Historic Event
Dec 1 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama
- Dec 3 KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Dec 4 Bernardus Johannes Alfrink installed as Archbishop of Utrecht
- Dec 5 American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merge to form the AFL-CIO, with George Meany as President
- Dec 5 Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery, Alabama by Rosa Parks and other civil rights activists
Historic Event
Dec 5 Montgomery Improvement Association formed by Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Edgar Nixon to support the Montgomery bus protest in Montgomery, Alabama
Sports History
Dec 8 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
- Dec 8 Turkish government of Menderes forms
Film Release
Dec 8 Black Ealing comedy "The Ladykillers", directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness is released in the UK
- Dec 12 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell
Film Premiere
Dec 12 Film adaptation of "The Rose Tattoo", starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster, premieres at the Astor Theatre in Times Square, NYC
Music Single
Dec 15 "Folsom Prison Blues" single released by Johnny Cash (Billboard Song of the Year 1968)
Historic Event
Dec 24 Author Aldous Huxley takes LSD for the first time
- Dec 26 National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams, 38-14; Browns defend title and win their 3rd NFL Championship of the 1950s in a second straight rout
- Dec 26 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV
- Dec 28 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0)
Music History
Dec 29 Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13
Historic Event
Dec 31 The General Motors Corporation becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over $1 billion USD in a year.
