released
- September 09, 1850: California admitted to the Union
- September 11, 1862: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) born.
- September 14, 1901: Death of William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt sworn in.
- September 14, 2006: Second Life concert
- September 15, 1857: William Howard Taft born.
- September 15, 2006: Thing a Week #50, Pull the String, released
- September 16, 1969: Sweet Caroline released as a single.
- September 16, 2005: Thing a Week #1, See You All in Hell, released
- September 19, 1881: James A. Garfield died; Chester A. Arthur sworn in.
- September 21, 1934: Leonard Cohen is born
- September 21, 1998: Florence Griffith-Joyner (Flo-Jo) died.
- September 22, General: Autumnal Equinox (many years)
- September 22, 2006: Thing a Week #51, Summer's Over, released
- September 23, General: Autumnal Equinox (many years)
- September 23, 2005: Thing a Week #2, My Monkey, released
- September 25, 2003: George Plimpton died.
- September 26, 1960: Richard Nixon sweated through the first televised presidential debate.
- September 27, 1772: Samuel Adams born.
- September 27, 1920: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's last Major League game.
- September 27, 1947: Michael (fka Marvin) Lee Aday (Meat Loaf) born.
- September 29, 2006: Thing a Week #52, We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, released
- September 30, 1800: Convention of 1800 ends the Quasi-War between the US and France.
- September 30, 2005: Thing a Week #3, W's Duty, released
October
- October 01, 1919: First game of the 1919 World Series.
- October 01, 1924: James "Jimmy" Carter born.
- October 02, 1803: Samuel Adams died.
- October 02, 1919: Second game of the 1919 World Series.
- October 03, 1919: Third game of the 1919 World Series.
- October 04, 1822: Rutherford B. Hayes born.
- October 04, 1919: Fourth game of the 1919 World Series.
- October 05, 1829: Chester A. Arthur born.
- October 05, 2004: Maurice Wilkins died.
- October 06, 1919: Fifth game of the 1919 World Series.
- October 07, 1919: Sixth game of the 1919 World Series.
- October 07, 1977: Queen's "We Are the Champions" single released.
- October 07, 2005: Thing a Week #4, Shop Vac, released
- October 08, 1869: Franklin Pierce died.
- October 08, 1919: Seventh game of the 1919 World Series.
- October 09, 1919: Eighth (yes, eighth) game of the 1919 World Series.
- October 09, 2006: LA show
- October 14, 1890: Dwight D. Eisenhower born.
- October 14, 2005: Thing a Week #5, Baby Got Back, released
- October 16, 1793: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (Marie Antoinette) died.
- October 20, 1964: Herbert Hoover died.
- October 20, 1967: Patterson and Gimlin film Bigfoot.
- October 21, 1969: Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński died.
- October 21, 2005: Thing a Week #6, Someone Is Crazy, released
- October 27, 1858: Theodore Roosevelt born.
- October 27, 1977: Queen's "We Will Rock You" single released.
- October 28, 1977: Queen's "News of the World" album released.
- October 28, 2005: Thing a Week #7, Brand New Sucker, released
- October 29, 1929: "Black Tuesday" stock market crash triggers the Great Depression.
- October 30, 1735: John Adams born.
- October 30, 1974: The Rumble in the Jungle.
- October 31, 1978: UK release of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him?".
November
- November 02, 1755: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (Marie Antoinette) born.
- November 02, 1795: James K. Polk born.
- November 02, 1865: Warren G. Harding born.
- November 04, 2005: Thing a Week #8, Sibling Rivalry, released
- November 09, 1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall, seen by many as defining the end of the Cold War.
- November 11, 1918: Armistice on the Western Front marks the de facto end of World War I.
- November 11, 2005: Thing a Week #9, The Town Crotch, released
- November 13, 1705: Brookline, MA founded
- November 17, 1973: Richard Nixon denied being a crook.
- November 18, 1886: Chester A. Arthur died.
- November 18, 2005: Thing a Week #10, When I'm 25 or 64, released
- November 18, 2006: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes married
- November 19, 1831: James A. Garfield born.
- November 19, 1980: Opening of the first Applebee's.
- November 20, 1866: Kenesaw Mountain Landis born
- November 20, 1924: Benoît Mandelbrot born
- November 20, 1925: Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy born.
- November 22, 1859: Release of On the Origin of Species.
- November 22, 1963: Kennedy killed by a "magic bullet"; Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in.
- November 23, 1804: Franklin Pierce born.
- November 24, 1784: Zachary Taylor born.
- November 24, 1991: Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) died.
- November 25, 1944: Kenesaw Mountain Landis died
- November 27, 1957: Caroline Kennedy born.
- November 30, 2005: Thing a Week #11, Podsafe Christmas Song, released
December
- December 01, 1970: Jonathan Coulton born
- December 02, 1823: James Monroe's State of the Union Address establishes the Monroe Doctrine.
- December 03, 1989: Conclusion of the Malta Summit, seen by many as defining the end of the Cold War.
- December 05, 1782: Martin Van Buren born.
- December 05, 1951: Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson died.
- December 06, 1964: Rankin/Bass "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" airs for the first time.
- December 08, 1933: Marie-Bernade Soubirous canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as St. Bernadette.
- December 08, 2007: Chicago show
- December 09, 1998: Archibald Wright (Archie Moore) died.
- December 09, 2005: Thing a Week #12, Furry Old Lobster, released
- December 10, 1962: Crick, Watson, and Wilkins formally awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- December 12, 1814: Treaty of Ghent marks the end of the War of 1812 between the US and Britain.
- December 13, 1913: Archibald Wright (Archie Moore) born.
- December 13, 1934: Thomas A. Watson died.
- December 14, 1799: George Washington died.
- December 14, 2005: US release of the Peter Jackson remake of "King Kong".
- December 15, 1916: Maurice Wilkins born.
- December 16, 1980: Harland "Colonel" Sanders died.
- December 16, 2005: Thing a Week #13, Drive, released
- December 18, 1978: Katie Holmes born.
- December 19, 1843: Dickens' A Christmas Carol first published.
- December 20, 1946: Release of It's a Wonderful Life.
- December 21, 1937: Jane Fonda born
- December 21, 1959: Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith-Joyner born
- December 22, 1734: Paul Revere baptized.
- December 22, 2005: Thing a Week #14, Flickr, released
- December 25, General: Christmas
- December 26, 1972: Harry S. Truman died.
- December 26, 2006: Gerald Ford died.
- December 28, 1856: Woodrow Wilson born.
- December 29, 1808: Andrew Johnson born.
- December 30, 1942: Betty Aberlin born.
- December 30, 2005: Thing a Week #15, Resolutions, released
- December 30, 2006: Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti died.
