[Ilf] December Highlights and Holidays

[Carole Bos]

During December we recall numerous world events:  Napoleon's 1804 coronation; the Wright Brothers' first powered flight; the first performance of "Peter Pan" (in 1904) and the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Learn the details of those, and other events, in this summary of December Highlights.  
http://www.awesomestories.com/Newsletters/December%20Highlights%20at%20AwesomeStories.htm 

Also in this month's issue is a story about the real St Nicholas, born in Patara (today's Turkey) in the third century.  And ... take a virtual trip to the national archives to see President Roosevelt's declaration-of-war manuscript.  ("Infamy" was not included in the first draft of his famous speech.)

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Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
bosc at gvsu.edu