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Clockwise from top-left: Space Station Mir is launched by the Soviet Union; the 1986 FIFA World Cup is held in Mexico and is won by Argentina; Halley's Comet comes into perihelion for the first time since 1910; the worst nuclear disaster in human history takes place at Chernobyl in present-day Ukraine; People Power Revolution protests against regime violence and electoral fraud in the ...
December 2 – Dean Alfange, American politician (d. 1989) December 5 – Gershom Scholem, German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher, historian (d. 1982) December 9 – Hermione Gingold, English actress (d. 1987) December 14 – Kurt Schuschnigg, 11th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1977) December 18 – Fletcher Henderson, American musician (d. 1952)
1676 – The Battle of Lund, becomes the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history. 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart 's army reaches Derby , its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising . 1783 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers .
December 18 – Richard Wetherill and his brother-in-law, Charlie Mason, discover the Indian ruins of Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado. December 23 – During a bout of mental illness (and having quarreled with his friend Paul Gauguin ), Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh infamously cuts off the lower part of his own left ear, taking it to a ...
December 2011 was the twelfth and final month of that common year. The month, which began on a Thursday, ended on a Saturday after 31 days. Portal:Current events. This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from December 2011.
18 December 18, 1916 (Monday) 19 December 19, ... The following events occurred in December 1916: ... the deadliest rail disaster in the country's history. [4]
Date is Old Style; the date in the New Style modern calendar is 19 December.) 1775 – American Revolutionary War : British troops and Loyalists , misinformed about Patriot militia strength, lose the Battle of Great Bridge , ending British rule in Virginia .
December 9. McKayla Maroney, American gymnast [73] Kelly Oubre Jr., American basketball player; December 14 – Yulia Belokobylskaya, Russian gymnast; December 18 – Guerschon Yabusele, French basketball player [74] December 18 – Lim Na-young, South Korean singer; December 24 – Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player [75] December 27