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!
December 1
#OnThisDay in 1959, 12 nations, including the U.S. and the Soviet Union, signed the Antarctic Treaty, the first arms agreement signed during the Cold War that bans all military activity and weapons on the continent. Learn more about the Cold War at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Cold%20War
December 2
Lather up! 🧼 It’s #NationalHandwashingAwareness Week! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls handwashing “a do-it-yourself vaccine.” Learn more about good hygiene at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=hygiene
December 3
“STELLA!” #OnThisDay in 1947, A Streetcar Named Desire electrifies audiences and introduces the world to a mesmerizing young actor, Marlon Brando. Learn more about Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Tennessee%20Williams
December 5
A routine 3-hour training mission turns disastrous #onthisday in 1945, when 5 U.S. Navy bombers and their 14 crew disappear over the #BermudaTriangle. Aliens? 👽 Or just a case of navigational errors? Discover more at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=bermuda%20triangle
December 7
A date which will live in infamy. #OnThisDay in 1941, Japanese warplanes swarmed the U.S. naval base at the Hawaiian island of Oahu, drawing the U.S. into World War II. Learn more about the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=pearl%20harbor
December 9
YUM! 😋 It’s #NationalPastryDay! As if you needed a special occasion to stop by your local bakery and pick up one or two of your favorite baked delicacies! 🥮
December 11
#OnThisDay in 1936, Edward VIII became the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson. Find out more about the Abdication Crisis at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Abdication&searchPhrase=Abdicate
December 12
#OnThisDay in 1980, American oil tycoon Armand Hammer paid $5,126,000 for a notebook containing writings by Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). Discover more about da Vinci at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Leonardo%20da%20Vinci
December 13
“Partisan rancor must now be put aside.” Following weeks of legal battles and a presidency that hinged on counting hanging chads, Vice President Al Gore concedes to George W. Bush #OnThisDay. Learn more about Bush v Gore at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=george%20bush
December 17
What’s better than sweater weather? #NationalUglySweaterDay! Dazzle your friends and family with your most outlandish festive sweater—the more over the top, the better!
December 17
#OnThisDay, iconic British novelist Jane Austen was born in 1775. Like many female authors of her time, Austen did not publish her books under her name. Instead, her books were written “By a Lady.” Learn more about the author at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Jane%20Austen
December 19
“No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused.” #OnThisDay in 1843, A Christmas Carol was self-published. The novella sold out in three days. Learn more about Charles Dickens at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Charles%20Dickens
December 21
Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland #OnThisDay in 1988. 35 of the passengers were college students coming home from studying abroad. Discover more about the tragic Lockerbie Air Disaster at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Libya&concepts%5B%5D=100604
December 22
Da-Da-Da-DUM! Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony premieres in Vienna #OnThisDay in 1808. Did you know Beethoven was already growing deaf when he started his fifth symphony in 1804? Learn more about the German composer and pianist at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Ludwig%20van%20Beethoven&searchPhrase=Beethoven
December 25
On #Christmas morning, 1914, German, French, and British soldiers crossed no-man’s land to wish each other a Merry Christmas. The Christmas Truce included caroling, exchange of foods and cigarettes, and even reports of soldiers playing a good-natured game of soccer. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Christmas
December 29
#OnThisDay in 1890, the U.S. Cavalry slaughtered 146 Sioux Indians on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota in the last “battle” of the Plains Wars. Learn more about the Wounded Knee Massacre at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Wounded%20Knee
December 30
#OnThisDay in 1916, Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, Russian self-proclaimed holy man, courtier, and a notorious figure at the court of Czar Nicholas II, was first poisoned, then shot three times, and finally succumbed to drowning at Yusupov Palace. Discover more about Rasputin at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Grigori%20Rasputin&searchPhrase=RasPutin
