Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 28, 1918 | Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, becomes the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons. |
| December 30, 2005 | Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin. |
| December 12, 2012 | North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2. |
| December 8, 2009 | Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others. |
| December 29, 1994 | Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board. |
| December 7, 1941 | World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.) |
| December 19, 1912 | William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{bor |
| December 5, 2014 | Exploration Flight Test 1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched. |
| December 5, 1955 | The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO. |
| December 15, 1973 | John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10. |
| December 14, 1812 | The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia. |
| December 25, 1951 | A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette. |
| December 22, 2012 | Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar. |
| December 19, 1984 | The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997, is signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher. |
| December 26, 1790 | Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution. |
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