December 19

December 19 is the 353rd day of the year. 12 days remain until the end of the year.

“If you really think about your life, most people live a sort of double life. There's the life you're living and the life that you hope to live.”

Richard Leakey

Born today

• Richard Leakey, 1944, Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and political figure

Observances

• Goa Liberation Day (Goa, India)

• National Heroes and Heroines Day (Anguilla)

• National Heroes and Heroines Day (US)

• National Re-Gifting Day (US)

• Look for an Evergreen Day (US)

• National Hard Candy Day (US)

• National Emo Day (US)