Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 16, 1944 | World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. |
| December 5, 1952 | Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it. |
| December 24, 1994 | Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists. |
| December 19, 1777 | American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. |
| December 13, 2001 | Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists. |
| December 13, 1943 | World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece. |
| December 14, 1909 | New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. |
| December 9, 1824 | Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence. |
| December 23, 1936 | Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon. |
| December 20, 1967 | A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 249 kilometres per hour (155 mph) on their New York Division, also present-day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. |
| December 8, 1912 | Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out. |
| December 22, 2018 | A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more. |
| December 18, 1999 | NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT. |
| December 18, 1944 | World War II: XX Bomber Command responds to the Japanese Operation Ichi-Go offensive by dropping five hundred tons of incendiary bombs on a supply base in Hankow, China. |
| December 3, 1972 | Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, killing all 155 people on board. |
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