| 2012 | United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II attends a meeting of the Cabinet for the first time, receiving a gift honoring her Diamond Jubilee; this was first time a Cabinet meeting was attended by a British monarch since the reign of Queen Victoria |
| 2012 | Prime Minister Victor Ponta, of the Social Liberal Union, is nominated by Romanian President, Traian Basescu, to form a new government after Romania holds its parliamentary election later this December |
| 2011 | During the 40th anniversary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, a bomb kills one person and clashes break out between security and opposition protesters |
| 2011 | The last convoy of U.S. Army soldiers leaves Iraq, formally marking the end of the Iraq War |
| 2010 | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is granted temporary powers to pass laws by decree, negating any required review or support from the National Assembly |
| 2010 | Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad publicly declares Palestinians have changed; they are now fully committed to non-violence |
| 2009 | 30,000 Phillipine people remain in temporary shelter as scientists predict the Mount Mayon volcano will erupt in the coming weeks |
| 2005 | Bolivia elects leftist Evo Morales president |
| 1996 | Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England |
| 1996 | Television industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system |
| 1994 | "Comedy Tonight" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 8 performances |
| 1994 | "What's Wrong With this Pic?" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 12 perf |
| 1994 | Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges |
| 1994 | General Hospital stars Kristina Malandro and Jack Wagner wed |
| 1994 | Norman, Couples and Azinger wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Golf Challenge |
| 1994 | Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election |
| 1993 | Kevin Scott skates world record 1K (1:12.54) |
| 1992 | FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations |
| 1991 | DeForest Kelly (Dr. McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood |
| 1991 | General Motors announces closing of 21 plants |
| 1990 | NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion |
| 1990 | NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win) |
| 1989 | "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years |
| 1989 | Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," premieres in New York City |
| 1988 | 5th meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets win and eliminate Giants from playoffs |
| 1988 | Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record |
| 1987 | Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future president, marries Asif Ali Zardari |
| 1987 | Ivan F. Boesky sentenced to 3 years for insider trading |
| 1986 | Mr Gates, serves as acting director of CIA |
| 1985 | "Jerry's Girls" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 139 performances |
| 1985 | U.N. Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking" |
| 1984 | 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1) |
| 1983 | NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak |
| 1982 | Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds |
| 1980 | Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden |
| 1980 | Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws |
| 1980 | IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike |
| 1980 | Vietnam adopts constitution |
| 1979 | Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH) |
| 1978 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1978 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond |
| 1977 | Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off |
| 1976 | "A Star is Born," with Barbra Striesand, premieres |
| 1976 | Wonder Woman debuts on ABC |
| 1976 | Soviet dissident Viktor Bukovskiexchanged for Chile CP-leader Corvalan |
| 1974 | SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens |
| 1973 | Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days |
| 1973 | Yankees sign Dick Williams as manager, overturned later by AL president |
| 1972 | U.S. begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam |
| 1971 | 1st Candlelight Processional |
| 1971 | CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts |
| 1971 | People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic |
| 1970 | "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 587 performances |
| 1970 | Polish uprising fails |
| 1970 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1969 | "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 333 performances |
| 1969 | Britain abolishes death penalty |
| 1969 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1968 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1966 | Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS |
| 1966 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1965 | "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 7 performances |
| 1965 | Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission |
| 1965 | Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates |
| 1964 | "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 199 performances |
| 1964 | "The Pink Panther" cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink) |
| 1964 | During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home |
| 1964 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1963 | Clarke runs world record 10k (28:15.6) |
| 1963 | Muskegon, Michigan gets 3' of snow |
| 1962 | Dmitri Shostakovich' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow |
| 1962 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1962 | WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1961 | Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles |
| 1961 | For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year |
| 1961 | India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu |
| 1961 | KAIL TV channel 53 in Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting |
| 1961 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 78 points vs LA |
| 1960 | General Meeting of United Nations condemns apartheid |
| 1959 | Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of New York Titans (AFL) |
| 1958 | 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip |
| 1958 | 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower |
| 1958 | Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) |
| 1957 | Shippingport Atomic Power Stn, 1st nuke plant to generate electricity |
| 1956 | "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV |
| 1956 | Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai |
| 1956 | Japan admitted to UN |
| 1956 | Phil Rizzuto signs as New York Yankee radio-TV announcer |
| 1953 | KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | KMID TV channel 2 in Midland and Odessa, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | Ellis W Ryan resigns as Cleveland Indians president |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game |
| 1948 | Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election |
| 1948 | WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1947 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax |
| 1946 | TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run |
| 1945 | Uruguay joins UN |
| 1944 | Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines) |
| 1944 | Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants |
| 1941 | German submarine U-434 sinks |
| 1941 | Japanse troops land on Hong Kong |
| 1939 | Finnish army recaptures Aglajarvi |
| 1936 | 1st giant panda imported into US |
| 1936 | Queensland cricket all out for 49 vs. Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17 |
| 1936 | Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in SF |
| 1935 | Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia |
| 1935 | Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia |
| 1932 | Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game |
| 1930 | Bradman scores 258 NSW vs. South Australia, 289 minutes, 37 fours |
| 1923 | International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco |
| 1920 | 1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US |
| 1917 | Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent |
| 1915 | President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt |
| 1905 | H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW vs. Qld) |
| 1899 | Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa |
| 1898 | Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) |
| 1892 | "Nutcracker Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres |
| 1892 | Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony, premieres |
| 1890 | Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda |
| 1878 | French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed |
| 1869 | Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game |
| 1865 | 13th Amendment ratified, slavery abolished |
| 1865 | 1st U.S. cattle importation law passed |
| 1862 | Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) |
| 1859 | South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth" |
| 1858 | Passy, at Paris: 1st "Samedi soir" i/d villa of lovers Rossini |
| 1849 | William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope |
| 1839 | 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York City |
| 1832 | Charles Darwin visits Vurland |
| 1813 | British take Ft. Niagara in War of 1812 |
| 1799 | George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon |
| 1796 | 1st U.S. newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) |
| 1787 | New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution |
| 1783 | English king George III fires government of Portland |
| 1777 | 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender |
| 1774 | Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia |
| 1719 | Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" |
| 1621 | English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation |
| 1603 | Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies |
| 1406 | Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant |
| 1352 | Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI |
| 1118 | Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden |
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