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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