* Lew Allen, Jr., July 22, 1982 – December 31, 1990

William Allen ( December 18 or 27, 1803 – July 11, 1879 ) was an Democratic Representative, Senator and 31st Governor of Ohio.

* December 28 – Hervey Allen, American author ( b. 1889 )

* December 31 – Rex Allen, American actor, singer, songwriter ( d. 1999 )

* December 5 – In New York City, Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg are arrested for protesting against the Vietnam War.

* December 1 – Woody Allen, American film director

Allen Granberry Thurman ( November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895 ) was a Democratic Representative, Ohio Supreme Court justice, and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.

His playing can be heard on recordings by Henry " Red " Allen from July 1929 (" Biff ' ly Blues " and " Feeling Drowsy "), and Barbarin played on the first recordings by Louis Armstrong to feature the instrument – " Rockin ' Chair " ( December 1929 ) and " Song of the Islands " ( January 1930 ).

From June 1957 to December 1961, Allen was assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, as the science adviser to the Physics Division of the Air Force Special Weapons Center.

Allen was assigned in December 1961 to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Space Technology Office, in the Directorate of Research and Engineering, Washington, D. C. From June 1965 to February 1973, he was assigned to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, initially in Los Angeles, California, as the Deputy Director for Advanced Plans in the Directorate of Special Projects.

On December 5, 2006, disappointed with the direction the team was headed, Allen Iverson gave the 76ers management an ultimatum: find players who will help support me or trade me.

On December 19, 2006, Allen Iverson, along with Ivan McFarlin, were sent to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for guard Andre Miller, forward Joe Smith, and two first-round draft picks.

On December 2, 2009, the Philadelphia 76ers announced that they had signed Allen Iverson to a one-year prorated $ 1. 3 million non-guaranteed contract.

On December 19, 2006, the Nuggets traded Joe Smith, Andre Miller and two first-round draft picks of the 2007 NBA Draft to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ivan McFarlin and superstar Allen Iverson ( McFarlin was waived immediately following the trade's approval ).

Additional townships were laid out as follows: Jackson in 1829 ; Liberty and Marion in December 1830 ; Big Lick, Blanchard and Van Buren in 1831 ; Washington, Union, and Eagle in 1832 ; Cass and Portage in 1833 ; Pleasant in 1835 ; Orange in 1836 ; Madison in 1840, and finally Allen in 1850.

Allen County was created on December 17, 1823, out of Delaware and Randolph counties and formed April 1, 1824.

On December 25, 1881 the Bird Cage Theatre opened on Allen Street, offering the miners and Cowboys their kind of bawdy entertainment.

, members of the Readington Township Committee are Mayor Thomas S. Auriemma ( term of office as mayor / councilmember ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor Julia C. Allen ( term as deputy member ends 2012 ; term on council ends 2014 ), Betty Ann Fort ( 2012 ), Frank L. Gatti ( 2014 ), Beatrice Muir ( 2012 ).

John Allen Muhammad ( December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009 ) was a convicted murderer On November 9, 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States refused a last-minute appeal.

Stephen Valentine Patrick William " Steve " Allen ( December 26, 1921-October 30, 2000 ) was an American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer.

* December 1 – Woody Allen, Candid Camera writer, American film director

On 31 December 1984, drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car crash on the A57 in the hills outside the band's home city Sheffield, when his Corvette swerved off the road on a sharp bend and went through a drystone wall.

In December 1957, Red Allen made an appearance on the " Sound Of Jazz " television show.

In December 2009, Allen started a preview tour of Crazy on the Outside, a film that debuted in January 2010.

Johnston remained on his plantation after the war until he was appointed by President Taylor to the U. S. Army as a major and was made a paymaster in December 1849.

On December 13, 2007, former U. S. Senator George J. Mitchell released his report on the use of performance-enhancing substances by MLB players.

The US Federal Reserve was created by the U. S. Congress through the passing of The Federal Reserve Act in the Senate and its signing by President Woodrow Wilson on the same day, December 23, 1913.

By December 1981, however, the U. S. had already begun to support armed opponents of the Sandinista regime.

The U. S. Army first authorized identification tags in War Department General Order No. 204, dated December 20, 1906, which essentially prescribes the Kennedy identification tag:

* 1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be " a date which will live in infamy ", after which the U. S. and the Republic of China declare war against Japan.

The disc was released in the U. S. via City Hall Records on December 6, and within two weeks had climbed to # 12 on Amazon's best-seller list in spite of being priced over 25 % higher than most CDs in order to raise funds for the Doris Day Animal League.

In accordance with the December 21, 1993, Department of Defense Directive 1332. 14, it was legal policy ( 10 U. S. C.

:* Norris E. Dodd ( U. S .): April 1948 – December 1953.

The modern meaning of the flag was forged in December 1860 when Major Robert Anderson, acting without orders, moved the U. S. garrison from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, in defiance of the power of the new Confederate States of America.

The U. S. strongly supports the six substantive and three procedural accords, which, along with the signing of the December 29, 1996 final accord, form the blueprint for profound political, economic, and social change.

* Belize / Guatemala ICJ Compromis Signed at OAS in Washington, D. C. on 8 December 2008 and Compromis and Videos and U. S. Congratulations and U. K. Congratulations and Photographs and Compromis for Christmas of 8 December 2008 and Belize Leading Counsel of 19 December 2008

Greenpeace rejected the accusations and challenged PIW to disclose its funders, a request rejected by then-Executive Director of PIW, Mike Hardiman, because PIW does not have 501c3 tax exempt status like Greenpeace does in the U. S. The IRS conducted an extensive review and concluded in December 2005 that Greenpeace USA continued to qualify for its tax-exempt status.

Some of this gas was used in the world's first helium-filled airship, the U. S. Navy's C-7, which flew its maiden voyage from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Bolling Field in Washington, D. C., on December 1, 1921.

In December, Australia signed a controversial agreement with the United States that would allow the U. S. to establish a secret strategic communications facility at Pine Gap in the Northern Territory.

In December 2004, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld came under criticism from U. S. soldiers and their families for not providing better-equipped HMMWVs.

In December 2004, during the War in Afghanistan ( 2001-present ) | War in Afghanistan, a group of U. S. Army soldiers tries to free a HMMWV, which is stuck in the sands of southern Afghanistan.

Irina Krush ( born December 24, 1983 ) is an American chess player who has won the U. S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, 2010, and 2012.

* Politics, Public Opinion, and the U. S .- Indonesian Comprehensive Partnership ( NBR Special Report, December 2010 )

However, conditions improved following a surge in U. S. troops in 2007-2008, and the war was declared formally over in December 2011, with the U. S. troops leaving the country.