Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
Here is a list of some historical events in December. You can learn What major event happened in December?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 15, 1906 | The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens. |
| December 26, 1994 | Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers. |
| December 22, 1965 | In the United Kingdom, a 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. |
| December 27, 1996 | Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan. |
| December 15, 1256 | Mongol forces under Hulagu enter and dismantle the Nizari Ismaili (Assassin) stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of their offensive on Islamic southwest Asia. |
| December 24, 1942 | World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria. |
| December 24, 1294 | Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned. |
| December 20, 1973 | Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco: A car bomb planted by ETA in Madrid kills three people, including the Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco. |
| December 22, 2012 | Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar. |
| December 20, 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life premieres at the Globe Theatre in New York to mixed reviews. |
| December 12, 1979 | The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami. |
| December 19, 2013 | Spacecraft Gaia is launched by European Space Agency. |
| December 20, 69 | Antonius Primus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero's former general Vespasian. |
| December 14, 1903 | The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. |
| December 14, 1902 | The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu. |
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