What's Up This Week 1/6-1/12/2014

What’s up this week?

M	1/6	1838 Telegraph first demonstrated
T	1/7	1953 U.S. Hydrogen Bomb revealed ABC Family | Pretty Little Liars Winter Premiere ABC Family | Ravenswood Winter Premiere
W	1/8	Argyle Day Bubble Bath Day Earth’s Rotation Day CBS | 40th Annual People’s Choice Awards FX | American Horror Story Coven (Holiday Return) MTV | Real World : Ex-Plosion  (the 29th season - wow)
Th	1/9	National Static Electricity Day
F	1/10	1901 Oil was discovered in Texas
S	1/11	National Human Trafficking Awareness Day 20 ways YOU can help stop Human Trafficking Fruitcake Toss Day Step in a Puddle & Splash Your Friend’s Day 1922 1st Diabetic patient was treated with insulin
S	1/12	1773 1st Public Museum opened in South Carolina 1932 1st Woman elected to Senate 1966 Batman premieres on TV

Have a great week &everybody!

What's Up This Week? 12/24 - 12/29/2013

What’s up this holiday week?

M	12/23	ABC | Chipmunk Christmas
T	12/24	National Eggnog Day Christmas Eve ABC Family | A Very Brady Christmas NBC | It’s A Wonderful Life ABC | Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (movie) 1865 The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee
W	12/25	Christmas Day TBS | A Christmas Story ABC | Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade FOX | Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas  CW | Merry Madagascar 1776 George Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians
Th	12/26	National Candy Cane Day 1966 The first Kwanzaa is celebrated
F	12/27	National Fruitcake Day
S	12/28	1846 Iowa became the 29th state in the United States 1869 William F. Semple patented chewing gum. 1945 Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
S	12/29	Pepper Pot Day 1845 Texas became the 28th state in the United States

Have a great week &and safe holiday everybody!

What Is Up This Week 12/16-12/22/2013

What is up this week?

M	12/16
T	12/17	1903 The Wright Brothers made their first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
W	12/18	(CBS) Home For the Holidays with Celine Dion (CW) The iHeart Radio Jingle Ball 2013
Th	12/19	Look for an Evergreen Day
F	12/20	Go Caroling Day 1803 The United States purchased the Louisiana territory from France for $15 million (Fox) Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown
S	12/21	Humbug Day Look on the Bright Side Day 1620 The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, MA 1937 Disney's Snow White, the first feature length color and sound cartoon, premiered Winter Solstice - marks the longest night in Northern Hemisphere and longest day in the Southern Hemisphere (ABC) I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown
S	12/22

Have a great week everybody!

What is up this week?

M	12/9	Christmas Card Day National Pastry Day
T	12/10	Human Rights Day 1817 Mississippi became the 20th state. 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. DVD Releases: Despicable Me 2
W	12/11	National Noodle Ring Day 1816 Indiana became the 19th state. 1941 Germany & Italy declared war on the United States
Th	12/12	Poinsettia Day
F	12/13	Ice Cream Day Movie Release | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug TV | Toy Story Movie Marathon starts at 4:30 pm on ABC Family
S	12/14	1799 George Washington dies at age 67 1819 Alabama became the 22nd state. TV | It’s A Wonderful Life (NBC) TV | Frosty Returns (CBS)
S	12/15	Bill of Rights Day 1791 The Bill of Rights are enacted, amending the U.S. Constitution 1939 Gone With the Wind premiered in where else but Atlanta, Georgia. 1966 Walt Disney passed away.

Have a great week everybody!

This Day In History | The 13th Amendment was Ratified - No More Slavery

This Day In History | The 13th Amendment was Ratified - No More Slavery

rat·i·fy ˈratəˌfī/

verb past tense: ratified; past participle: ratified

sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.

Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".

10 Facts about the 13th Amendment

To read & learn more about the history of the 13th Amendment visit some of these sites: 

• Great American History - 13th Amendment
• Teacher Vision - US Constitution
• History Channel - 13th Amendment
• Education Portal - 13th Amendment

What is up this week? Dec. 2 - 8, 2013

What is up this week?

M	12/2
T	12/3	Rockefeller Tree Lighting Ceremony during Christmas in Rockefeller Christmas Special (NBC)
W	12/4	·         Santa's List Day ·         National Cookie Day (like we need a reason to eat cookies) ·         Special Kids Day – Learn how to get involved by visiting http://specialkidsday.org/
Th	12/5	·         Day of the Ninja Muppet Christmas Carol (ABC)
F	12/6	·         Saint Nicholas Day Full Moon
S	12/7	·        International Civil Aviation Day ·        Letter Writing Day Martin Van Buren becomes the eighth President of the United States, and the first president to be born in this country.
S	12/8	·         National Brownie Day One Direction on SNL (NBC)

Have a great week everybody!