Historical Events in December, Month of December Events

Here is a list of some historical events in December. You can learn What major event happened in December?

Date Event
December 6, 1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
December 17, 1997 Aerosvit Flight 241: A Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes into the Pierian Mountains near Thessaloniki Airport in Thessaloniki, Greece, killing all 70 people on board.
December 1, 1974 TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
December 3, 1967 At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
December 3, 1800 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.
December 20, 2019 The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
December 27, 1997 Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
December 30, 1816 The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
December 15, 2010 A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
December 1, 1969 Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
December 14, 835 Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.
December 30, 1905 Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
December 14, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)
December 8, 1922 Two days after coming into existence, the Irish Free State executes four leaders of the Irish Republican Army.
December 25, 1962 The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

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