Countdown to Christmas

National Poinsettia Day on December 12 also forms a cultural bridge between the U.S. and Mexico. Poinsettias, known as Euphorbia Pulcherrima, come in hundreds of beautiful colors. Even if you have a limited holiday decorating budget, strategically placed poinsettias can enhance your home in a variety of ways.

 

Gingerbread House Day is on December 12! Whether you're a cookie building expert or your baked house falls apart as soon as you get the third wall glued on with icing, we can all agree the best part of building a gingerbread house is eating the sweet treat when we're done!

 

What is special about 13th December?
World Violin day is celebrated on 13th of December every year. Just twelve days before Christmas. So, World Violin day is the Christmas Seasons celebrations as well that take place across the world and in these celebrations violin plays a very vital role.

 

• 1577 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England on a circumnavigation of the world
• 1920 League of Nations establishes the International Court of Justice in The Hague

• 2002 Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.
• 2003 Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit, during Operation Red Dawn by US forces

 

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What is special about December 14th?
On December 14, 1799, the first true American hero passed away; George Washington. The South pole was also discovered by a Norwegian named Roald Amundsen on this day in 1911. ...

 

On This Day, December 14

• 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. ...
• 1961 Tanzania joins the United Nations. ...
• 1958 Soviets Reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility. ...
• 1939 USSR expelled from the League of Nations. ...
• 1911 Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole. ...
• 1988 Vanessa Hudgens. ...
• 1966 Fabrizio Giovanardi. ...
• 1947 Dilma Rousseff.

 

Total Solar Eclipse on December 14, 2020

When the Eclipse Happens Worldwide — Timeline
The eclipse starts at one location and ends at another. The times below are actual times (in UTC) when the eclipse occurs.

Event UTC Time Time in Bournemouth*
First location to see the partial eclipse begin 14 Dec, 13:33:55 14 Dec, 13:33:55
First location to see the full eclipse begin 14 Dec, 14:32:34 14 Dec, 14:32:34
Maximum Eclipse 14 Dec, 16:13:28 14 Dec, 16:13:28
Last location to see the full eclipse end 14 Dec, 17:54:18 14 Dec, 17:54:18
Last location to see the partial eclipse end 14 Dec, 18:53:03 14 Dec, 18:53:03