Events in History
- Dec 1 Plutarco Elías Calles becomes President of Mexico
Historic Publication
Dec 1 "La Révolution surréaliste" publishes its first issue in Paris, edited by André Breton
André Breton
- Dec 2 British-German trade agreement signed
- Dec 7 German election (Social Democrats win, Nazis & Communists lose)
- Dec 9 Netherlands & Hungary trade treaty signed
- Dec 9 Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president
- Dec 12 Spanish troops leave Morocco
- Dec 13 KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
Event of Interest
Dec 14 Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou
Chiang Kai-shek
- Dec 16 Noel Coward's "Vortex" premieres in London
Election of Interest
Dec 16 Hiram Bingham is elected as a Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate forcing him to resign as Governor of Connecticut after serving only one day in office, the shortest term of any Connecticut Governor
Hiram Bingham
Coup d'état
Dec 20 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early, having served only nine months of five-year sentence for "Beer Hall Putsch"
Adolf Hitler
- Dec 22 Philip Barry's "Youngest" premieres in NYC
- Dec 24 1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands
- Dec 24 Albania becomes a republic (ex-premier Ahmed Zogoe's coup)
- Dec 24 Richard Rodgers Theater (46th St Chanin's) opens at 226 W 46th NYC
- Dec 24 School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma, catches fire, 36 die
- Dec 27 Albania is declared a dictatorship under Ahmed Beg Zofu
- Dec 27 The US signs a treaty with the Dominican Republic, which supersedes that of 1907: in July, the Us had withdrawn its Marines and ended its occupation
Event of Interest
Dec 30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Edwin Hubble
Benito Mussolini
Birthdays in History
- Dec 2 Alexander Haig Jr, American General and 59th Secretary of State (1981-82), born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
- Dec 3 John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)
- Dec 3 Francisco Sionil José, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature
- Dec 4 John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
- Dec 6 Sergey Yablonsky, Soviet and Russian mathematician and one of the founders of the Soviet school of mathematical cybernetics and discrete mathematics (d. 1998), born in Moscow, Russia
Mário Soares
Dec 7 Mário Soares, 17th President of Portugal (1986-96) and Prime Minister (1976-78 and 1983-85), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2017)
Mário Soares
- Dec 12 Ed Koch, lawyer and politician (NY Mayor (D) 1977-89), Judge (People's Court), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
- Dec 19 Peter Prowtiny, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
- Dec 19 Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994)
- Dec 19 Gary Morton, second husband of Lucille Ball (d. 1999)
- Dec 19 Michel Tournier, French writer ( Friday, or, The Other Island), born in Paris (d. 2016)
- Dec 21 Johan W "Jo" van Marle, KNVB-chairman (1980-93)
- Dec 24 Willem Drees, economist/Dutch politician (DS'70)
- Dec 25 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (1996, 1998-2004), born in Gwalior, India
- Dec 25 Rod Serling, writer and host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 1975)
- Dec 25 Henry Sy Sr., Chinese Malay businessman 'Philippines Retail King', born in Amoy, China
- Dec 27 James A McClure, (Sen-R-Idaho)
- Dec 27 Mokta Ould Daddah, president Mauritania (1961-78)
- Dec 27 Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen)
- Dec 28 Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Dec 11 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz (60) marries artist Georgia O'Keeffe (37) in Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Georgia O’Keeffe
Alfred Stieglitz
Deaths in History
- Dec 2 Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
Samuel Gompers
Dec 13 Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74
Samuel Gompers