On This Date In History

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December History Facts

Birthdays

  • George B. McClellan - Dec. 3, 1826
  • Edith Cavell - Dec. 4, 1865
  • Walt Disney - Dec. 5, 1901
  • George A. Custer - Dec. 5, 1839
  • Otto Graham - Dec. 6, 1921
  • Hugh Farr - Dec. 6, 1903
  • John S. Mosby - Dec. 6, 1833
  • Larry Bird - Dec. 7, 1956
  • Dan Blocker - Dec. 10, 1928
  • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Dec. 11, 1918
  • Dick Van Dyke - Dec. 13, 1925
  • Alvin C. York - Dec. 13, 1887
  • Mary Todd Lincoln - Dec. 13, 1818
  • Jimmy Doolittle - Dec. 14, 1896
  • Charles Wesley - Dec. 18, 1707
  • Paul Revere - Dec. 21, 1734
  • Sen. Ted Cruz - Dec. 22, 1970
  • Kit Carson - Dec. 24, 1809
  • Barbara Spooner Wilberforce - Dec. 24, 1771
  • Clara Barton, "Angel of the Battlefield" - Dec. 25, 1821
  • Jesus of Nazareth (celebrated) - Dec. 25, 0000
  • Louis Pasteur - Dec. 27, 1822
  • George Whitfield - Dec. 27, 1714
  • Billy Mitchell - Dec. 29, 1879
  • Tim Considine - Dec. 31, 1940
  • Pat Brady - Dec. 31, 1914
  • George Marshall, Jr. - Dec. 31, 1880
  • George Meade - Dec. 31, 1815
  • Charles Cornwallis - Dec. 31, 1738

Events

  • Pearl Harbor U.S. Navy "Battle of Music" - Dec. 6, 1941
  • Thirteenth Amendment Passed - Dec. 6, 1865
  • Empire of Japan attacks American forces at Pearl Habor - Dec. 7, 1941
  • Battle of Wake Island Begins - Dec. 8, 1941
  • America declares war on empire of Japan - Dec. 8, 1941
  • U.S. declares war on Axis Powers; Officially Enters WWII - Dec. 11, 1941
  • The Battle Of Fredericksburg Begins - Dec. 11, 1862
  • Sadam Hussein captured by U.S. forces - Dec. 13, 2003
  • Boston Tea Party - Dec. 16, 1773
  • Launch Of Shackleton's Endurance - Dec. 17, 1912
  • Wright brothers' first flight - Dec. 17, 1903
  • Gen. Washington makes camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania - Dec. 19, 1777
  • Brig. Gen. McAuliffe to German surrender demand: "NUTS!" - Dec. 22, 1944
  • "Obamacare" Passes Senate - Dec. 24, 2009
  • "Old Yeller" film released - Dec. 25, 1957
  • George Washington crosses the Delaware - Dec. 25, 1776
  • Babe Ruth sold to Yankees from Red Sox - Dec. 26, 1919
  • Boxing Day - Dec. 26, 0000
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