Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 16, 1782 | British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah. |
| December 24, 1942 | World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria. |
| December 5, 1934 | Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city. |
| December 14, 2012 | Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. |
| December 20, 1995 | American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board. |
| December 19, 1940 | Risto Ryti, the Prime Minister of Finland, is elected President of the Republic of Finland in a presidential election, which is exceptionally held by the 1937 electoral college.[14] |
| December 21, 1620 | Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land near what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
| December 8, 1998 | Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. |
| December 4, 1965 | Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A. |
| December 18, 1271 | Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. |
| December 21, 1832 | Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya. |
| December 30, 1922 | The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed. |
| December 22, 1997 | Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces. |
| December 7, 1932 | German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa. |
| December 16, 1960 | A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground. |
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