** December 7 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** December 16 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** December 25 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** December 17 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** December 18 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** December 1 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** Emilio Aguinaldo, the last President of the Supreme Government Council 23 March 1897-16 December 1897 and chairman of the Revolutionary Government from 23 June to 1 November 1897, was dictator from 12 June 1898-23 January.

** Józef Chlopicki was styled Dictator from 5 December 1830-December 1830 and again in December 1830-25 January 1831

** Nazarov was Dictator of the Don Republic ( which before, since its founding on 2 December 1917 at Novocherkassk, had been governed by a Triumvirate including the last pre-Soviet Ataman, Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin ) from 11 February 1918 till 25 February 1918 when Bolshevik troops ended their existence

** December 22 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** Series one: an introductory special on boxing day 1967, followed by 13 regular episodes of 30 minutes broadcast between 26 December 1967 to 28 March 1968, Thursdays at 17: 25.

** Nivôse ( from Latin nivosus, " snowy "), starting 21, 22 or 23 December

** Bill Clinton, Democrat, was impeached on December 19, 1998, by the House of Representatives on articles charging perjury ( specifically, lying to a federal grand jury ) by a 228 – 206 vote, and obstruction of justice by a 221 – 212 vote.

** December 1573 lunar eclipse-Tycho Brahe

** Reviewed by Adam Thorpe in The Guardian, 23 December 2006.

** 8 June 1946 – 20 December 1947: Erwin Müller ( b. 1906 – d. 1968 ), Non-party

** 20 December 1947 – 29 October 1955 Johannes Hoffmann ( b. 1890 – d. 1967 ), CVP

** Small Astronomy Satellite 1, launched on 12 December 1970

** Futurama: The series ' protagonist, Fry, is accidentally cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999.

** The Family Guy episode " Da Boom " is set on December 31, 1999.

** The 1996 Doctor Who television movie takes place from December 30, 1999 to January 1, 2000.

** Soviet war in Afghanistan ( 1979 – 1989 )-Although taking place almost entirely throughout the 1980s, the war officially started on December 27, 1979.

** The United States enter World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

** In a response to Georges Bonnet's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, referring to Bonnet's alleged statement of December 6, 1938 accepting Eastern Europe as being in Germany's exclusive sphere of influence, protests that all French security commitments in that region are " now off limits ".

** Battle of Placentia — Emperor Aurelian is defeated by the Alemanni forces invading Italy

** Battle of Fano — Aurelian defeats the Alemanni, who begin to retreat from Italy

** Battle of Pavia — Aurelian destroys the retreating Alemanni army.

** Battle of Lingones — Caesar Constantius Chlorus defeats the Alemanni

** Battle of Vindonissa — Constantius again defeats the Alemanni

** Thoracic aorta — the half of the descending aorta above the diaphragm

** Abdominal aorta — the half of the descending aorta below the diaphragm

** France — voltage change 3 kV DC – 25 kV AC

** Germany — voltage change 3 kV DC – 15 kV AC

** Netherlands — voltage change 3 kV DC – 1500 V DC

** Luxembourg — no voltage change at the border ( the line Arlon-Luxembourg is at 3 kV DC and the line Gouvy-Luxembourg is at 25 kV AC )

** Channel Tunnel — voltage remains at 25 kV AC.

** UK — voltage remains at 25 kV AC — voltage change 750 V DC third rail ( The Southern Region ).

** CS — Caught stealing: times tagged out while attempting to steal a base

** SBA / ATT — Stolen base attempts: total number of times the player has attempted to steal a base ( SB + CS )

** DI — Defensive Indifference: if the catcher does not attempt to throw out a runner ( usually because the base would be insignificant ), the runner is not awarded a steal.

** Autecology: autotroph — heterotroph — acclimatization — endotherm — ectotherm — hibernation — homeostasis — behavior — circadian rhythm