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What Happened in December — Daily History Calendar
December has 31 days and about 1204 recorded events. Tap any date to open its page.
- 1 December 1 The Arecibo Telescope collapses. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 2 December 2 Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 3 December 3 Martial law is declared in South Korea. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 4 December 4 Yasser Abu Shabab is assassinated near Rafah, Gaza Strip. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 5 December 5 The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 6 December 6 Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 7 December 7 British racing driver Lando Norris wins the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2025 with McLaren. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 8 December 8 Singapore, under the government's approval, published its now-declassified Albatross file, comprising information relating to the Proclamation of Singapore dating back six decades ago. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 9 December 9 Fifty-five people are killed and more than 100 injured when a truck with 160 migrants from Central America overturned in Chiapas, Mexico. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 10 December 10 A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 11 December 11 The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 12 December 12 Indian Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju became the undisputed World Chess Champion in a tournament held in Singapore, making him the 18th and the youngest champion in chess history. 30 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 13 December 13 The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009. 37 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 14 December 14 At least 16 people are killed, including one gunman, and 43 injured in a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in the deadliest terror incident in Australia. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 15 December 15 A 6.5Mwearthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Java in the city of Tasikmalaya, resulting in four deaths. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 16 December 16 The Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 17 December 17 The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 18 December 18 Argentina win the FIFA World Cup final, defeating title holders France 4–2 on penalties following a 3–3 draw after extra time. 36 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 19 December 19 Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhibition in Ankara. The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by a Turkish guard. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 20 December 20 Six people are killed and over 200 are injured when an anti-Islam activist drives a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. 39 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 21 December 21 Fourteen people are killed and 25 others injured during a mass shooting at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. 34 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 22 December 22 A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 23 December 23 The crash of Harmony Jets Flight 185 killed all eight people on board, including the Libyan Army chief Mohammed al-Haddad in Ankara, Turkey. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 24 December 24 Burmese military forces commit the Mo So massacre, killing at least 44 civilians. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 25 December 25 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of its occupants. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 26 December 26 Israel recognises Somaliland as an independent state, becoming the first country to do so. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 27 December 27 An estimated €30 million were stolen from a Sparkasse bank in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 28 December 28 Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution. 35 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 29 December 29 Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history. 33 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 30 December 30 A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 31 December 31 The World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25