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