December 7th marked the 225th anniversary of Delaware becoming a member of the United States, while Pennsylvania will celebrate their 225th December 12th. Meanwhile, Mississippi celebrates its 195th anniversary of statehood December 10th.
Amongst events that have happened around the world this past week...
*The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced that they are expecting their first child, who would be third in line for the throne of England after Prince Charles and Prince William.
*Republicans in the United States Senate voted against and have kept America from accepting the United Nations Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty, thus casting shame upon this country!
*Google+ has confirmed it now has over 500 million registered users and will soon open new "communities" features within the system.
*Civil unrest continues in Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Syria.
IN OUTER SPACE...
*NASA's Curiosity rover has found signs of carbon based elements that compose organic life on Mars, but has yet to determine the samples origins or prove life (in any form) has ever been on the red planet.
*Meanwhile, the success of Curiosity has spurred NASA to plan a sequel Martian probe, with a tentative launch projection of 2020.
*The twin GRAIL probes mapping the moon have revealed deep cracks, additional craters, and tectonic structures previously unknown to scientists.
*Originally launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 space probe is on the outer edge of our solar system and prepared to go further into interstellar space.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
*The 2012 inductees into the Kennedy Center Hall of Fame are late night talk show host David Letterman, the group Led Zeppelin, blues musician Buddy Guy, and ballerina Natalia Makarova.
*Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck has passed away at age 91.
IN SPORTS:
*The New Orleans Hornets will officially change their name to the New Orleans Pelicans, in honor of the Louisiana state bird as of the 2013-14 professional basketball season.
*Professional basketball player Kobe Bryant scored his 30,000th career point earlier this week.
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