Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 9, 1979 | The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (with rinderpest in 2011 being the other). |
| December 19, 1998 | President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached. |
| December 1, 1969 | Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II. |
| December 1, 1958 | The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. |
| December 5, 2013 | Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others. |
| December 29, 1607 | According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him. |
| December 30, 1890 | Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight. |
| December 3, 1898 | The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeats an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football. |
| December 9, 1822 | French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a memoir read to the Academy of Sciences, coins the terms linear polarization, circular polarization, and elliptical polarization, and reports a direct refraction experiment verifying his theory that optical rotation is a form of birefringence. |
| December 17, 1928 | Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931. |
| December 30, 1066 | Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city. |
| December 27, 1939 | The 7.8 Mw Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed. |
| December 11, 1936 | Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective. |
| December 25, 1991 | Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union. |
| December 16, 714 | Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. |
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