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Nov 30
Social media

Credo Social Media Posts for December

  • November 30, 2020
  • Mecca-Amirah Jackson
  • Credo, Featured, Librarians, Tools and Resources

At Credo we understand the need for libraries to write interesting social media content to engage your users and raise awareness of valuable resources and services. That’s why we’ve created this monthly blog post with social media posts featuring interesting observances, trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor that your library can copy/paste to your own feed with no attribution necessary.

P.S.: the images here are all in the public domain (mostly from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons), so feel free to take advantage of them when you post!

1 December

The arrest of U.S. civil rights activist #RosaParks #onthisday in 1955 sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, which ignited the civil-rights movement in the U.S.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=rosa%20parks 

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after being arrested during the Montgomery Bus Boycott

 

1 December

Happy birthday, Marie Tussaud, born this day in 1761, best known as the founder of Madame Tussaud’s museum of wax figures! Learn more about sculpture here:  https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=sculpture 

Madame Tussaud

2 December

Napoleon Bonaparte used the excuse of a royalist plot against his life to justify the establishment of an empire, crowning himself as its ruler #onthisday in 1804. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Napoleon%20Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte

 

3 December

Today in 1967, the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant was carried out by Christiaan Barnard, a South African cardiac surgeon.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=heart

4 December

Happy #NationalCookieDay! Fun fact: the English word for “cookie” comes from the Dutch word koekje meaning “little cake.”

Christmas cookies

 

5 December

Happy birthday, Walt Disney! Born on this day in 1901, Walt founded the global entertainment empire that brought us memorable characters like Mickey Mouse and animated films like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=walt%20disney 

 

6 December

On this historic day in 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=U.S%20Constitution

6 December

Ho, ho, ho! Saint Nicholas Day recognizes the third-century saint whose altruistic actions became an inspiration for the modern-day Santa Claus.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=christmas 

Saint Nicholas, the inspiration for Santa Claus

 

8 December

Feliz cumpleaños, Diego Rivera! The artist’s large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Diego%20Rivera 

9 December

Today we celebrate the birth of British poet John Milton, born on this day in 1608! Milton is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=John%20Milton 

Paradise Lost

 

10 December

Today is Dewey Decimal System Day! Let’s celebrate the birthday of Melvil Dewey, the inventor of the library classification system, born on this day in 1851.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=library 

Melvil Dewey

 

11 December

Today in 1936, King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England to marry “the woman I love,” American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=England 

King Edward VIII

12 December

French author Gustave Flaubert, best known for his novel Madame Bovary, was born on this day in 1821. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=flaubert

Madame Bovary

 

14 December

#Onthisday in 1918 British women voted for the first time in a general election. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=women%20suffrage 

15 December

French engineer Alexandre Eiffel was born #onthisday in 1832 in Dijon, France. He designed the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Paris Exposition. He also helped design the Statue of Liberty. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Alexandre%20Eiffel 

Eiffel Tower

 

16 December

The Boston Tea Party occurred #onthisday in 1773 as American colonists disguised as Indians boarded British ships anchored in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 containers of expensive tea into the water. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Boston%20Tea%20Party 

17 December

It’s Wright Brothers Day! #Onthisday in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, sustained flights in a power-driven airplane. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=WRIGHT%20BROTHERS

19 December

Today in 1998, the House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton, who was charged with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=President%20Bill%20Clinton 

Bill Clinton


21 December

It’s the Winter Solstice! Today celebrates the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere while in the Southern Hemisphere, today is the beginning of summer.

Winter landscape

 

22 December

Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the 36th U.S. president, was born on this day in 1912. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Lyndon%20Johnson 

Lady Bird Johnson

 

23 December  

#Onthisday in 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cut off part of his left ear after a quarrel with Paul Gauguin.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Vincent%20van%20Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

 

26 December  

It’s Boxing Day in the United Kingdom and other British Commonwealth countries. #Didyouknow the name Boxing Day stems from an English tradition dating to the Middle Ages, when churches opened their alms boxes and distributed funds to the poor? https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Boxing%20Day

Boxing Day at the Toronto Eaton Centre

27 December   

#Onthisday in 1831, Charles Darwin set sail aboard the HMS Beagle on his five-year global scientific expedition. Read up on his groundbreaking voyage, his theory of evolution, and his influences: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Charles%20Darwin 

Charles Darwin

28 December

“I pledge allegiance to the flag…” Today we celebrate Pledge of Allegiance Day. The final alteration to the pledge occurred in 1954 when, by a joint order of Congress, the words “under God” were inserted.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=PLEDGE%20OF%20ALLEGIANCE 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

29 December

What is a hero? Today we celebrate National Hero Day and honor the people we look up to, who inspire us to be our best. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=HERO

30 December

On this day in 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established through the confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=USSR

31 December

Happy National Champagne Day! Let’s pop some champagne as we say goodbye to 2020—and read more about it here! https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=CHAMPAGNE 

Champagne

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Mecca-Amirah Jackson is a Sales Manager at Infobase. A writer and blogger based in New Jersey, she received her B.A. in English Literature and is currently pursuing her M.B.A. with a Concentration in Digital Marketing.

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