Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 2, 1989 | The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia. |
| December 10, 1799 | France adopts the metre as its official unit of length. |
| December 18, 1793 | Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. |
| December 25, 2012 | An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.[47] |
| December 16, 1843 | The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date. |
| December 21, 1832 | Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya. |
| December 18, 2002 | California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. |
| December 1, 1984 | NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes. |
| December 10, 1948 | The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations. |
| December 17, 1819 | Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela). |
| December 20, 1803 | The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans. |
| December 22, 1790 | The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies. |
| December 3, 1799 | War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch. |
| December 10, 1317 | The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle. |
| December 13, 2002 | European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004. |
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