- 1922 BBC broadcasts first British radio play "The Truth about Father Christmas"
- 1951 1st televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor)
- 1953 KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1964 Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek
- 1968 WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1970 Walt Disney's "Aristocats" is released
December in History
'Good Sport' in The Trenches
Prime Minister's son, Raymond Asquith tells his wife of life and death on the battlefront in World War I on this day in 1915.
December 21, 1915
Business a Rocky Road for Hansom Cab Pioneer
Architect and inventor Joseph Hansom was a man of vision who somehow found it impossible to turn his great ideas into money-making ventures.
December 23, 1834
The Day Murdoch Spoilt the Queen's Christmas
Queen Elizabeth II made the first live Christmas Day broadcast of her reign on December 25, 1952. Forty years later a pre-recorded message would be leaked.
December 25, 1952
'Hitler Will Have to Break Us or Lose the War'
The German Luftwaffe were hammering the British RAF until a furious and frustrated Hitler changed the plan and possibly the outcome of the war.
December 29, 1940