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 29, 1812 USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
December 25, 2021 The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
December 19, 1187 Pope Clement III is elected.
December 6, 2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
December 24, 1294 Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
December 20, 1995 NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
December 20, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
December 23, 962 The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
December 2, 1988 Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
December 4, 1986 The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).
December 6, 1648 Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
December 19, 1932 BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
December 2, 1993 Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
December 25, 1932 A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
December 6, 1916 World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

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