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UCC Library End-of-the-Term Almanac!
Need a quick break from studying? Wishing you could stretch your brain to cram a last few notes? Give the UCC Library's offbeat almanac a try and exercise that brain! These events, birthdays, and quirky holidays feature each day of the remaining fall term through finals week. So have fun, and good luck with those last tests, papers, and projects!
Week 10-- Dead Week
November 29-- C.S. Lewis' birthday, author of the Narnia series of children's books. Search for Lewis' books at the DCLS and UCC libraries, or, if you prefer, see what the critics are saying about the upcoming Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe film, out 12/9/2005.
November 30-- The World Trade Organization planned a meeting in Seattle, WA on this day in 1999 which was overshadowed by massive protests held against the WTO in the streets of Seattle-- some 40,000 people participated.
December 1-- World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day.org
December 3-- Joseph Conrad's birthday, and the start of finals week. Oh, the horror, the horror!
Finals Week
December 4-- Think you're having a bad time studying? On this day in history, a "killer fog" descended on London: the Great Smog of 1952, which lasted for four months and killed roughly 12,000 people.
December 5-- International Volunteering Day
VolunteerMatch.org
Greater Douglas United Way
UCAN Food Share of Douglas County
Umpqua Valley Habitat for Humanity
Oregon Pacific Red Cross: Serving Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln and Linn counties.
December 6-- U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce novel Ulysses is not obscene (1933).
December 7-- On this day, the United States declared war on Austria-Hungary, World War I (1917), and Pearl Harbor was attacked, entering the US into World War II (1941).
December 8-- The Eagles release their album Hotel California in 1976, which has sold roughly 16 million copies in the United States to date. The common urban legend which claims the song references Aleister Crowley or Satanism is false.
December 9-- Anna's Day celebrated in Sweden, specifically recognizing everyone named "Anna." According to Wikipedia, December 9th is also "Anti-corruption Day."
December 10-- The birthday of Kenneth Branagh, Shakespearean actor and film director. Check out one of his films from the UCC library for a holiday viewing treat!
December 11-- The start of the winter break. Have a safe, fun, and festive holiday season, and see you in January!
Not enough events?
Try the BCC's On This Day..., Wikipedia's Day-By-Day listing of famous events, birthdays, and deaths throughout the year, and Google News, an aggregated listing of the current top headlines from online news sources around the world.Page created on November 29, 2005.
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