Events 1001 - 1,082 of 1,082
- Dec 1 Miami quarterback Dan Marino sets an NFL record when he reaches 3,000 yards passing for the 8th time in his career during Dolphin's 33-14 win over Tampa Bay at Joe Robbie Stadium
- Dec 1 Reigning US Open champion Payne Stewart wins only 1 hole, but claims the Skins Game at La Quinta and sets record in the process; 3-foot birdie putt at 14th hole earns 8 skins worth $260,000; record for most money won on 1 hole
- Dec 2 Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bobby Bonilla becomes highest paid player in MLB when he agrees to record $29 million-5 year deal with New York Mets
- Dec 2 Muslim Shi'ites release American hostage Joseph Cicippio held in Lebanon
- Dec 2 Australia routs India by 10 wickets in the 1st cricket Test in Brisbane; first Test to be officiated by a match referee; former England captain MJK Smith does the honours
Event of Interest
Dec 3 Hulk Hogan defeats the Undertaker at 'This Tuesday in Texas' at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio to become 4-time WWF champion
Hulk Hogan
- Dec 3 Muslim Shi'ites release US hostage Alan Steen
- Dec 3 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
- Dec 4 Judds final concert (Nashville)
- Dec 4 Muslim Shi'ites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
- Dec 4 Pan American World Airways ceased operations
- Dec 4 Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
- Dec 5 "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances
- Dec 5 Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
- Dec 5 NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
- Dec 6 "Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen
- Dec 6 "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
- Dec 7 A J Kitt, US, wins World Skiing Cup
- Dec 8 "Homecoming" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 49 performances
- Dec 8 "Nick & Nora" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 9 performances
- Dec 8 Kris Tschetter/Billy Andrade wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
- Dec 8 Russia, Belorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States
- Dec 8 The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.
Music Awards
Dec 9 2nd Billboard Music Awards: Michael Jackson & Whitney Houston win
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Event of Interest
Dec 10 Howard Spira sentenced to 2½ years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
George Steinbrenner
- Dec 11 William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape
- Dec 12 NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81
- Dec 12 Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection
- Dec 12 Tampa Bay Bucaneer Dexter Manley, retires after failing drug test
- Dec 12 Abuja replaces Lagos as the capital city of Nigeria
- Dec 13 Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation
- Dec 13 NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
- Dec 13 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
- Dec 14 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
- Dec 14 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
- Dec 15 "Nick & Nora" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 9 performances
- Dec 15 Deb Richard wins JBP Cup LPGA Match Play Golf Championship
- Dec 16 Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
- Dec 16 UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
- Dec 16 Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Dec 17 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts
- Dec 17 NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80
- Dec 17 Patrick Manning becomes premier of Trinidad & Tobago
- Dec 17 Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode
- Dec 18 DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood
- Dec 18 General Motors announces closing of 21 plants
- Dec 19 "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 14 performances
- Dec 19 6,000th episode of One Life To Live
Event of Interest
Dec 19 Boris Yeltsin takes control of the Kremlin
Boris Yeltsin
- Dec 19 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession
- Dec 20 NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
- Dec 20 Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia
- Dec 20 A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
Film Release
Dec 20 "Father of the Bride" film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, and Martin Short, is released
- Dec 21 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
- Dec 21 El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane
- Dec 21 Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States
- Dec 23 NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
- Dec 25 Last day of a washout Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala
Event of Interest
Dec 25 Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigns as President of USSR in a televised speech
Mikhail Gorbachev
- Dec 26 Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years
- Dec 26 Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India
- Dec 26 NY Islander Derek King ties NJ Devils 5-5 with ½ second left
- Dec 27 "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
- Dec 27 Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
- Dec 27 Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach
- Dec 28 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC
- Dec 28 Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25
- Dec 28 Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen
- Dec 28 Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venez, crowned 41st Miss World
Event of Interest
Dec 28 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year
Ted Turner
- Dec 29 "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 14 performances
- Dec 29 12th United Negro College Fund
- Dec 29 Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei
- Dec 31 CPN, Communist Party of Netherland, last day of existence
- Dec 31 Daniel R McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner
- Dec 31 Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83
- Dec 31 J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner