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
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
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
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.”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
