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Constitution Day
"President George W. Bush signed a bill on December 8th, 2004 (public law 108-447) which designates every September 17th as Constitution Day. The Constitution was signed by 39 of the 55 Founding Fathers on September 17th, 1787. The Bill suggests a Constitutional Education Program on that day."
http://www.constitutionday.com/
Constitutional Timeline (Interactive Rich Media Version)
The Signers of the Constitution
August 201012 - Walter Dean Myers’ Birthday (b. 1937) - About the Author 24 - Paulo Coelho’s Birthday (b. 1947) - About the Author
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September 20101 - Labor Day 6 - Tony DiTerlizzi’s Birthday (b. 1969) - About the Author 8 - Jon Scieszka’s Birthday (b. 1954) - About the Author 13 - Roald Dahl’s Birthday (b. 1916) - (d. November 23, 1990) About the Author 13 - Mildred D. Taylor’s Birthday (b. 1943) - About the Author 15 - Tomie dePaola’s Birthday (b. 1934) - About the Author 17 - 23 - Constitution Week 25 - Shel Silverstein’s Birthday (b. 1930) - (d. May 10, 1999) - About the Author 27 - 2009 National Book Festival - Washington, D.C. 30 - Laura Esquivel’s Birthday (b. 1950) - About the Author
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October 2010National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) September 27 - October 4 - Banned Books Week 10 - National Book Award Finalists Announced 13 - Columbus Day 12 - 18 - Teen Read Week 14 - Lois Lenski’s Birthday (b. 1893) - (d. 1974) - About the Author 19 - 25 - National Character Counts Week 27 - International School Library Day 29 - Internet Created Anniversary (c. 1969) 31 - Katherine Paterson’s Birthday (b. 1932) - About the Author 31 - Halloween
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November 2010National American Indian Heritage Month 1 - National Author’s Day 1 - National Family Literacy Day 4 - Election Day 11 - Carlos Fuentes Macías’ Birthday (b. 1928) - About the Author 11 - Veteran’s Day (observed) 11 - National Young Reader’s Day 12 - Kevin Henkes’ Birthday (b. 1960) - About the Author 16 - 22 - American Education Week 17 - Christopher Paolini’s Birthday (b. 1983) - About the Author 27 - Thanksgiving 29 - December 7 - Guadalajara International Book Fair - Guadalajara, Mexico
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December 20107 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Dec. 7, 1941) 16 - E B Lewis’ Birthday (Earl Bradley Lewis) (b. 1956) - About the Author 23 - Avi’s Birthday (Edward Irving Wortis) (b. 1937) - About the Author 24 - Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Birthday (b. 1881) - (d. May 29, 1958) - About the Author 25 - Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Birthday (b. 1951) - About the Author 31 - New Year's Eve
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January 20111 - Happy New Year 3 - Alma Flor Ada’s Birthday (b. 1938) - About the Author 3 - J.R. Tolkien’s Birthday (b. 1892) - (d. September 2, 1973) - About the Author 4 - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s Birthday (b. 1933) - About the Author 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday (b. 1929) - (d. April 4, 1968) 17 - John Bellairs’ Birthday (b. 1938) - (d. 1991) - About the Author 17 - Robert Cormier’s Birthday (b. 1925) - (d. November 2, 2000) - About the Author 19 - Pat Mora’s Birthday (b. 1942) - About the Author 19 - Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday - Observed 29 - Bill Peet’s Birthday (b. 1915) - (d. May 11, 2002) - About the Author
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February 20111 - Jerry Spinelli’s Birthday (b. 1941) - About the Author 1 - Meg Cabot’s Birthday (b. 1967) - About the Author 2 - Groundhog Day 7 - Charles Dickens’ Birthday (b. 1812) - (d. June 9, 1870) - About the Author 7 - Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Birthday (b. 1867) - (d. February 10, 1957) - About the Author 11 - Jane Yolen’s Birthday (b. 1939) - About the Author 12 - Judy Blume’s Birthday (b. 1938) - About the Author 12 - Jacqueline Woodson’s Birthday (b. 1963) - About the Author 14 - Valentine's Day 15 - Art Spiegelman’s Birthday (b. 1948) - About the Author 16 - President’s Day - Observance of George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays George Washington (b. February 22, 1732) - (d. December 14, 1799) Abraham Lincoln (b. February 12, 1809) - (d. April 15, 1865) 28 - Daniel Handler’s Birthday (b. 1970) - About the Author |
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March 20112 - Dr. Seuss’ Birthday (Theodor Seuss Geisel) (b. 1904) - (d. Sept. 24, 1991) - About the Author 6 - Gabriel "Gabo" José García Márquez (b. 1928) - About the Author 8 - Robert Sabuda’s Birthday (b. 1965) - Children’s Pop-Up Book Artist - About the Artist 11 - Ezra Jack Keats’ Birthday (b. 1916) - (d. May 6, 1983) - About the Author 12 - Carl Hiaasen’s Birthday (b. 1953) - About the Author 17 - St. Patrick’s Day 20 - Louis Sachar’s Birthday (b. 1954) - About the Author 20 - Lois Lowry’s Birthday (b. 1937) - About the Author 25 - Kate DiCamillo’s Birthday (b. 1964) - About the Author 27 - Julia Álvarez’s Birthday (b. 1950) - About the Author 28 - Mario Vargas Llosa’s Birthday (b. 1936) - About the Author
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April 20111 - April Fool’s Day 12 - Gary Soto’s Birthday (b. 1952) - About the Author 12 - Beverly Cleary’s Birthday (b. 1916) - About the Author 12 - D.E.A.R. Day - National Drop Everything and Read Day 22 - Earth Day 25 - Arbor Day 27 - Coretta Scott King’s Birthday (b. 1927) - (d. January 30, 2006) - About CSK 28 - Terry Pratchett’s Birthday (b. 1948) - About the Author
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May 2011National Asian Pacific Heritage Month 5 - Cinco de Mayo 10 - Christopher Paul Curtis’ Birthday (b. 1953) - About the Author 11 - 17 - Children’s Book Week 17 - Gary Paulsen’s Birthday (b. 1939) - About the Author 24 - Mo Willems’ Birthday (b. 1962) - About the Author 26 - Memorial Day
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June 201111 - Robert Munsch’s Birthday (b. 1945) - About the Author 18 - Chris Van Allsburg’s Birthday (b. 1949) - About the Author 22 - Dan Brown’s Birthday (b. 1964) - About the Author 25 - Eric Carle’s Birthday (b. 1929) - About the Author |
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July 20112 - Jean Craighead George’s Birthday (b. 1919) - About the Author 2 - Cynthia Kadohata’s Birthday (b. 1956) - About the Author 4 - Independence Day 11 - Patricia Polacco’s Birthday (b. 1944) - About the Author 11 - E.B. White’s Birthday (Elwyn Brooks White) (b. 1899) - (d. October 1, 1985) - About the Author 17 - Chris Crutcher’s Birthday (b. 1946) - About the Author 22 - S.E. Hinton’s Birthday (b. 1948) - About the Author 26 - Ana María Matute’s Birthday (b. 1926) - About the Author 28 - Beatrix Potter’s Birthday (b. 1866) - (d. December 22, 1943) - About the Author 29 - Sharon Creech’s Birthday (b. 1945) - About the Author 31 - J.K. Rowling’s Birthday (b. 1965) - About the Author
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