07721201::Pope Adrian I elected
11671201::Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
15661201::Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
16261201::Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out
16401201::Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
16411201::Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
16531201::An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
16561201::Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
17081201::Great Alliance occupies Brussels
17421201::Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
17501201::1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md
17831201::Charles & M N Roberts ascend 2,000' in hydrogen balloon
17831201::J van North launches unmanned balloon
18041201::Emperor Napoleon marries Jos‚phine of Martinique
18211201::Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
18221201::Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
18221201::Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
18241201::House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams,
18241201::Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay Adams eventually declared president
18311201::Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
18351201::Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales
18431201::1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
18521201::Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands
18641201::Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA
18641201::Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia
18681201::John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
18751201::A Borrelly discovers asteroid #157 Dejanira
18781201::1st White House telephone installed
18871201::Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet"
18871201::Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
18911201::James Naismith creates the game of basketball
18941201::A Charlois discovers asteroid #396 Aeolia
18961201::1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
19001201::South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders
19031201::"The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released
19061201::Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris)
19061201::Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of K”penick) sentenced to 4 yrs
19091201::1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
19091201::1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef
19131201::1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)
19131201::Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
19171201::Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
19181201::Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence
19181201::Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
19181201::Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade
19181201::Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established
19191201::AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester
19191201::Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament
19211201::1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
19211201::US Post Office establishes philatelic agency
19221201::1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Capt Turner, RAF
19221201::Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
19231201::CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto
19241201::Calles becomes president of M‚xico
19241201::G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1046 Edwin
19241201::George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in NYC
19251201::Treaty of Locarno signed
19281201::CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton
19281201::Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth
19291201::BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe
19291201::Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
19291201::J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1708 Polit
19291201::O Oikawa & K Kubokawa discover asteroid #1139 Atami
19301201::NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty
19301201::Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent
19311201::Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
19331201::Rudolf Hess & Earnest R”hm become a minister in Hitler govt
19351201::Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
19361201::2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E)
19361201::Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
19361201::EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants
19371201::Japan recognizes Franco govt
19381201::School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah
19391201::SS-F�hrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews
19411201::British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python
19411201::Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war
19411201::Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
19411201::US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes
19421201::Gasoline rationed in US
19431201::FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
19441201::B‚la Bart•k's Concerto for orchestra, premieres
19441201::Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands
19441201::Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres
19451201::CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg, 35-0 at Toronto
19461201::Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187)
19471201::Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba
19471201::India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2
19481201::Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine
19481201::Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player
19491201::WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
19491201::WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
19511201::17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB)
19511201::Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London
19511201::Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds
19531201::Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen
19531201::WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
19531201::WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
19531201::Walter Alston named Dodger manager
19541201::Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement
19541201::Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal)
19551201::Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus
19561201::"Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances
19561201::Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0)
19561201::Frank Robinson (NL) & Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
19561201::Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta, resigns
19571201::Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show
19581201::"Flower Drum Song" opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances
19581201::Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day)
19581201::Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chic)
19591201::12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
19591201::1st color photograph of Earth from outer space
19591201::25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB)
19591201::The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space
19601201::Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo
19621201::Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27)
19621201::KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
19631201::NY Jets 1st shutout, beat KC 17-0
19631201::Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union
19641201::Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros
19641201::ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign
19651201::Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began
19651201::South Africa govt says children of white fathers are white
19661201::Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor
19661201::Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo
19671201::Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
19671201::Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope
19671201::Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
19671201::Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses
19681201::"Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances
19681201::Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in NYC
19681201::Gonzalo Barrios elected pres of Venezuela
19681201::Peggy Wilson wins LPGA Hollywood Lakes Golf Open
19681201::Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting
19691201::US govt holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
19701201::Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico
19701201::NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins
19701201::Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen
19711201::"2 Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 perfs
19711201::Cubs release Ernie Banks & sign him as a coach
19711201::Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in NYC
19711201::John & Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
19711201::People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
19721201::Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK
19731201::Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea
19731201::Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year
19731201::Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic
19731201::Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ
19741201::Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died
19741201::Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5)
19741201::LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8
19751201::C Torres & S Barros discover asteroid #6217
19751201::C Torres discovers asteroids #2741 Valdivia & #4881
19751201::H Wroblewski discovers asteroid #2858 Carlosporter
19751201::T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3322
19751201::US president Gerald Ford visits China PR
19761201::Angola admitted to UN
19761201::Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president
19761201::Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
19781201::Harvard College discovers asteroids #2153 Akiyama & #2493 Elmer
19781201::Pres Carter more than doubles national park system size
19781201::Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba
19781201::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19801201::46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
19801201::A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3168
19801201::Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
19801201::US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
19811201::180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain
19811201::Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
19821201::Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
19821201::Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"
19821201::Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as pres of M‚xico
19831201::E Bowell discovers asteroid #3947 Swedenborg & #5201
19831201::Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury
19841201::50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
19841201::France performs nuclear test
19841201::Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
19851201::Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
19851201::STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
19851201::South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
19861201::Mus‚e d'orsay opens in Paris
19861201::Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
19871201::Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel
19881201::596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
19881201::Benazir Bhutto named 1st female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan)
19881201::Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
19881201::NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics
19881201::NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues
19881201::T Kojima discovers asteroid #6298
19891201::"Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS
19891201::A Takahashi & K Watanabe discover asteroid #7176
19891201::East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution
19891201::J M Baur discovers asteroid #4803 Birkle
19891201::Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract
19891201::USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
19891201::Y Oshima discovers asteroid #4383 Suruga
19901201::56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (QB)
19901201::British & French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel)
19901201::Hissene Habr‚ of Chad flees to Cameroon
19901201::Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks
19901201::Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia hold their 1st joint session
19901201::NY Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96
19911201::"Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 perfs
19911201::"Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 perfs
19911201::80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1)
19911201::AIDS awareness day
19911201::Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election
19911201::Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan
19911201::US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands
19911201::Ukrainian people vote for independence
19921201::2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana & crash, 13 die
19921201::Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 yrs for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco
19931201::Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18
19941201::3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident
19941201::Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announce they are seperating
19941201::Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as president of Mexico
19941201::K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #7842
19941201::PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail
19941201::Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London
19961201::85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2)
19961201::Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India
19971201::GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo
19971201::Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM
19971201::Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS
16201202::English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam
16821202::English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam
16971202::St Paul's Cathedral opens in London
17631202::Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
17771202::British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
17901202::Austrian army occupies Brussels
18021202::English sell Suriname to Dutch
18041202::Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
18051202::Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz
18121202::James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-pres
18131202::Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy
18161202::1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
18221202::In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
18231202::President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
18401202::Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris
18401202::Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)
18401202::William H Harrison elected president of US
18481202::Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary
18521202::2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
18641202::Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
18681202::1st British government of Disraeli resigns
18771202::Camille Saint-Sa‰ns' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar
18821202::Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium
18831202::John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres
18851202::Opera "Regina di Saba," premieres in Vienna
18871202::Amsterdam's Oscar Carr‚s Circus Theater opens
18871202::Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in US (NYC)
18871202::French president Gr‚vy (80) resigns
18911202::52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes
18951202::54th Congress (1895-97) convenes
18961202::Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin
18991202::US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
19001202::South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany
19011202::Gillette patents 1st disposable razor
19011202::King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades
19021202::A Charlois discovers asteroid #498 Tokio
19021202::Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer
19071202::English Professional Football Player's Association forms
19071202::Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
19081202::Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3
19131202::Archdiocese of Managua created
19131202::Govt -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
19141202::Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia
19161202::Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
19171202::Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
19221202::10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1
19231202::G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1024 Hale
19241202::British-German trade agreement signed
19271202::1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
19281202::Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
19291202::1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien
19311202::G Reiss discovers asteroid #1237 Genevieve
19311202::L Boyer discovers asteroid #1211 Bressole
19321202::"Adv of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
19331202::1st transatlantic telephone wedding (Bertil Clason-Sigrid Carlson)
19331202::Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released
19341202::5.08-m (200") Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
19391202::British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC
19391202::NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight
19411202::Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY
19411202::NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry
19411202::Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul
19411202::Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
19421202::1st controlled nuclear chain reaction (Enrico Fermi-U of Chicago)
19431202::1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp
19441202::10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB)
19441202::General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
19441202::German troops seize Betuwse dikes
19441202::US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar
19471202::13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (QB)
19481202::Stan Musial is picked NL MVP
19501202::Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
19511202::"Borscht Capades" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
19511202::Phila sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing
19521202::18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
19521202::1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo)
19541202::"Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
19541202::Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
19541202::US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute"
19561202::Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
19571202::1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn)
19571202::Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1
19581202::24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB)
19581202::Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg
19581202::KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
19591202::Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus
19611202::Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
19611202::Wind Bell, journal of SF Zen Center, begins publishing
19621202::50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]
19631202::1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km
19631202::ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965
19641202::Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
19661202::Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East
19671202::55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1
19681202::Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
19691202::"Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances
19691202::Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
19701202::Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus)
19701202::Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden," premieres in London
19711202::Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
19711202::United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from UK
19711202::Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates
19711202::Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes pres of UAE
19721202::"December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama)
19721202::"Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
19721202::60th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 13-10
19721202::A R Klemola discovers asteroid #1934 Jeffers
19721202::In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen
19731202::62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0)
19731202::Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Wash DC opens
19731202::US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
19741202::Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
19741202::Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
19741202::Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
19751202::7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed
19751202::G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI
19751202::Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, republic forms
19751202::T M Smirnova discovers asteroid #7153
19751202::Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
19781202::Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
19781202::Neil Diamond & Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
19781202::Streisand & Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1
19791202::Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya
19791202::Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score a triple-double
19791202::USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
19801202::4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
19811202::E Bowell discovers asteroid #4276 Clifford
19811202::F Dossin discovers asteroid #3435 Boury
19811202::Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
19811202::Moscone Convention Center, SF opens at 11:30 AM
19811202::Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3221
19811202::Spanish government requests membership in NATO
19821202::1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
19841202::4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
19841202::Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
19841202::USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
19851202::"Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 perfs
19851202::Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
19851202::Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC
19861202::CERGA discovers asteroid #3913 Chemin
19861202::Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
19861202::E Bowell discovers asteroid #7116
19871202::Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
19871202::Jennifer Steele, 17, of Colo becomes Miss Teen of America [Approx]
19871202::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19871202::"334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend NJ Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands
19881202::"Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad"
19881202::5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
19881202::M Arai & H Mori discover asteroid #6900
19881202::M Koishikawa discovers asteroid #3994 Ayashi
19881202::S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #4455 Ruriko
19881202::STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
19881202::UN votes 151-2 (Isr & US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Brit abstains
19891202::55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (QB)
19891202::E W Elst discovers asteroid #4804 Pasteur
19891202::KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
19891202::N Kawasato discovers asteroid #5874
19891202::Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India
19891202::W Kakei & M Kizawa & T Urata discover asteroid #5741
19891202::Y Oshima discovers asteroid #6903
19901202::1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
19901202::1st time 12 people in space
19901202::79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2)
19901202::Beth Daniel/Davis Love wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19901202::US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit
19911202::Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets
19911202::C S Shoemaker discovers asteroid #5144 Achates
19911202::Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio
19921202::WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in NYC
19931202::A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in LA
19931202::Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
19931202::Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start
19931202::Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches
19941202::"Cobb" premieres
19941202::Achille Lauro (Willem Ruys) sinks off the coast of Somalia
19941202::Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted to the hospital for ulcer treatment
19941202::E Bowell discovers asteroid #7789
19941202::Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring
19941202::Y Shimizu & T Urata discover asteroid #7893
19941202::Z Moravec discovers asteroid #7711
19951202::17th ACE Cable Awards
19961202::T Kobayashi discovers asteroid #7802
19971202::MCI Center opens in Wash DC, Wizards vs SuperSonics
07411203::St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
13471203::Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
15571203::1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
15861203::Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
16211203::Galileo invents telescope
16391203::1st annulment by court decree passes
16761203::Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
16781203::Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford
16851203::Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
16941203::English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
16991203::Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague
17751203::1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
18181203::Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
18281203::Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US
18331203::Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens
18341203::1st US dental society organized (NY)
18351203::1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)
18441203::RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms
18471203::Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"
18631203::Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN
18641203::Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia
18661203::Paid fire dept replaces volunteer companies
18681203::Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on US trial jury
18781203::Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel
18811203::Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa
18831203::48th Congress (1883-85) convenes
18931203::Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia
19011203::Milwaukee is dropped from the AL & replaced by St Louis Browns
19031203::Panglima Polim surrenders to Capt Colijn at Atjeh
19071203::George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in NYC
19081203::Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres
19101203::Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)
19121203::Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer
19121203::Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria sign weapons pact
19141203::Neth army shoots up ge‹nterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed
19201203::Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty
19211203::9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0
19221203::1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC
19231203::1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)
19261203::Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)
19291203::Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
19301203::Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)
19301203::Otto Ender forms Austrian govt
19301203::Richard Rodgers/L Hart's musical "Evergreen," premieres in London
19311203::Alka Seltzer goes on sale
19311203::L Boyer discovers asteroid #1212 Francette
19321203::20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6
19321203::Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany
19331203::Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000
19331203::Joe Lilliard QBs Chic Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
19341203::Italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya
19341203::KYW-AM in Chicago Ill moves to Phila Penn
19381203::AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric
19391203::Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres
19411203::Hitler views Poltava Ukraine
19421203::E Delporte discovers asteroid #1560 Strattonia
19431203::9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB)
19431203::Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
19431203::Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres
19431203::Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
19441203::British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece
19441203::Hungarian death march of Jews ends
19441203::Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe
19441203::NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves
19441203::US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg H�rtgenwald
19461203::12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)
19461203::US govt asks UN to order dictator Franco out of Spain
19471203::Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC
19481203::"Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)
19481203::1st US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in
19481203::Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial
19481203::Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100
19491203::KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins
19501203::Cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)
19501203::Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
19501203::Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts
19521203::1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
19521203::Marcos Perez Jim‚nez elected president of Venezuela
19531203::"Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
19531203::Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party
19531203::Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet
19541203::Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres
19541203::William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida," premieres in London
19551203::KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
19561203::England & France pull troops out of Egypt
19561203::KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
19561203::Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52)
19571203::23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)
19581203::Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
19591203::State of emergency on Cyprus ends
19601203::"Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances
19601203::Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in NYC
19611203::Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
19611203::Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein
19611203::George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal
19611203::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19621203::Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge
19621203::Pravda criticizes western art
19641203::"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
19641203::KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
19641203::Police arrests 800 sit-in students at U of Cal at Berkeley
19651203::Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
19651203::USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
19661203::US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss
19671203::1st human heart transplant performed (Dr Christian Barnard, S Africa)
19671203::Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
19671203::Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
19671203::Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed NY-Chicago luxury train
19681203::Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" & strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters
19691203::John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
19701203::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19711203::Miss Teenage America Pageant
19711203::Pres Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
19721203::Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
19721203::L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2233 Kuznetsov
19731203::Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT]
19751203::Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
19751203::T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2583
19761203::Dr Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq
19781203::"King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
19781203::Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19791203::11 trampled to death at Cincinnati Who concert [or 1204?]
19791203::45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern Cal (RB)
19791203::Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400
19791203::Iran accepts constitution
19801203::NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-NJ & Murphy, D-NY, guilty
19811203::Beth Daniel/Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19811203::Purple Mountain Observatory finds asteroids #3089, #3463, 4925 & #7920
19811203::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19821203::1st NJ Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4
19821203::35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
19821203::77øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Dec
19821203::NJ Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini)
19821203::Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez
19831203::"Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 perfs
19831203::49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
19831203::France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
19841203::2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
19841203::Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc
19851203::23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB
19861203::Sri Lanka all out 55 v WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs
19881203::54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
19881203::K Endate & Watanabe discover asteroid #6208 Wakata & #6637 Inoue
19881203::NY Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
19881203::T Fujii & K Watanabe discover asteroid #5474 Gingasen
19891203::Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19891203::Y Mizuno & T Furuta discover asteroid #5288 Nankichi & #5777
19901203::NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with SF Giants
19911203::Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
19911203::Muslim Shites release US hostage Alan Steen
19911203::White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
19921203::A Natori & T Urata discover asteroid #7952
19921203::UN Security Council votes unanimous for US led forces to enter Somalia
19951203::"Company" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
19951203::"Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
19951203::84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2)
19951203::Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19951203::D di Cicco discovers asteroid #7610
19951203::Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v S Africa, a record
19951203::Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar
19951203::Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864
19971203::"1776," opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
19971203::Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo
11101204::Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
11971204::Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
12591204::Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX
14891204::Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
15341204::Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
15631204::Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
16191204::America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va)
16441204::1st European peace congress opens in M�nster
16551204::Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue
16651204::Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris
16741204::Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
16801204::Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
16821204::1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
16881204::General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
16911204::Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
16911204::Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands
17451204::Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
17831204::Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
17911204::Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published
17981204::Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
18121204::Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
18161204::James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
18291204::Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre
18321204::French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
18331204::American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila
18361204::Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa
18431204::Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass
18431204::Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig
18441204::James K Polk elected 11th president of US
18511204::Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
18631204::Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces
18641204::Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA
18641204::Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
18671204::Grange organized to protect farm interests
18751204::William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
18891204::Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
18901204::Willem III, Dutch king, buried
18991204::56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
18991204::A Charlois discovers asteroid #451 Patientia
18991204::Webb Hayes son of pres Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
19011204::Anne Russell's "Girl & the judge," premieres in NYC
19051204::British government of Balfour resigns
19061204::Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
19081204::Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
19091204::1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6
19141204::Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
19151204::F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
19151204::Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga
19151204::Panama Pacific International Exposition opens
19181204::Pres Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside US while in office
19201204::1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
19201204::8th CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
19221204::Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service
19231204::Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres
19231204::WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
19261204::14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7
19271204::Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow
19271204::Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem
19271204::Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP
19281204::Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC
19301204::French govt of Tardieu falls
19301204::Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
19311204::"Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
19331204::FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
19331204::Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road," premieres in NYC
19341204::L Boyer discovers asteroids #1338 Duponta & #1339 Desagneauxa
19351204::1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class
19411204::Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
19421204::1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
19421204::FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
19421204::US bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II
19421204::Works Progress Administration liquidated
19421204::Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1883 Rimito
19431204::-Dec 6] 2nd conference of Ca‹ro: FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres In”n�
19431204::Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
19431204::Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar
19441204::Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
19451204::11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)
19451204::Senate approves US participation in UN
19471204::USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union
19481204::"Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances
19481204::SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
19491204::Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
19511204::Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC
19511204::Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500
19521204::Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
19521204::Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO
19531204::H Gessner discovers asteroid #3642 Frieden
19541204::"Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs
19541204::"On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
19551204::Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
19561204::22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)
19571204::1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
19571204::2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)
19581204::Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community
19581204::Finnish govt of Fagerholm, resigns
19611204::Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
19611204::Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
19611204::Smallest NY Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)
19611204::Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN
19611204::WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
19621204::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19631204::Aldo Moro forms Italian govt
19631204::Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
19641204::Baseball approves a free-agent draft
19641204::Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
19641204::Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
19641204::Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
19651204::"Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 perfs
19651204::2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
19651204::2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
19651204::Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched
19651204::SF Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000
19661204::KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
19661204::Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational
19701204::Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
19731204::Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
19741204::Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
19741204::Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison
19751204::6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
19761204::Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)
19771204::Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
19771204::Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
19771204::NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
19771204::Neil Simon's "Chapter Two," premieres in NYC
19781204::Dianne Feinstein is named SF 1st female mayor
19781204::Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed
19781204::Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
19781204::War criminal Pieter Menten freed
19791204::Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7, Bingo Smith
19791204::Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)
19801204::2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
19801204::E Bowell discovers asteroid #3086 Kalbaugh
19801204::Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
19811204::"Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
19811204::Pres Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
19811204::Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333)
19811204::According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
19821204::48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
19821204::China adopts its constitution
19821204::Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
19831204::"Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
19831204::"Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
19831204::A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3980 Hviezdoslav & #6175
19831204::David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in NYC
19831204::M Antal discovers asteroid #3730
19831204::NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
19831204::US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
19831204::Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #3735
19841204::Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
19851204::"Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
19851204::French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
19851204::Pres Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
19861204::A Mrkos discovers asteroid #7332 & #8002
19861204::E Bowell discovers asteroid #8079
19861204::NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
19861204::Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," premieres in NYC
19871204::Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
19881204::Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
19881204::Amy Benz/John Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19881204::Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers
19881204::USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
19901204::Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC
19901204::Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
19911204::Judds final concert (Nashville)
19911204::Muslim Shites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6« years)
19911204::Pan American World Airways ceased operations
19911204::Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
19921204::Y Kushida & O Muramatsu discover asteroid #7775 Taiko
19931204::A Vagnozzi discovers asteroid #6417 Liberati
19931204::Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
19931204::Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
19931204::M Hirasawa & S Suzuki discover asteroid #7067 & #8100
19941204::"Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 perfs
19941204::"Angels in America-Millennium Approach" closes at Kerr after 367 perfs
19941204::83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
19941204::M Koishikawa discovers asteroid #7485
19941204::Marta Figueras-Dottie/Brad Bryant wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19951204::Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
19961204::7th Billboard Music Awards
19961204::NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
19961204::Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
19971204::"Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater NYC
19971204::NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach
97711204::Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France
13011205::Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
13491205::500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
14481205::Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
14561205::Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
14921205::Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espa¤ola/Haiti)
14961205::Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
15901205::Niccol• Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV
16021205::Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence
17411205::-6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
17571205::Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
17661205::London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale
17761205::1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
17921205::George Washington re-elected US pres
17981205::Govt troops occupy Hasselt
18041205::Thomas Jefferson re-elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres
18131205::L�beck surrenders to allied armies
18301205::Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique fantastique," premieres in Paris
18311205::Former Pres John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
18321205::Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US
18371205::Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres
18371205::Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
18461205::C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
18481205::Pres Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms Calif gold discovery
18541205::Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
18591205::Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC
18611205::Gatling gun patented
18621205::Battle of Coffeeville, MS
18681205::1st American bicycle college opens (NY)
18761205::Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
18761205::Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death
18791205::1st automatic telephone switching system patented
18811205::47th Congress (1881-83) convenes
18871205::Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
18901205::Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens," premieres in Karlsruhe
18921205::Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag
18931205::1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
18941205::Georges Feydeaus' "L'h“tel du libre ‚change," premieres in Paris
18961205::Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig
19051205::Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes PM of England
19061205::British govt-Balfour resigns
19081205::1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
19141205::6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2
19181205::Oil refinery on Cura‡ao opens
19201205::Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
19241205::Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5
19251205::13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
19251205::German govt of Luther falls
19261205::Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts
19281205::England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
19281205::MW Miklas elected president of Austria
19291205::1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC)
19311205::CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
19311205::G Reiss discovers asteroid #1213 Algeria
19321205::German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa
19331205::21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST)
19351205::1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello Calif)
19351205::National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
19361205::24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
19361205::Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union
19411205::Football Writers Association of America organized
19411205::Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street," premieres in NYC
19411205::Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
19411205::Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
19411205::US aircraft carrier Lexington/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
19421205::CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto
19421205::Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to go work
19421205::West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland
19431205::NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves
19441205::German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht
19451205::"Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)
19451205::Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl
19461205::Pres Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808
19471205::Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
19481205::NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
19491205::Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
19501205::Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
19501205::Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
19511205::"Dragnet" premieres
19521205::-8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die
19541205::KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
19551205::AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president
19551205::Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
19561205::Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC
19571205::William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC
19571205::NYC is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
19581205::Phils drop plans for NY sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Phila
19581205::WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
19591205::Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
19601205::Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
19661205::"I Do! I Do!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 561 performances
19671205::Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens
19671205::Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war
19681205::Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP
19691205::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19701205::LA Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
19701205::Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame
19711205::KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
19721205::38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL)
19721205::Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election
19721205::Joseph A Walkers "River Niger," premieres in NYC
19721205::P Wild discovers asteroid #1866 Sisyphus
19731205::Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade
19731205::Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall
19731205::Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album
19741205::"Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC
19741205::1st Wash Cap penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres
19741205::1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida
19741205::Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)
19741205::Monty Python's final episode airs on BBC
19741205::NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms
19741205::Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
19741205::Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
19751205::"Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
19751205::NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
19761205::Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards
19771205::Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen
19781205::EG decides establishes EMS, European Monetary System
19781205::Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies
19781205::Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
19781205::Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
19781205::Sam Shepard's "Buried Child," premieres in NYC
19781205::Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
19791205::Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns
19801205::Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens
19811205::47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (RB)
19811205::56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
19811205::France performs nuclear test
19821205::Cleve Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
19821205::Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy
19821205::Ingrid Berghmans (Neth) retains judo's world championship
19821205::Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
19821205::Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees
19821205::USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
19831205::12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
19831205::A Mrkos discovers asteroid #5202
19831205::LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
19841205::A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo
19841205::French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
19841205::Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
19851205::Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
19851205::Great Britain performs nuclear test
19851205::Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in NYC
19871205::53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
19871205::David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
19871205::Sch”nbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76)
19881205::M Arai & H Mori discover asteroid #3996 & #6299
19881205::NC fed grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
19881205::Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
19881205::T Kojima discovers asteroid #3995 Sakaino & #6551
19881205::Y Oshima discovers asteroid #7753
19891205::France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
19891205::K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #5875 Kuga
19901205::Blue Jays trade F McGriff & T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar & J Carter
19901205::Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty
19901205::Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
19911205::"Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 perfs
19911205::10m asteroid 1991-VG passes 465,000 km from Earth
19911205::Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
19911205::NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
19931205::"Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
19931205::82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
19931205::Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
19931205::Farra d'Isonzo discovers asteroid #6501 Isonzo
19931205::M Hirasawa & S Suzuki discover asteroid #7028
19931205::Melissa Mcnamara/Mike Sopringer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19931205::Newhart actor William Sanderson (47) weds Sharon Wix (39)
19931205::Rafael Caldera elected president of Venezuela
19941205::A Nakamura discovers asteroid #6255 Kuma & #7788 Tsukuba
19961205::"Dreams & Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
19961205::Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement
19961205::Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player
19971205::1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
19971205::STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands
09631206::Leo VIII elected Pope
11601206::Jean Bodels "Jeu de St Nicholas," premieres in Arras
11961206::Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood"
12401206::Mongols under Batu Khan occupy & destroy Kiev
14241206::Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews
14911206::King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne
14921206::Haiti discovered by Columbus, at M“le Saint Nicolas
15271206::Pope Clemens VII fleas to Orvieto
15341206::Quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish
16311206::1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
16411206::Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands
16481206::Pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament
17231206::Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution
17321206::1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, NYC
17451206::Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland
17561206::British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India
17681206::1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
17871206::Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor
17901206::Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary US capital
18201206::US president James Monroe re-elected
18221206::Veterinary school in Utrecht opens
18251206::Pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory
18331206::HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata
18411206::Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres
18431206::Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens
18461206::Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris)
18491206::Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland
18621206::Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians
18641206::Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC
18651206::13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery
18661206::Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed
18701206::Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC)
18731206::1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1
18751206::44th Congress (1875-77) convenes
18761206::1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn
18761206::City of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time
18761206::US Electorial College picks Rep Hayes as pres (although Tilden won)
18771206::1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)
18771206::Washington Post publishes 1st edition
18821206::Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit
18841206::Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC
18931206::A Charlois discovers asteroid #378 Holmia
18961206::D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura
18991206::J E Keeler discovers asteroid #452 Hamiltonia
19031206::Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders
19041206::Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)
19071206::Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361
19121206::China votes for universal human rights
19131206::White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo
19141206::German troops over run L¢dz
19161206::German army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest
19171206::Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)
19171206::French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700
19211206::Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
19221206::1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation
19221206::1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica, NY
19231206::1st presidential address broadcast on radio (Pres Calvin Coolidge)
19251206::Italy, Britain & Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy)
19251206::K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1063 Aquilegia
19251206::Record 73,000 pay to watch Chic Bears beat NY Giants 19-7
19291206::K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1187 Afra
19291206::Turkey introduces female suffrage
19301206::18th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6
19301206::Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia
19331206::Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in US, lifted
19381206::117 Spanish knights under capt Piet Laros return to Netherlands
19381206::French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact)
19391206::5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB)
19391206::Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry was a Lady," premieres in NYC
19401206::Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
19401206::Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia
19411206::Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
19411206::King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels
19411206::NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
19421206::Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth
19421206::RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die)
19441206::US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall
19501206::Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud
19521206::Czech govt tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata
19531206::Brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14
19541206::Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt
19551206::NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing
19561206::"Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances
19561206::Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in S Afr
19561206::Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2789
19571206::1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
19571206::AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987)
19571206::Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
19581206::US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back
19601206::AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels
19611206::27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB)
19621206::US abandons Skybolt balastic missile program
19631206::Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans
19631206::Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba
19641206::KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
19641206::President Segni of Italy resigns
19651206::2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125
19661206::Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium
19671206::USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
19681206::Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years
19681206::PBA National Championship won by Wayne Zahn
19681206::WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
19691206::"Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 7 performances
19691206::300,000 attend Altamont Calif, rock concert feature Rolling Stones
19691206::USSR performs nuclear test
19701206::Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106
19711206::Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice
19731206::Bahrain's constitution goes into effect
19731206::Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew
19731206::NL votes to move San Diego Padres to Washington DC (doesn't happen)
19741206::George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"
19751206::41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
19751206::Sen Robert Dole & Elizabeth Hanford marry
19761206::War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich
19771206::South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
19781206::E Bowell & A Warnsch discover asteroid #4779 Whitley
19781206::Spain adopts constitution
19801206::Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn
19801206::NASA launches Intelsat V
19811206::Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18
19821206::Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed
19821206::Sen Ted & Joan Kennedy divorce
19821206::11 soldiers & 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
19831206::A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
19841206::France performs nuclear test
19841206::Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage
19861206::52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Fla (QB)
19861206::France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
19861206::P Jensen discovers asteroid #3796 Lene, #3864 Soren & #6119
19871206::3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"
19871206::Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec)
19871206::Jane Crafter/Steve Jones wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19881206::A Sugie discovers asteroid #3997 Taga
19881206::Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden
19881206::Carlos Andr‚s P‚rez re-elected president of Venezuela
19881206::Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets v WI at the WACA but Australia lose
19881206::Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest)
19881206::Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown
19881206::STS-27 Atlantis lands in Calif after secret mission
19881206::Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Balt Orioles
19891206::Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogot , kills 52
19891206::Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montr‚al
19901206::NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning
19901206::Saddam anounces release of all foriegn hostages
19901206::Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100
19911206::"Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen
19911206::"Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
19921206::300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
19921206::81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1)
19921206::Dottie Mochrie/Dan Forsmann wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19921206::SF 49er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown
19921206::SF Giants renig on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds
19931206::Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7:13.29
19931206::S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #6421 & #6502
19941206::Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590
19941206::Orange County Calif files for bankruptcy
19941206::T Kobayashi discovers asteroid #6989, #7439, #7486, #7894 & #8043
19941206::Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995
19951206::6th Billboard Music Awards
19951206::Michael Jackson collapses will rehearsing for an HBO special
19961206::Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match
19961206::S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #7539
19981206::JC Penney Golf Classic
01851207::Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52?)
02831207::St Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
13541207::Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty
16461207::Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry
17411207::Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia
17831207::Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
17831207::William Pitt Jr (24) becomes British premier
17871207::Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution
18081207::James Madison elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres
18351207::German railway Neurenberg-F�rth opens
18361207::Martin Van Buren elected 8th president
18421207::NY Philharmonic's 1st concert
18621207::Battle of Hartsville, TN
18621207::Battle of Prairie Grove, AR
18641207::Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia
18681207::Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1
18721207::HMS Challenger sets sail on 3«-year world oceanographic cruise
18751207::Natives Sons of the West organized
18761207::NY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked
18771207::Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone
18851207::49th Congress (1885-87) convenes
18891207::Gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London
18911207::52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session
18951207::Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies
18961207::A Charlois discovers asteroid #423 Diotima
19071207::Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
19091207::Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)
19111207::Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in NYC
19111207::Natl Hockey Assn forms with New Westminister, Vancouver & Victoria
19121207::Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt
19121207::J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #737 Arequipa
19161207::British govt of David Lloyd George forms
19161207::David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM
19171207::US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
19201207::NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
19201207::USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany
19211207::KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions
19241207::German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis & Communists lose)
19251207::Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St NYC
19251207::No‰l Coward's "Easy Virtue," premieres in NYC
19261207::Gas refrigerator patented
19261207::K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1078 Mentha
19291207::Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins
19291207::Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
19301207::13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing
19311207::Bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours
19321207::1st gyro-stabilized vessel to cross Atlantic arrives in NY
19341207::Wiley Post discovers jet stream
19351207::CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Ham Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton
19371207::Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work
19371207::Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams
19371207::Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe
19381207::Philip Barry's "Here Come the Clowns," premieres in NYC
19381207::W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of St Louis Post-Dispatch by radio
19391207::Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
19391207::William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland
19401207::28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 2): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 12-5
19401207::North Africa: British counter offensive under general O'Connor
19411207::Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon
19411207::Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu
19411207::German siege of Tobruk after 8 months ends
19411207::Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy)
19411207::Nacht & Nebel Erlass, resistance fighter sent to concentration camps
19411207::1st Japanese submarine sunk by a US ship (USS Ward)
19431207::Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US
19441207::Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago
19441207::General Radescu forms Romanian government
19451207::Microwave oven patented
19461207::Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119
19491207::15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E)
19491207::Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
19521207::KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
19531207::Israel's PM Ben-Gurion retires
19531207::WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, NC (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting
19541207::Japanese government of Joshida, resigns
19541207::KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
19551207::Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party
19561207::Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel
19571207::Tony Kubek of the Yanks selected as AL Rookie of the Year
19581207::R¢mulo B‚tancourt elected pres of Venezuela
19591207::"Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
19601207::Ivory Coast claims independence from France
19621207::Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19631207::Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans
19641207::George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
19651207::Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054
19671207::"How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs
19671207::Otis Rescue records "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"
19681207::M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923
19681207::Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit
19681207::Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823
19701207::Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma
19701207::West Germany & Poland normalize relations
19711207::"Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC
19711207::Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
19721207::Apollo 17 (US), final manned lunar landing mission, launched
19721207::Philippine's 1st lady Imelda Marcos stabbed & wounded by an assailant
19731207::Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies
19731207::Phillies sell infielder-outfielder Cesar Tovar to the Texas Rangers
19731207::Wings release "Band on the Run"
19751207::10th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 3-0 vs Sabres
19751207::Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus
19751207::Indonesian army occupies East Timor
19751207::P Wild discovers asteroid #2843
19751207::Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament
19761207::UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, sec-gen for 2nd 5 yr term
19771207::Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0
19771207::S J Bus discovers asteroid #8063
19781207::Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick
19801207::Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3494 & #4730
19811207::Spain becomes a member of the NATO
19821207::Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building
19821207::T Seki discovers asteroid #2961 Katsurahama
19831207::2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
19831207::France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
19831207::Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #7110
19841207::Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
19851207::51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)
19851207::Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
19861207::Juli Inkster/Tom Purtzer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19861207::Pres Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Ha‹ti
19871207::43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in Calif (man shot pilots)
19871207::Gorbachev arrives in US for a summit meeting
19871207::Pacific Southwest crashes near Los Angeles, kills 43
19871207::Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank
19881207::6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed
19881207::Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die)
19881207::E F Helin discovers asteroid #4950 House
19881207::Earthquake in Armenia (>25,000 killed, 5,000,000 homeless)
19881207::Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN
19881207::Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC
19881207::NY Islanders fire Simpson, Arbour new coach
19881207::Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract
19881207::S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #6601
19881207::T Seki discovers asteroid #4578 Kurashiki
19891207::C Coleman & D Zippel's musical "City of Angels," premieres in NYC
19901207::Iraqi parliment endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages
19901207::K Suzuki & T Urata discover asteroid #5240 Kwasan
19901207::Ted Turner & Jane Fonda announce their engagement
19911207::A J Kitt, US, wins World Skiing Cup
19921207::Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater)
19931207::Henri Konan B‚di‚ names himself President of Ivory coast
19931207::M Akiyama & T Furuta discover asteroid #6419 Susono
19931207::Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery
19941207::5th Billboard Music Awards
19941207::Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide
19951207::NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12
19951207::US space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter
19961207::Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), lands
19971207::Amy Fruhwirth & Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic
13261208::Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi
17101208::Battle at Brihuega: English Gen Stanhope captured
17761208::George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ
17771208::Capt Cook leaves Society Islands
17921208::1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens
17941208::1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published
18131208::Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres
18451208::German amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers 5th asteroid, Astra
18461208::Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres
18491208::Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples
18521208::Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau
18541208::Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin
18571208::1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY"
18631208::2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile
18631208::Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South
18631208::Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic
18631208::Pres Lincoln offers amnesty for confederate deserters
18641208::Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")
18691208::20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome
18741208::Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas
18751208::Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg
18761208::Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years
18801208::5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa
18811208::Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850
18861208::American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president
18951208::Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out
18961208::Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)
18981208::A Charlois discovers asteroid #441 Bathilde
18991208::Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith
19021208::Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court
19091208::Bird banding society found
19131208::Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF
19141208::British & German fleets battle at Falkland Island
19141208::Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox
19141208::Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in NYC
19151208::Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres
19211208::Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty
19231208::German-US friendship treaty signed
19231208::Labour/Liberals win British parliament
19231208::Salary & price freeze in Germany
19301208::Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC
19301208::Cole Porter's musical "NYCers," premieres in NYC
19311208::Coaxial cable patented
19341208::Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Z�rich
19361208::Anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua
19361208::NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black & white teachers
19381208::Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif
19381208::LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police
19401208::1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
19411208::Destruction Camp Chelmo opens
19411208::London: Dutch government declares Japan the war
19411208::Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo
19411208::SF 1st blackout, at 6:15 PM
19411208::US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WW II
19421208::8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB)
19431208::John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in NYC
19461208::Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight
19471208::"Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater NYC for 11 perfs
19481208::"Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 168 performances
19481208::14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (HB)
19481208::Jordan annexs Arabic Palestine
19491208::"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs
19491208::Chinese Nationalist govt moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa
19491208::Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," premieres in NYC
19511208::"Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267 perfs
19511208::AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule & lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games
19521208::1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
19521208::French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die
19521208::Isaak Ben-Zwi elected pres of Israel
19531208::19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)
19541208::Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in NYC
19541208::WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
19551208::21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB)
19551208::Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
19551208::Turkish govt of Menderes forms
19561208::16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia
19561208::1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0
19561208::Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks
19591208::Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta
19591208::President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
19601208::Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium
19611208::Antwerp Belgium diocese forms
19611208::Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec)
19611208::S Africa v NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow & Peter Pollock
19611208::Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
19621208::"I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs
19621208::114-day newspaper strike begins in NYC
19621208::Failed coup in Brunei
19621208::Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)
19631208::"Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs
19631208::Mickey Wright/Dave Ragan Jr wins LPGA Haig & Haig Scotch Mixed Golf
19631208::3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die
19641208::R Burnham & N G Thomas discovers asteroid #3397
19651208::Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC
19651208::Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as president of USSR
19651208::Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council
19661208::A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
19661208::US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
19671208::Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK
19671208::NHL California Seals change name to Oakland Seals
19691208::Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed
19691208::Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA
19721208::United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45
19731208::"Seesaw" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 296 performances
19731208::39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB)
19741208::Greek monarchy rejected by referendum
19741208::Irish Republican Socialist Party forms
19741208::Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
19741208::Soyuz 16 returns to Earth
19751208::"Raisin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 847 performances
19761208::UN General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General
19761208::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19771208::43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB)
19771208::Portugal's premier Soares resigns
19781208::Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park
19801208::"Bravo" network premieres on cable TV
19801208::Osservatorio San Vittore discovers asteroid #2601 Bologna
19811208::France performs nuclear test
19821208::"Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador NYC for 6 perfs
19821208::Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot
19821208::Suriname army leader Bouterse murders 15 opponents
19821208::Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Wash Monument hostage. After 10 hrs, police kill him he had no explosives
19831208::9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-lands at Edwards AFB
19831208::Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of SF Zen Center
19841208::73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62)
19841208::Europe & 64 developing countries sign Lom‚ III treaty
19841208::Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live
19851208::60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62)
19851208::Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (NY Jet record) to Wesley Walker
19851208::Laurie Rinker/Larry Rinker wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19861208::House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker
19871208::Flyers' Ron Hextall becomes 1st goalie to actually score a goal
19871208::Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
19871208::Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
19871208::President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
19881208::Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers & sink Bucks, 113-109
19891208::Great Britain performs nuclear test
19901208::Galileo Earth-1 Flyby
19901208::Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field)
19901208::K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #5850 Masaharu
19901208::S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #5140 Kida
19901208::T Nomura & K Kawanishi discover asteroid #5685
19911208::"Homecoming" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 49 performances
19911208::"Nick & Nora" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 9 performances
19911208::Kris Tschetter/Billy Andrade wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19911208::Russia, Belorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States
19921208::Asteroid 4179 Toutatis (í 3,5 km) is 3.6 million km from Earth
19921208::Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km)
19921208::NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993
19931208::30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria
19931208::4th Billboard Music Awards
19931208::Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53
19931208::Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England
19931208::T Kobayashi discovers asteroid #6418
19941208::"What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 12 per
19941208::Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges
19941208::Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed
19941208::Spacewatch discovers asteroid #6837
19961208::"God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 22 performances
19961208::Donna Andrews & Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19971208::8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes & Spice Girls win
05361209::Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten
06561209::Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
12121209::Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
13151209::Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
14251209::Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
15701209::Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
16251209::Netherlands & England sign military treaty
16401209::Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
16581209::Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India
16881209::King James II's wife & son flee England for France
17241209::Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
17381209::Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
17471209::England & Netherlands sign military treaty
17621209::British parliament accept Treaty of Paris
17831209::1st execution at English Newgate-jail
17931209::Noah Webster establishes NY's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva
18051209::Comet 3D/1805 V1 (Biela) approaches within 0.0366 AUs of Earth
18241209::Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain
18421209::St M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla," premieres in Petersburg
18511209::1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montr‚al)
18541209::Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published
18611209::Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah)
18681209::1st British govt of Gladstone forms
18691209::Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia
18781209::Joseph Pulitzer buys St Louis Dispatch for $2,500
18831209::New Brunswick adopts Eastern Standard Time (until 1902)
18841209::Levant Richardson patents ball-bearing skate
18891209::President Harrison visits opening of Chicago Auditorium
18921209::A Charlois discovers asteroid #349 Dembowska
18941209::Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium
18951209::A Charlois discovers asteroid #409 Aspasia
19001209::Dutch Pres Paul Kruger & Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession
19021209::AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY
19031209::Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage
19051209::French Assembly National votes for separation of church & state
19051209::Richard Strauss' opera "Salome," premiers in Dresden
19061209::NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed US Senate commission on the Congo
19071209::1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office)
19071209::Gustav Mahler departs Vienna
19091209::1st US monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, NY)
19101209::French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir
19121209::H Vogt discovers asteroid #735 Marghanna
19131209::Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
19131209::John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League
19171209::British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem
19181209::French troops occupies Mainz
19221209::Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president
19241209::Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed
19241209::Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president
19251209::AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000
19251209::Pro football a hit in NYC; Grange & Bears beat Giants before 73,000
19261209::USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs
19281209::K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1104 Syringa
19311209::Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC
19311209::Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol
19311209::Spain becomes a republic
19311209::Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players & NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
19331209::21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3
19331209::Romania disallows fascist Iron Guard
19341209::NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship
19361209::AL OKs night baseball for St Louis
19361209::Australia all out 58 v Eng Bradman out for a duck
19391209::27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7
19391209::Russian air raid on Helsinki
19401209::British assault on Banghazi Libya
19401209::British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
19401209::Illeagal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius
19401209::South Australia all out for 47 v NSW, O'Reilly 5-11
19411209::1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
19411209::300 Montgomery, SF opens as new Bank of America HQ
19411209::7th Heisman Trophy Award: Bruce Smith, Minnesota (HB)
19411209::China declares war on Japan, Germany & Italy
19411209::Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"
19411209::Hitler orders US ships torpedoed
19481209::UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide
19491209::Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty
19491209::NFL merges Cleve Browns, SF '49ers & Balt Colts from AAFC
19511209::Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-W�rttemberg, W Germ
19531209::General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired
19531209::Mont Canadiens (106) & Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty mins
19541209::Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad
19571209::1st Japanese ambassador to Israel
19581209::Robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society
19601209::1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV
19611209::"From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs
19611209::"Let It Ride" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 68 perfs
19611209::SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
19611209::Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania
19611209::Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
19621209::"I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway
19621209::Tanganyika becomes a republic within British Commonwealth
19631209::Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped
19631209::Zanzibar gains independence from Britain
19651209::"A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres
19651209::Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles
19651209::Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium
19671209::Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace
19671209::Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House
19671209::Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania
19681209::KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
19701209::Dutch Antilles: govt of Petronia falls
19711209::Lewis F Powell Jr appointed to Supreme Court
19731209::"Pajama Game" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
19731209::Bruno Sammartino beats Stan Stasiak in NY, to become WWF champ
19731209::St Louis Cardinal Jim Bakken kicks 6 field goals vs Atlanta Falcons
19731209::Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland
19741209::Dow Jones index hits 570.01
19741209::Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
19741209::Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail
19751209::Jelena Bonner receives Andrei Sacharov's Nobel Prize
19751209::Pres Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC
19781209::Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
19781209::1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
19791209::Murle Breer/Dave Eichelberger wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19801209::61øF in Boston at 1 AM
19811209::Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders
19821209::Mary-Beth & William Hurt divorce
19831209::Att Gen Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because food is free & that's easier than paying for it"
19831209::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19841209::59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63)
19841209::6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
19841209::Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19841209::Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane
19841209::LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards
19841209::Vicki Alvarez/Mike McDonald wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19851209::74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63)
19851209::Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
19851209::Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow
19871209::Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws
19871209::Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank
19881209::NY Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M
19881209::T Seki discovers asteroid #4496 Kamimachi
19891209::"Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne
19901209::Betsy King wins Itoman LPGA World Match Play Golf Championship
19901209::Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3k ladies (4:10.80)
19901209::Houston scores most points against Cleveland, Oilers 58, Browns 14
19901209::Lech Walesa wins presidental election in Poland
19901209::NFL NY Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard
19911209::2nd Billboard Music Awards
19911209::S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #5070 Arai
19921209::3rd Billboard Music Awards
19921209::Cin Red owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks
19921209::Operation Restore Hope - US Marines land in Somalia
19921209::Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)
19921209::NJ Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, & white for the 1992-93 season
19931209::"My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 165 performances
19931209::Ivory Coast Premier Ouattara resigns
19931209::T Kobayashi discovers asteroid #8199
19941209::5m meteor 1994 XM1 passes within 100,000 km of Earth
19941209::Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments
19941209::T Kobayashi discovers asteroid #6990
19951209::61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB)
07411210::Zacharias becomes Pope
12941210::Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th)
15081210::League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)
15201210::Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant
15821210::France begins use of Gregorian calendar
16521210::Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet
16721210::NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between NY & Boston
16881210::King James II flees London
16901210::Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money
17451210::Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester
17991210::Metric system established in France
18101210::Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)
18161210::Dutch regain Sumatra
18171210::Mississippi admitted as 20th state
18311210::"Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)
18641210::General Shermans armies reach Savannah & 12 day siege begins
18691210::Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)
18791210::J Palisa discovers asteroid #211 Isolda
18821210::John Brahms' "Gesang der the Parzen," premieres
18871210::Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great-Britain signs military treaty of Balkan
18961210::1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)
18961210::Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi," premieres in Paris
18981210::Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR & Guam
18991210::-15] British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa
18991210::Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army
18991210::Frank Wedekind's "Der Kammersang," premieres in Berlin
19011210::1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Fr‚d‚ric Passy)
19031210::Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie
19041210::King Peter I of Sweden named nationalist regime
19061210::Pres Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize
19071210::Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel prize for literature
19101210::JD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics
19111210::Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days)
19111210::Tobias Asser given Nobel prize for peace
19131210::Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics
19141210::French government returns to Paris
19151210::10,000,000th model T Ford assembled
19151210::Pres Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt
19181210::John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League
19191210::NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers
19191210::NY, Boston, & Chicago, oppose AL resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties
19191210::Nobel peace prize awarded to US president Wilson
19221210::Nobel awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr & Albert Einstein
19221210::Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards
19231210::Polish govt of Grabski, forms
19241210::Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years
19241210::Willem Einthoven awarded Nobel for medicine
19251210::George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel
19261210::1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)
19261210::2nd part of Hitler's Mein Kampf published
19271210::Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
19291210::Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st
19311210::Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
19311210::Manuel Aza¤a becomes premier/Niceto Zamora president of Spain
19321210::King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution
19341210::Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp
19341210::NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
19341210::Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite
19351210::A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000
19351210::White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000
19361210::King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson
19361210::Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry
19361210::England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
19381210::26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7
19381210::Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood
19391210::Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat NY Giants 27-0
19391210::KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary
19401210::British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)
19411210::British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore
19411210::Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines
19411210::Japanese troops overrun Guam
19421210::Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people"
19421210::North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under col-gen von Arnim
19431210::British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy
19441210::9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis
19441210::German counter attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar
19451210::Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
19451210::Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car
19471210::USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement
19481210::UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
19501210::Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
19521210::Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
19521210::WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
19521210::Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
19531210::"John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 perfs
19531210::KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
19531210::WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins
19541210::Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize
19541210::Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
19561210::Establishment of MPLA in Angola
19581210::1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111
19581210::U of Pitts agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates
19611210::Dr Ruth marries Fred Westheimer
19611210::Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans
19611210::US performs nuclear test at Carlsbad New Mexico (underground)
19611210::USSR & Albania break diplomatic relations
19621210::Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years
19631210::6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show
19631210::Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth
19641210::Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Jr
19651210::"Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 3 performances
19651210::Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia
19651210::Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
19661210::Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
19661210::Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken
19681210::Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
19701210::North American Soccer League awards NY & Toronto franchises
19711210::West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace
19711210::William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice
19721210::USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
19731210::1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith & J Connors)
19741210::European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament
19741210::Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun
19741210::Space probe Helios 1 launched
19751210::Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
19751210::Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, to become NWA champ
19761210::Wings release triple album "Wings Over America"
19771210::Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
19781210::"Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 33 performances
19781210::67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1)
19781210::In Oslo, Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
19781210::Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians
19791210::Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament
19801210::Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
19801210::USSR performs underground nuclear test
19811210::-13] El Salvador army kills 900
19811210::Jules Feiffer's "Grownups," premieres in NYC
19821210::Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas
19821210::Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off
19831210::58th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76)
19831210::Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
19831210::Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat NY Jets 34-7
19831210::Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president
19841210::1st "planet" outside our solar system discovered
19841210::South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize
19841210::WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
19851210::Bill to balance the federal budget passed by Congress
19851210::Junta leaders Videla & Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires
19861210::Atlanta Hawk Dominique Wilkins scores 57 points vs Chicago Bulls
19861210::France performs nuclear test
19861210::Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
19871210::"Nightline" is seen in USSR for 1st time
19881210::Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Mont Canadiens
19891210::President Gustav Hus k of Czechoslovakia, resigns
19901210::A Natori & T Urata discover asteroid #5650
19901210::Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die
19901210::Soyuz TM-10 lands
19901210::Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands
19911210::"Crucible" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 32 performances
19911210::F Borngen discovers asteroid #6070 Rheinland & #6653 Feininger
19911210::IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
19911210::Jackie Martling walks off of Howard Stern show for 1 day
19911210::Howard Spira sentenced to 2« years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
19921210::"My Favorite Year" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 37 perfs
19921210::NHL awards franchises to Mimai & Anaheim (for 1994-95)
19921210::NY Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key
19921210::Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (2 shy of record)
19931210::Dow Jones hits record 3740.67
19941210::60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB)
19941210::European Campaign against Racism "All different, All equal" begins
19941210::Nobel prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres & Yasser Arafat
19951210::1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81
19951210::Kelly Robbins & Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
19951210::Michael Slater scores 219 v Sri Lanka at the WACA
19951210::Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617
19951210::Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust v Sri Lanka, WACA)
19951210::Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours (Starting Dec 9 at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982
03841211::St Damasus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
14191211::Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence
14771211::Duchess Maria van Bourgondi‰ ends Great Privilegie
15721211::Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem
16181211::Russia & Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino
16201211::103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock (12/21 NS)
16651211::"Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna
16881211::King James II arrested
17101211::Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers)
17181211::Battle at Frederikshall Norway
17191211::1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US (New England)
17301211::Voltaire's "Brutus," premieres in Paris
17921211::France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason
18121211::1st newspaper on Cura‡ao (Cura‡ao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser)
18161211::Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders
18161211::Indiana becomes 19th state
18441211::1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct
18661211::1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean
18721211::1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)
18821211::Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe"
18821211::Victorien Sardous "Fedora," with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris
18881211::French Panama Canal company fails
18931211::11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed
18991211::Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronj‚ vs Gen Methuen
19011211::Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld
19031211::British forces under MacDonald & Young march into Tibet
19051211::120ø F (49ø C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)
19051211::British govt of Campbell-Bannerman forms
19061211::US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo
19081211::Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres
19091211::Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC
19091211::J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #691 Lehigh
19091211::Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000
19141211::Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed
19161211::David Lloyd George forms British war govt
19171211::13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot
19171211::German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
19191211::Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala
19251211::Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas
19261211::Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam
19261211::Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, v NSW
19281211::Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover
19281211::NL Pres John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers
19301211::Bank of the United States opens in NYC
19311211::Japan leaves the Golden Standard
19311211::Brit Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd
19321211::SF's coldest day (27øF) - it snows
19341211::1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland
19341211::1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers
19341211::Ford C Frick becomes president of baseball's National League
19341211::NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team)
19361211::G Kulin discovers asteroid #1436 Salonta
19361211::King Edward VIII marries Mrs Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI
19371211::25th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7
19371211::Italy withdraws from League of Nations
19381211::NY Giants win NFL championship
19391211::New anti Jewish measurements in Poland, proclaimed
19401211::Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault
19411211::Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
19411211::Germany & Italy declare war on US
19411211::Giants acquire Johnny Mize from Cards for 3 players & $50,000
19411211::Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)
19411211::Japanese occupy Guam
19421211::Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia
19441211::Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed
19451211::Het Parool publishes 1st Captain Rob-strip
19461211::Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label
19461211::Spain suspended from UN
19461211::UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)
19471211::"Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances
19471211::Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in Wings," premieres in NYC
19471211::Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected
19481211::WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
19481211::WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
19491211::Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
19491211::Cleveland Browns beat SF '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game
19491211::WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
19501211::Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract
19501211::Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres
19511211::Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement
19531211::KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station
19541211::Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
19541211::USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va
19561211::Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland
19571211::Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra
19581211::4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls
19581211::Archibald MacLeish's "JB," premieres in NYC
19581211::Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France
19591211::Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer & Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley & Joe Deaestri
19601211::Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die
19601211::Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in NYC
19601211::Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run
19611211::"Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released
19611211::Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel
19611211::Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 20 wks
19611211::JFK provides US miltary helicopters & crews to South Vietnam
19651211::"Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 16 performances
19651211::"Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 3 performances
19661211::Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards
19671211::6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed
19671211::Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit
19671211::People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established
19671211::SST prototype "Concorde" 1st shown (France)
19681211::KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
19681211::US Soccer Football Assoc refuses to let NASL disband
19691211::Libya adopts constitution
19701211::John Lennon releases an album that contains songs with word "fuck"
19701211::Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA, v England
19701211::Test Cricket debut of Gregory Stephen Chappell
19721211::Astronauts Cernan & Harrison become 11th & 12th on Moon
19721211::Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632)
19731211::Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed in death of 19 year old woman
19731211::NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle & Vancouver franchises
19731211::Ron Santo becomes 1st to invoke no-trade clause of 10-year-1-club vet
19731211::West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czech
19751211::1st class postage rises from 10› to 13›
19751211::Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis & Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich
19771211::Billboard Awards
19781211::6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NY Kennedy Airport & made off with $5.8 M in cash & jewelry
19791211::C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #5937 Loden
19791211::Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international
19791211::Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
19801211::Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, NSW v Victoria
19811211::Argentine president/gen Roberto Viola flees
19811211::Muhammad Ali's 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
19811211::Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
19811211::Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center
19811211::UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl
19811211::Wash Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2
19831211::1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)
19831211::72nd Australian Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (61 64 64)
19831211::Jan Stephens/Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19841211::"Doug Henning & His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 60 perf
19841211::Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya
19851211::Computer store owner in Sacramento Calif killed by package bomb
19851211::Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70)
19851211::General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC
19851211::NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 & ties record of 21 goals
19861211::A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League
19861211::South Africa censors press
19871211::Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI v India at Bombay
19881211::S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #5814 & #6004
19881211::Y Oshima discovers asteroid #4157 Izu
19891211::"City of Angels" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 878 performances
19891211::Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year KC Royals contract
19901211::13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tn I-75, due to fog
19901211::US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) returns from space
19911211::F Borngen discovers asteroid #6563 Steinheim
19911211::William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape
19921211::Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing $ Billion worth of damage
19921211::WNEW AM radio on 1130 in NYC ends transmitting after 58 years
19931211::59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB)
19931211::Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
19931211::T Kobayashi discovers asteroid #7027
19941211::Kelly Robbins & Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
19941211::Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjeni‰
19951211::Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million
19971211::"Sunshine Boys," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC
19971211::Fed judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows
06271212::Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen
10981212::1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria
14741212::Isabella crowns herself queen of Castili‰ & Aragon
14791212::Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
15241212::Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome
15271212::Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice
16531212::Barebone-parliament ends
16771212::Brandenburgs army occupies Stettin
17001212::Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar
17151212::Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund [NS=12/23]
17691212::Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
17871212::Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution
17911212::Bank of US opens
17921212::In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
18001212::Washington DC established as capital of US
18221212::Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US
18581212::1st Canadian coins circulated (1›, 5›, 10› & 20›)
18621212::Battle of Dumfries, VA
18621212::Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed)
18701212::Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps
18711212::Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum
18781212::Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch"
18841212::1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval
18971212::Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania
18971212::Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in NY Journal
18981212::1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania
18991212::1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii
18991212::George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
19001212::National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice & Sing," composed
19011212::Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US
19031212::Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo
19041212::CMS McClellans "Leah Kleschna," premieres in NYC
19061212::Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish govt member, appointed Sec of Commerce
19121212::R Friml/O Harbachs musical "Firefly," premieres in NYC
19131212::"Mona Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
19131212::Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
19151212::1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau Germany
19151212::Aristide Briand forms French war govt
19151212::Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia
19161212::Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed)
19171212::French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543
19171212::Rev Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb
19201212::Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse," premieres in Paris
19251212::Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo
19251212::Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia
19251212::Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over
19261212::Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Pianoconcert
19281212::Nichols/Brownes "Wings over Europe," premieres in NYC
19301212::Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book
19301212::Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
19301212::Start of the 1st Australia v West Indies Test (at Adelaide)
19311212::Japanese Govt of Imukai forms
19321212::S N Behrmans "Biography," premieres in NYC
19321212::USSR & China resume diplomatic relations
19361212::Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
19371212::NBC & RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY
19371212::Washington Redskins win NFL championship
19371212::Japanese aircraft shell & sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized & eventually paid US $2.2M in reparations)
19391212::Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die
19401212::British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani
19411212::European reservists on Java mobilizes
19411212::German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews
19411212::Russian 20th army recaptures Soljetsjnogorsk
19421212::German offensive in South Western Stalingrad
19451212::Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death
19461212::Ice plant collapses, shearing a tenement building & burying 38
19461212::Tide detergent introduced
19461212::UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
19471212::H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2201 Oljato
19471212::United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL
19491212::AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball
19501212::16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)
19501212::Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus & high school rule
19511212::Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement
19521212::Dallas Texans (former Boston Yanks) play last game, last original team
19531212::Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
19551212::1st prototype of hovercraft patented by Brit eng Christoper Cockerell
19571212::Maj Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo
19571212::US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond)
19571212::Jerry Lee Lewis weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13, while still married to his 1st wife Jane Mitcham
19581212::Dutch social democratic party-ministers/premier Drees dismissed
19581212::Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies v W Indies at Kanpur
19591212::UN Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established
19611212::Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36
19611212::Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstraters arrested in Albany Ga
19621212::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19631212::Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron
19631212::Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped
19631212::Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK
19641212::Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes
19641212::Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage" (Menagerie)
19651212::Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
19651212::Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155
19651212::Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
19651212::Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC
19661212::US Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta
19671212::US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit
19681212::Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
19681212::Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired
19681212::US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19691212::"Hello Dolly" with Barbra Striesand premieres
19691212::Bill Toomey achieves world record-score (8417 points)
19691212::Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed
19701212::Polish government proclaims price rise
19701212::Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays
19701212::USSR performs underground nuclear test
19731212::Canada begins selling Olympic coins ($5 & $10 silver coins)
19731212::San Diego files anti-trust against NL (stopping Padres move to DC)
19751212::Gas stove explodes & starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia)
19751212::Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill Pres Gerald Ford
19761212::QB Joe Namath last game as a NY Jet
19771212::Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
19791212::Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce
19791212::Rhodesia becomes independent nation of Zimbabwe
19801212::US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
19811212::"1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
19811212::Gambia & Senegal sign agreement to be known as Senegambia in Feb 1982
19811212::Wayne Gretzky scores quickest 50th goal (game 39)
19821212::"Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 perf
19821212::$9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC
19821212::57th Australian Womens Tennis: C Evert beats M Navratilova (63 26 63)
19821212::Joanne Carner/John Mahaffey wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
19831212::A truck bomb explodes at US Embassy in Kuwait
19851212::248 US soldiers & 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
19851212::DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die
19851212::NASA launches space vehicle S-207
19861212::David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 v England at Adelaide
19861212::James "Bone Crusher" Smith TKO's WBA champ Tim Witherspoon in MSG
19861212::Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed
19861212::South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested
19871212::Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game
19871212::Okla's sets NCAA record of 33 steals vs Centenary
19871212::Rollermania at MSG, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers
19881212::3 trains collide in London, 40 die
19881212::M Iwamoto & T Furuta discover asteroid #6383
19881212::NYC Subway system adds new stations (Z line)
19881212::PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
19881212::Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
19901212::US accuses Iraq of dragging its feet on dates for talks
19901212::US ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait
19911212::Actor Richard Gere marries super model Cindy Crawford
19911212::Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community
19911212::NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 12