Events 401 - 417 of 417
- Dec 17 WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, Ohio (ABC) begins broadcasting
Historic Invention
Dec 17 British industrial company BTH receives a patent for holography, invented by Dennis Gabor in their development lab
Historic Invention
Dec 23 Transistor invented by John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley in Bell Labs
- Dec 25 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law)
- Dec 25 Constitution of the Republic of China comes into effect
- Dec 26 "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances
- Dec 26 British transfer Heard & McDonald Islands (Indian Ocean) to Australia
- Dec 26 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs That same day, LA set a record high of 84°F
- Dec 27 1st "Howdy Doody Show" (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
- Dec 28 Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game
- Dec 28 National Football League Championship, Comiskey Park, Chicago: Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles, 28-21; Cardinals' only title victory
- Dec 29 Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine
- Dec 30 King Michael of Romania, forced by Communists abdicates his throne, sending him into exlie
- Dec 30 Romanian republic proclaimed