Computer Hope
Other => Other => Off topic => Topic started by: Geek-9pm on December 18, 2019, 12:47:59 PM
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Has December always been a busy month?
More than one might think. Google it.
What Major things happened in December.
Just one of many:
https://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/december.htm
December 19, 1732 - Benjamin Franklin first published Poor Richard's Almanac containing weather predictions, humor, proverbs and epigrams, eventually selling nearly 10,000 copies per year.
December 20, 1699 - Czar Peter the Great changed the Russian New Year from September 1 to January 1 as part of his reorganization of the Russian calendar.
December 21, 1972 - East and West Germany established diplomatic ties, ending nearly two decades of Cold War hostility and paving the way for international recognition of East Germany
December 22, 1783 - Following a triumphant journey from New York to Annapolis, Maryland, George Washington, victorious Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolutionary Army, appeared before Congress and voluntarily resigned his commission.
December 23, 1947 - The transistor was invented at Bell Laboratories by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley, who shared the Nobel Prize for their invention which sparked a worldwide revolution in electronics.
December 24, 1814 - The Treaty of Ghent between America and Britain was signed, officially ending the War of 1812.
December 25, 1868 - President Andrew Johnson granted general amnesty to all those involved in the Civil War.
December 26, 2004 - An estimated 230,000 persons were killed and 1.5 million left homeless when a magnitude 9.3 earthquake on the seafloor of the Indian Ocean set off a series of giant tsunami waves that smashed into the shorelines of a dozen countries including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and Somalia.
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You thought you were busy? :D
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November is busier....
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Another interesting fact about December is that so far, every year seems to end as soon as it is over. Coincidence?