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Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat
to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama. This sparks the
beginning of the American civil rights movement, which
encouraged Black people across the country to fight for justice
and equality, and end racial segregation.
December 10, 1768 The Encyclopaedia Britannica is first published
in Scotland. It is now the world's oldest English-language encyclopedia.
December 22, 1891 The toilet paper roll is patented. Before the patent,
toilet paper was sold as individual sheets.
FLOWER
Narcissus
BIRTHSTONE
Turquoise
THIS MONTH
IN HISTORY
December 1, 1955
PHOTOS: ALAMY (ROSA PARKS); GETTYISTOCK (TURQUOISE); ADOBE STOCK (NARCISSUS)
December 14, 1962 The Mariner 2 space probe sends information from
Venus. It is the first time we ever receive information from another planet.
Here's what
some readers are
looking forward
to as they turn
a year older!
Starting
grade 6!
Being home
alone more.
I'll be a year closer
to having my very own
gaming room.
December 21, 1891 Phys. ed. teacher Dr. James Naismith invents
basketball and its rules. Peach baskets are placed at opposite ends of
a school gym, and students throw a ball into them to score points.
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