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2011
U.S. declares an end to the War in Iraq
In a ceremony held in Baghdad on December 15, 2011, the war that began in 2003 with the American-led invasion of Iraq officially comes to an end. Though today was the official end date of the Iraq War, violence continued and in fact worsened over the subsequent years. The withdrawal of American... read more
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1970s
1973
Kidnapped grandson of Getty billionaire found
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1944
Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel
1993
“Schindler’s List” opens, wins Steven Spielberg his first Oscar
 
Cold War
1978
United States announces that it will recognize communist China
 
Crime
1988
James Brown begins his prison sentence
 
Holocaust
1961
Architect of the Holocaust sentenced to die
 
LGBTQ+ History
1973
The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses
 
Landmarks
2001
Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens
 
Native American History
1890
Sitting Bull killed by Indian police
 
Sports
1925
Madison Square Garden formally opens with NHL game
1973
Jockey Sandy Hawley wins record 500th race
1974
“Catfish” Hunter becomes MLB’s first free agent in modern era
 
U.S. Constitution
1791
Bill of Rights is finally ratified
 
World War I
1917
Russia reaches armistice with the Central Powers
 
World War II
1945
General MacArthur orders end of Shinto as Japanese state religion

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December 16
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1773
The Boston Tea Party
In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. The midnight raid, popularly known as the “Boston Tea Party,” was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to... read more
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1960s
1960
Two airplanes collide over New York City
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1775
Jane Austen is born
1893
Antonin Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” receives its world premiere in New York City
2009
Blockbuster sci-fi film “Avatar” has its U.S. premiere
 
Crime
1989
A terrorist bomber begins his deadly rampage
 
Sports
1973
OJ Simpson rushes record 2,000 yards in a season
 
U.S. Presidents
1950
President Truman declares state of emergency over Korean War
1998
U.S. House of Representatives recommends impeaching Clinton
1998
President Clinton orders air attack on Iraq
 
World War I
1914
Germans bombard English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough
 
World War II
1938
Hitler establishes Mother’s Cross to encourage German women to procreate
1944
Battle of the Bulge begins

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December 17
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1903
First airplane flies
Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft on December 17, 1903. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its... read more
 
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19th Century
1872
Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance
 
1960s
1961
Circus catches fire in Brazil, killing hundreds
 
21st Century
2011
Kim Jong Il, leader of North Korea, dies
 
American Revolution
1777
France formally recognizes the United States
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1892
First issue of “Vogue” is published
2003
Third and final “Lord of the Rings” movie opens
 
Civil War
1862
Union General Ulysses S. Grant expels Jews from his military district
 
Cold War
1991
Boris Yeltsin announces the Soviet Union will cease to exist by New Year’s Eve
 
Crime
1975
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme sentenced to life for assassination attempt
1986
“Operation Iceman” nabs notorious mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski
 
Inventions & Science
1979
Stuntman Stan Barrett breaks the sound barrier, unofficially
 
Middle Eastern History
2010
Street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Tunisia, igniting the Arab Spring
 
U.S. Government and Politics
1944
U.S. approves end to internment of Japanese Americans
1963
Clean Air Act becomes law
 
World War II
1941
Commander at Pearl Harbor relieved of his duties

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December 18
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1620
Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Harbor
On December 18, 1620, with the English ship Mayflower anchored in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, a small party of sailors from the vessel go ashore, as its passengers prepare to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony.... read more
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Art, Literature and Film History
1961
The Tokens earn a #1 hit with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
 
European History
1912
News breaks of “Piltdown Man” fossil discovery
 
Slavery
1865
Slavery abolished in America with adoption of 13th amendment
 
Sports
1932
First NFL playoff game is played indoors
 
U.S. Presidents
1915
Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Bolling Galt
1972
Joe Biden loses first wife and daughter in tragic car accident
2019
Donald Trump impeached for the first time
 
Vietnam War
1972
Nixon announces start of “Christmas Bombing” of North Vietnam
 
World War I
1916
Battle of Verdun ends
 
World War II
1941
Japan invades Hong Kong

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December 19
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1998
President Clinton impeached
After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history to be impeached, vowed to finish... read more
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American Revolution
1776
Thomas Paine publishes “The American Crisis”
1777
George Washington leads troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1843
“A Christmas Carol” is published
1997
“Titanic” sails into theaters
 
Asian History
1984
Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China
 
Cold War
1986
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov released from internal exile
 
Colonial America
1732
Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor Richard’s Almanack” is published
 
Crime
1986
World Series parachutist sentenced
 
Space Exploration
1972
Last lunar-landing mission ends
 
Sports
1917
National Hockey League opens its first season
1990
Bo Jackson becomes first athlete named to NFL, MLB all-star games
 
World War II
1941
Hitler takes command of the German army

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December 20
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1957
Elvis Presley is drafted
On December 20, 1957, while spending the Christmas holidays at Graceland, his newly purchased Tennessee mansion, rock-and-roll star Elvis Presley receives his draft notice for the United States Army. With a suggestive style—one writer called him “Elvis the Pelvis”—a hit movie, "Love Me Tender," and a... read more
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1990s
1995
NATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1989
“Roger & Me” opens in U.S. theaters
 
Cold War
1963
Berlin Wall opened for first time
 
Crime
1986
Man chased to his death in Howard Beach hate crime
 
Latin American & Caribbean History
1989
The U.S. invades Panama
 
Vietnam War
1960
National Liberation Front formed
 
World War II
1941
Hitler to Halder: No retreat!

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December 21
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1988
Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, as well as 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground. A bomb hidden inside an audio cassette player detonated in the cargo area when the... read more
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19th Century
1866
Native warriors ambush 81 U.S. soldiers in Fetterman Massacre
 
21st Century
2012
“Gangnam Style” becomes the first YouTube video to reach one billion views
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1967
“The Graduate” opens in New York
1996
“Curious George” co-creator Margret Rey dies
 
Crime
1954
A sensationalized murder trial inspires “The Fugitive”
1980
Socialite Sunny von Bulow is found comatose
 
European History
1958
Charles de Gaulle elected president of France
 
Space Exploration
1968
Apollo 8 departs for lunar orbit
 
Sports
1891
First basketball game played
 
U.S. Presidents
1970
President Nixon meets Elvis Presley
 
World War II
1945
General George S. Patton dies

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December 22
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1956
First gorilla born in captivity
On December 22, 1956, a baby gorilla named Colo enters the world at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, becoming the first-ever gorilla born in captivity. Weighing in at approximately 4 pounds, Colo, a western lowland gorilla whose name was a combination of Columbus and Ohio, was the daughter of Millie and... read more
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19th Century
1884
Cattleman John Chisum dies in Arkansas
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1808
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony given world premiere in Vienna
1849
Fyodor Dostoevsky spared from execution
1993
“Philadelphia,” the first major Hollywood movie about AIDS, opens in theaters
 
Civil War
1864
General Sherman presents President Lincoln with a Christmas gift
 
Cold War
1989
Romanian government falls
 
Crime
1978
John Wayne Gacy confesses to dozens of murders
1984
Bernhard Goetz shoots four youths on the subway
2001
“Shoe bomber” Richard Reid attempts to detonate bombs on Paris-Miami flight
 
European History
1894
Albert Dreyfus found guilty, sparking French scandal
 
Latin American & Caribbean History
1988
Chico Mendes, leading Brazilian conservationist, is assassinated
 
Sports
1894
Governing body for U.S. golf is founded
 
U.S. Presidents
1968
Julie Nixon marries David Eisenhower
 
Vietnam War
1971
Soviet Union attacks Chinese policy toward Vietnam
 
World War I
1917
Russian-German peace talks begin at Brest-Litovsk
 
World War II
1941
Churchill and Roosevelt discuss war and peace

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December 23
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1888
Vincent van Gogh chops off his ear
On December 23, 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in Arles, France. He later documented the event in a painting titled "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear." Today, Van Gogh is regarded as an...  read more
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American Revolution
1783
George Washington resigns as commander in chief
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1823
The poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas” is first published
1959
Chuck Berry is indicted on Mann Act charges in St. Louis, Missouri
1997
Woody Allen marries Soon-Yi Previn
 
Black History
1867
Madam C.J. Walker is born
 
Christmas
1823
The poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas” is first published
 
Cold War
1968
Crew of USS Pueblo released by North Korea
 
Colonial America
1620
Construction of Plymouth settlement begins
 
Crime
2009
“Balloon Boy” parents sentenced in Colorado
 
Exploration
1986
Voyager completes global flight
 
Inventions & Science
1982
Chemical contamination prompts evacuation of Missouri town
1983
The journal "Science" publishes first academic report on nuclear winter
 
Sports
1972
Pittsburgh Steelers’ Franco Harris scores on “Immaculate Reception” iconic NFL play
1982
Chaminade shocks No. 1 Virginia in one of greatest upsets in sports history
 
World War II
1944
The execution of Eddie Slovik is authorized
1948
Japanese war criminals hanged in Tokyo

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December 24
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1979
Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
On December 24, 1979, the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty of 1978. As midnight approached, the Soviets organized a massive military airlift into Kabul, involving an estimated 280 transport aircraft and three divisions of almost... read more
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19th Century
1814
Treaty signed to end the War of 1812
1851
Fire ravages Library of Congress
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1973
Stephenie Meyer, best-selling author of “Twilight” novels, is born
 
Cold War
1952
McCarran-Walter Act goes into effect, revising immigration laws
 
Inventions & Science
1801
Richard Trevithick introduces his “Puffing Devil”
1948
A family moves into the world’s first fully solar house
 
U.S. Presidents
1923
President Coolidge lights first national Christmas tree
 
Vietnam War
1964
Viet Cong bomb Brinks Hotel
1972
Bob Hope gives his last show in Vietnam

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December 25
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1914
The Christmas Truce
Just after midnight on Christmas morning, the majority of German troops engaged in World War I cease firing their guns and artillery and commence to sing Christmas carols. At certain points along the eastern and western fronts, the soldiers of Russia, France, and Britain even heard brass bands... read more
American Revolution
1776
George Washington crosses the Delaware
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1895
The legend of “Stagger Lee” is born
1941
Bing Crosby introduces “White Christmas” to the world
1962
“To Kill a Mockingbird” film premieres in Los Angeles
 
Cold War
1991
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the USSR
 
Religion
6
Christ is born?
 
Sports
1971
Miami Dolphins beat Kansas City Chiefs in NFL’s longest game
2002
Katie Hnida is first woman to play in Division I football game

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December 26
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1946
Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel
Mobster Bugsy Siegel opens the glitzy Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 26, 1946.  Well-known singer and comedian Jimmy Durante headlined the night’s entertainment, with music by Cuban band leader Xavier Cugat. Some of infamous gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel’s Hollywood friends,... read more
19th Century
1820
Moses Austin asks Spain for Texas colony
 
American Revolution
1776
George Washington wins first major U.S. victory at Trenton
 
Annual Observances
1941
FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday
1966
The first Kwanzaa
 
Art, Literature and Film History
1973
“The Exorcist” opens in theaters
 
Crime
1996
Body of six‑year‑old JonBenét Ramsey is found
 
Inventions & Science
1956
Carmaker Preston Tucker dies
 
Natural Disasters & Environment
2004
Tsunami devastates Indian Ocean coast
 
Sports
1908
Jack Johnson wins heavyweight title
 
U.S. Presidents
1972
Harry Truman dies
 
World War I
1917
U.S. government takes over control of nation’s railroads
 
World War II
1941
Office of Price Administration announces automobile tire rationing
1943
Britain surprises German attacker in the Arctic
1944
General Patton relieves Allies at Bastogne

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December 27
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1932
Radio City Music Hall opens
At the height of the Great Depression, thousands turn out for the opening of Radio City Music Hall, a magnificent Art Deco theater in New York City. Radio City Music Hall was designed as a palace for the people, a place of beauty where ordinary people could see high-quality entertainment. Since its... read more
Art, Literature and Film History
1904
J.M. Barrie’s play “Peter Pan” opens in London
 
Cold War
1979
Soviets take over in Afghanistan
 
Crime
1900
Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashes bar
1985
World‑renowned primatologist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda
 
European History
1831
Charles Darwin sets sail from England
 
Middle Eastern History
2007
Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto assassinated
 
Space Exploration
1968
Apollo 8 returns to Earth
 
U.S. Presidents
1944
FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward
 
World War I
1918
Polish citizens take up arms against German troops in Poznan

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December 28
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1895
First commercial movie screened
On December 28, 1895, the world’s first commercial movie screening takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumière, two French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumière brothers unveiled their invention to the public in... read more
Art, Literature and Film History
1973
“The Gulag Archipelago” is published
1991
Nine killed in a stampede outside a hip-hop celebrity basketball game
 
Crime
1793