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- Dec 4 Xavier Bettel becomes Luxenberg's first openly gay Prime Minister
- Dec 5 52 people are killed and 167 are injured in a militant attack on a defense ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen
Event of Interest
Dec 6 Pope Francis gives his ascent to a proposal to create a permanent post on the Pontifical Commission on cases of sin and sexual abuse of minors
Pope Francis
Event of Interest
Dec 9 Mike Ditka's #89 jersey is retired by the Chicago Bears
Mike Ditka
- Dec 10 Mary Barra of General Motors becomes the first female CEO of a major automotive company
- Dec 10 Uruguay becomes the first country to legalize the growth, sale, and use of marijuana
- Dec 11 Pope Francis is named Time magazine's person of the year
- Dec 11 20 people are killed by the bubonic plague in a small Madagascan village
- Dec 12 The United States announces sanctions on the two dozen companies who assisted Iran with their nuclear program
Beyoncé Knowles
Event of Interest
Dec 14 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is named as one of the 25 Greatest Global Living Indians by NDTV Channel, India
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Election of Interest
Dec 15 Michelle Bachelet is re-elected President of Chile
Michelle Bachelet
- Dec 15 China successfully lands its moon rover on the moon
- Dec 16 21 people are killed and 20 are injured after a bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, Philippines
- Dec 16 79th Heisman Trophy Award: Jameis Winston, Florida State (QB)
- Dec 17 Australia wins the 3rd test to take win the 2013-14 Ashes test cricket series
Election of Interest
Dec 17 Angela Merkel is elected Chancellor of Germany for a third term
Angela Merkel
Hall of Fame
Dec 17 Cat Stevens, Hall & Oates, Kiss, Linda Ronstadt and Nirvana are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Kurt Cobain
Cat Stevens
- Dec 19 81 people are injured after part of the ceiling caved in at London's Apollo Theatre
Film Release
Dec 25 "The Wolf of Wall Street", starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill, is released
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jonah Hill
- Dec 27 29 people are killed after a bus plunged off the Huay Tong Bridge, Thailand
- Dec 28 Chris Weidman defeats Anderson Silva to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship
- Dec 28 Early signs of Ebola epidemic: 2 year old child in Guinea dies of an unidentified hemorrhagic fever; mother, sister and grandmother soon follow
- Dec 29 Chaparrastique volcano erupts in El Salvador
- Dec 29 16 people are killed and 40 are wounded by a suicide bomb attack at Volgograd-1 railway station, Russia
- Dec 29 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says barrel bombs on Aleppo have killed 517 people since 15th December
Event of Interest
Dec 29 7-time world F1 motor racing champion Michael Schumacher suffers a serious head injury in a ski accident in the French Alps; his condition still remains unclear
Michael Schumacher
- Dec 30 15 people are killed in a trolley-bus bomb attack in Voglograd, Russia
Event of Interest
Dec 30 NFL head coach Mike Shanahan is fired by the Washington Redskins
Mike Shanahan