* December 18-Joseph Dippolito, Underboss of the Los Angeles crime family

* December 12 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer ( born 1868 )

In December, 1830, with 33 Tasmanian Aborigines having been removed to nearby Swan Island, Robinson sent a party to look for the Ben Lomond people, again unsuccessfully.

Swan first demonstrated the light bulb at a lecture in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 December 1878, but he did not receive a patent until 27 November 1880 ( patent No. 4933 ) after improvement to the original lamp.

Swan first publicly demonstrated his incandescent carbon lamp at a lecture for the Newcastle upon Tyne Chemical Society on 18 December 1878.

Swan personally supervised the installation there in December 1880.

The RSC celebrated its fiftieth birthday season from April – December 2011, with two companies of actors presenting the first productions designed specifically for the new Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatre stages.

The production company declared bankruptcy in December 1923 ; and in March 1924 Paramount Records bought the Black Swan label.

A corps feasibility study to investigate improvements for the canal and the Baltimore connecting navigation channels of Tolchester, Brewerton Eastern Extension, and Swan Point was completed in December 1996 with the signing of the chief of engineers ' report.

Stirling administered the Swan River settlement from June 1829 until August 1832, when he left on an extended visit to England where he was knighted, and again from August 1834 until December 1838.

Commanding three ships, the Geelvink, Nyptangh and the Wezeltje, he arrived at and named Rottnest on 29 December 1696, and on 10 January 1697 discovered and named the Swan River.

Anna Seward ( 12 December 1747 – 25 March 1809 ) was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield.

On 8 December 1926 Agatha Christie vanished for 11 days following a row with her husband, only to reappear at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Yorkshire.

Peel arrived in Swan River Colony ( later expanded and renamed Western Australia ) aboard the Gilmore in December 1829 with 300 settlers, around six weeks later than the government had stipulated.

Treasurer of Australia | Treasurer Wayne Swan ( pictured ) issued a joint Statement in December 2007 with Governor Glenn Stevens.

A change of government in December 2007 led to another Statement, which was issued by both Treasurer Wayne Swan and Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens.

Following the 2007 federal election of the Rudd Government, Swan was appointed Treasurer of Australia in Kevin Rudd's cabinet on 3 December 2007.

Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to December 2007, representing the Electoral Division of Swan, Western Australia.

Although the allegations were never proven against him, three of his players at Wednesday – Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne – were accused of taking bribes to fix a match with Ipswich Town on December 1, 1962, and betting on their team to lose.

* Frances Jessie Swan ( born June 1822 in Scotland ), married 1845, divorced 7 December 1851, died 30 May 1894 in San Francisco, CA ).

It has been claimed that glam rock began with the release of this album, though this is also attributed to Marc Bolan's appearance on the UK TV programme Top of the Pops in December 1970 wearing glitter, to perform what would be his first UK hit single under the name T. Rex, " Ride a White Swan ", which peaked at Number 2 in the UK chart.

On December 10, 1991, the building was designated Grade II listed building status, along with other nearby pubs such as the White Swan.

John Macallan Swan ( December 9, 1846-February 14, 1910 ) was an English painter and sculptor.

John Macallan Swan was born in Brentford, Middlesex on 9 December 1846.

Although Among My Swan did not contain any US Billboard Hot 100 hits like its predecessor, So Tonight That I Might See, this album garnered the band its highest-ranking single on the UK Singles Chart, when " Flowers In December " reached # 40 in November 1996.

They made an appearance for Maxïmo Park's homecoming gig in Newcastle upon Tyne on 15 December 2007.

; Under the Pink Tour: Amos's second world tour began on February 24, 1994 in Newcastle upon Tyne and ended on December 13, 1994 in Perth, Western Australia.

The comic was started in Newcastle upon Tyne in December 1979 by Chris Donald, who produced the comic from his bedroom in his parents ' Jesmond home with help from his brother Simon and friend Jim Brownlow.

* December 22 – The Newcastle East End F. C.

* December 28 – A magnitude 5. 6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

* December 6 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle ( died 1676 )

The label was designed by the band and the beer released to coincide with the band's concert at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena on 15 December.

On 26 December, at Newcastle upon Tyne, King John swore homage to Edward I for the Kingdom of Scotland.

In December, more than 200 of Edward's tenants in Newcastle were summoned to form a militia by March 1296 and in February, a fleet sailed north to meet with his land forces in Newcastle.

Suggested names included Newcastle F. C., Newcastle Rangers, Newcastle City and City of Newcastle, but Newcastle United was decided upon on 9 December 1892, to signify the unification of the two teams.

The name change was accepted by the Football Association on the 22 December, but the club was not legally constituted as Newcastle United Football Club Co. Ltd. until 6 September 1895.

* December 22 – The Animals reunite for one benefit concert at the Newcastle City Hall while Eric Burdon & The Animals are disbanding.

Chris, together with his brother Simon and a schoolfriend Jim Brownlow, set-up Viz in December 1979 from a bedroom in Newcastle.

On 5 December 1908, Sunderland achieved their highest ever league win, against north-east rivals Newcastle United.

On 18 December 2007, to coincide with the UN International Migrants Day, the network carried out a co-ordinated blockade of Border and Immigration Agency ( now UK Border Agency ) offices in Bristol, Portsmouth, Newcastle and Glasgow to prevent dawn raids by immigration officers from taking place.

However, eight months without competitive football had taken its toll and Cantona struggled for form prior to Christmas-by 24 December, the gap between Manchester United and league leaders Newcastle United had increased to 10 points.

On 30 December 1647 he was appointed governor of Newcastle, which he successfully defended, besides defeating the Royalists on 2 July 1648 and regaining Tynemouth.

Owen scored his first hat-trick for Newcastle in the 4 – 2 away win over West Ham on 17 December.