Events in History
Nobel Prize
Dec 10 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine jointly awarded to Christiaan Eijkman and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins for the discovery of vitamins
Historic Event
Dec 21 Coco the Clown first appears for Bertram Mills Circus in Manchester, England
- Dec 25 Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390
- Dec 30 Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates
Birthdays in History
- Dec 2 Jaap Boersma, Dutch politician (Minister for Social Affairs (ARP)), born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 2012)
- Dec 6 Frank Springer, American comics artist (The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York (d. 2009)
- Dec 8 Goffredo Parise, Italian writer (Il padrone), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1986)
Bob Hawke
Dec 9 Bob Hawke, Australian politician and 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1983-91), born in Bordertown, South Australia (d. 2019)
William Safire
Dec 17 William Safire, American political columnist (NY Times) and speech writer (Nixon), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
- Dec 19 Herman T M Lauxtermann, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
- Dec 20 Milan Panić, Serbian-American politician and humanitarian, born in Belgrade, Serbia
- Dec 23 Dick Weber, American ten-pin bowling pro (16, 300 games), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2005)
- Dec 23 Charles R. Bentley, American pioneer of polar science, born in Rochester, New York (d. 2017)
- Dec 28 Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer (quasars)
- Dec 28 Owen Bieber, United Auto Workers president
- Dec 30 Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (d. 2004)
- Dec 31 Sidney Greenbaum, British scholar, born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
Weddings in History
Aga Khan III
Dec 7 Nizari Imam Aga Khan III (52) weds Andrée Joséphine Carron in Aix-les-Bains, France
Divorces in History
Howard Hughes
Dec 9 Businessman Howard Hughes divorces 1st wife Ella Rice after 4 years of marriage