Monday, the 22nd of December, 2014 is the 356th day in 2014 and in the 52nd calendar week.
General Events:
National Date Nut Bread Day
December 22, 2014 in the USA
It’s National Date Nut Bread Day! Date nut bread is the perfect dish for the holiday season. It is delicious, healthy, and easy to make!
The first date nut bread recipe appeared in print in 1939, but dates are one of the world’s oldest fruits. Date seeds have been found in archaeology excavations of sub-tropical areas around the world. Historians believe that the ancient Moors brought the date to Spain and later introduced it to America.
Dates are notorious for their high sugar content, so it is no surprise that most date nut bread recipes do not call for any additional sweeteners. To celebrate National Date Nut Bread Day, try your hand at baking a homemade loaf of this festive treat! Don’t forget to top it off with a little cream cheese frosting!
There is some question as to the correct date for this special day. A survey of the net, resulted in roughly half of the references for this day claiming it is on September 8th. In our survey, a very slight majority record this special day on December 22. We go with the majority for two reasons: First, it is the majority. Second, this day fits well in the holiday season. Date Nut Bread is popular for the holidays.
Where is National Date Nut Bread Day?
Nationwide USA
Zodiac sign Capricorn
December 22, 2014 to January 20, 2015 in the World
The Sun enters the Zodiac sign Capricorn at December 22, 2014 and leaves it on January 20, 2015. Capricorn is the tenth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Capricornus. In astrology, Capricorn is considered an introvert sign, an earth sign, and one of the four cardinal signs. Capricorn is ruled by the planet Saturn. Individuals born when the Sun was in this sign are considered Capricorn individuals.
In Synastry, the natives of Capricorn are generally considered to be compatible with the natives of the other earth signs, Taurus and Virgo, and the natives of the water signs, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Aries and Libra are signs of the other nature (masculine/extroverted), but are considered semi-compatible with Capricorn due to them having the same cardinal quality.
In mythology, Capricorn is sometimes depicted as a sea-goat, and sometimes as a terrestrial goat. The reasons for this are unknown, but the image of a sea-goat goes back at least to Babylonian times. Furthermore, the Sumerian god Enki’s symbols included a goat and a fish, which later combined into a single beast, the goat Capricorn, recognized as the Zodiacal constellation Capricornus.
Where is the event?
Worldwide
Historical Events on 22nd December:
1135 – Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king
1731 – Dutch people revolt against meat tax
1790 – The supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
1814 – Samuel Marsden of the Church Missionary Society arrives in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand to establish the country’s first mission station; Sheep, cattle, horses and poultry are introduced
1885 – Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan.
1894 – French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)
1917 – Flanders declares it’s independence, under Pieter Tack
1930 – Convention of Economic Rapprochement/Oslo Agreesments signed between some European countries in response to the Great Depression
1942 – World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
1947 – Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution
1956 – Last British/French troops leave Egypt
1972 – 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed
1978 – Thailand adopts constitution
1988 – South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa
1989 – After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolae Ceausescu
1989 – Chad adopts its Constitution
1990 – Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait
2001 – Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai
2010 – The repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning on homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, was signed into law by President Barack Obama
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