The Christmas Full Moon!

The Christmas full moon will be the first in 38 years!

For the first time in 38 years, a full moon will light up the night sky on Christmas Eve, with the peak expected on Christmas morning just as Santa completes his journey.

The exact peak for the full moon is set to occur at 5:11 a.m (Central). which will make this the first Christmas full moon since 1977. For those looking ahead to the next full moon on Christmas, you will have to wait until the year 2034. 

Fun Facts for the Month of April

April 1, 1748- The ruins of Pompeii were found

April 2, 1877- The first Easter "egg roll" on the grounds of the White House was held.

April 3, 1860- The Pony Express began delivering mail.

April 4, 1968- Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

April 5, 1614- American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.

April 7, 1930- The first steel columns were set for the Empire State Building.

April 8, 1974- Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit home run 715, surpassing Babe Ruth's record 714.

April 9, 1959- NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts.

April 10, 1849- Walter Hunt of New York City patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for only $100.

April 11, 1906- Albert Einstein introduced his Theory of Relativity.

April 12, 1861-The Civil War begins with the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

April 14, 1853-Harriet Tubman began her underground railroad helping slaves escape.

April 15, 1865- Abraham Lincoln died after being shot in a theater by John Wilkes Booth.

April 17, 1629- Horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony.

April 19, 1775-The American Revolutionary War began.

April 21, 753 B.C.- Tradition says that on this day Rome was founded.

April 22, 1864- The United States Congress mandated that all coins minted as U.S. currency bear the inscription, "In God We Trust."

April 23, 1977- Dr. Allen Bussey completed 20,302 yo-yo loops.

April 24, 1833- A patent was granted for the first soda fountain.

April 26, 1514- Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn.

April 27, 1965- R.C. Duncan patented disposable diapers.

April 28, 1914- W.H. Carrier patented the design for his air conditioner.

April 29, 1997- American and Russian astronauts took the first joint space walk.

April 30, 1789- George Washington took office as the first elected U.S. president.

Fun Facts for the month of March

March 1, 1941- Captain America first appeared in a comic book.

March 2, 1976- Walt Disney World welcomed its 50 millionth visitor.

March 3, 1789- The Constitution of the United States went into effect.

March 5, 1994- The world's largest milkshake was made, containing 1,955 gallons of chocolate, in Nelspruit, South Africa.

March 7, 1933- The board game Monopoly was invented.

March 10 1880- The Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England.

March 11, 1969- Levi-Stress started selling bell-bottomed jeans.

March 12, 1789- The U.S. Post Office was established.

March 13, 1951- The comic strip Dennis the Menace appeared for the first time.

March 15, 1962- Wilt Chamberlain is the first to score 4,000 points in an NBA season.

March 16, 1926- Physicist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket.

March 17, 1845- The rubber band was invented.

March 18, 1881- Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on earth opened in Madison Square Garden in New York City.

March 20, 1999- Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first men to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. The non-stop trip began March 3 and covered 26,500 miles.

March 22, 1954- The first shopping mall opened in Southfield Michigan.

March 24, 1898- The first automobile was sold.

March 26, 1953- Dr. Jonas Salk announced the discovery of a new vaccine that would prevent polio.

March 27, 1884- The first long distance phone call was made between Boston and New York City.

March 28, 1983- Sade Ride became the first woman in space.

March 29, 1886- Coca-Cola was invented.

March 30, 1932- Amelia Earhart became the first woman to flight across the Atlantic.

March 31, 1870- In Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Thomas P. Munday became the first African-American to vote.

Fun Facts for the month of February

February 1, 1862- "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe, was first published in the Atlantic Monthly.


February 2, 1863- Samuel Langhorne Clemens used a different name for himself for the first time. He is better remember by that name.- Mark Twain.

February 4, 1957- Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc. of New York began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.

February 5, 1870- The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience in Philadelphia.

February 7, 1984- Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Steward made the first untethered space walk.

February 8, 1922- The White House began using the radio after President Harding had it installed.

February 10, 1763- The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty, France yielded Canada to England.

February 11, 1895- The Pennsylvania Hospital opened as the very first hospital in America.

February 13, 1965- Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title.

February 15, 1758- Mustard was advertised for the first time in America.

February 19, 1878- Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.

February 20, 1962- John Glenn became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth.

February 21, 1885- The Washington Monument was dedicated.

February 23, 1896- Tootsie roll candies were first sold in stores.

February 24, 1968- William S. Otis received a patent for the steam shovel.

February 26, 1930- New York City installed traffic lights.

February 28, 1940- A basketball game was first televised (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh from Madison Square Garden in New York City

Fun and Interesting Facts for the Class:Great for all grade levels

For the month of January:

January 1, 1735- Paul Revere was born.

January 2, 1910- The first junior high school was opened in Berkeley, California.

January 4, 1896- Utah became America's 45th state.

January 5, 1956- In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.

January 6, 1942- The first commercial around-the-world airline flight took place.

January 7, 1789- The first national presidential election was held.

January 9, 1953- The United Nations opened its headquarters in New York City.

January 12, 1966- Batman debuted on television.

January 13, 1928- Ernst F.W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television.

January 15, 1967-The first National Football League Super Bowl was played. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.

January 17, 1806- James Madison Randolph, grandson of President Thomas Jefferson, was the first child born in the White House.

January 20, 1885- The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson

January 22, 1984- Apple introduced the Macintosh computer. It was the first computer to use point-and-click technology.

January 23, 1971- The lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported on this day in Prosepect Creek camp, Alaska-minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit!

January 24, 1908- The first Boy Scout troop was started in England.

January 25, 1961- President John F. Kennedy presented the first live presidential news conference from Washington, D.C.

January 27, 1926- John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.

January 29, 1900- The American Baseball league was organized in Philadelphia. it consisted of eight teams.

January 31, 1990- McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Moscow, Russia.

Fun and Interesting Facts for the Class: Great for all grade levels

For the Month of December-
December 10, 1830- Poet Emily Dickinson was born.

December 11, 1844- Dr. Horace Wells became the first person to have a tooth extracted after receivingan anesthetic (laughing gas) for the dental procedure.

December 13, 1759- The first music store in America opened.

December 14, 1799- George Washington died at the age of 67.

December 15, 1939- The movie Gone With the Wind, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, premiered at Loew's Grand Theater in Atlanta.

December 16, 1773- Colonial patriots, dressed like Indians, dumped nearly 350 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This is now known as the Boston Tea Party.

December 17, Oville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful gasoline-powered airplaine flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

December 18, 1936- Su-Lin, the first giant panda to come to the U.S. from China, arrived in San Francisco, California. It was sold to the Brookfield Zoo in Illinios for $8,750.

December 21, 1937- Walt Disney debuted the first full-length animated feature in Hollywood, California--Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

December 22, 1882- Thomas Edison created the first string of Christmas tree lights.