Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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 5, 1933 | The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. |
| December 20, 1803 | The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans. |
| December 2, 1942 | World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. |
| December 19, 1796 | French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia. |
| December 31, 1757 | Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia. |
| December 5, 1914 | The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. |
| December 15, 1945 | Occupation of Japan/Shinto Directive: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan. |
| December 25, 1492 | The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch. |
| December 17, 1583 | Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg. |
| December 12, 1945 | The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed in the South, by order of the United States Army Military Government in Korea. |
| December 1, 1918 | The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. |
| December 3, 1972 | Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, killing all 155 people on board. |
| December 25, 1991 | Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union. |
| December 1, 1971 | Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate |
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