December in History

Historical Events on December

1942 World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

1943 World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

1945 By a vote of 65-7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)

2016 Syrian army continues large-scale attack and controls the revival (Sheikh Lutfi, Marja, Bab al-Nairab, Maadi, Al-Salhin) in the east of Aleppo backed by Russian Air Force and Iranian militias.

1787 Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first.

1911 Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.

1941 World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan.

1939 Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

1941 World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.

1941 World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak.

1979 Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.

1916 World War I: The battle of Verdun results in a French victory after more than 9 months of intense fighting.

1939 World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

1989 Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.

535 Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year.

1907 The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

1944 World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

Famous Birthdays on December

1981 Britney Spears

1983 Aaron Rodgers

1915 Frank Sinatra

1989 Taylor Swift

1936 Pope Francis

1878 Joseph Stalin

1971 Ricky Martin

1984 LeBron James

Famous Deaths on December

1859 John Brown (abolitionist)

1975 Hannah Arendt

2013 Nelson Mandela

2016 Jayalalithaa

1799 George Washington

1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald

1972 Harry S. Truman

2007 Benazir Bhutto

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