The shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere is December 21.

Explanation:

The 2020 December solstice takes place on Monday, December 21, at 10:02 UTC (that's December 21 at 4:02 a.m. CST; translate UTC to your time). It marks the Northern Hemisphere's shortest day (first day of winter) and Southern Hemisphere's longest day (first day of summer).

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.

your mothers brothers brother in law would be your father.