* December 3 – Christiaan Barnard carries out the world's first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.

* December – The pendulum clock is invented by Christiaan Huygens.

In December 1900, De la Rey and Christiaan Beyers mauled a British brigade at Nooitgedacht.

The first success was achieved on December 3, 1967, by Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa.

Christiaan " Chris " Gerrit Herman Bruil ( born 20 December 1970 in Doetinchem, Gelderland ) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.

The smallest known orphan pattern in Conway's Game of Life was found by Marijn Heule, Christiaan Hartman, Kees Kwekkeboom and Alain Noels in December 2011.

Denise Ann Darvall ( 1943 – 3 December 1967 ) was the donor in the world ’ s first successful human heart transplant, performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa, by a team of surgeons led by Christiaan Barnard.

The battle took place on December 25, 1901 when General Christiaan De Wet destroyed a British column.

He married Mary Barnard ( 1609 – 76 ) on December 15, 1629, at the Church of High Laver, Essex, England.

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne, CBE ( 5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001 ) was an English actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister.

* Junior Barnard, ( December 17, 1920-April 15, 1951 ) guitarist with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Ballou preached at Barnard, Vermont and surrounding towns in 1801 — 1807 ; at Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1807 — 1815 ; at Salem, Massachusetts in 1815 — 1817 ; and, as pastor of the Second Universalist Church in Boston, from December 1817 until his death there.

Lady Anne Barnard ( 12 December 1750 – 6 May 1825 ), née Anne Lindsay, eldest daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres was born at Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland.

Isaac D. Barnard ( J ), until December 6, 1831

The First Whitlam Ministry in Australia is sometimes called the " Duumvirate " because it consisted entirely of the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, and his deputy, Lance Barnard, who between them split up all ministerial and quasi-ministerial positions for two weeks in December 1972.

Edward Emerson Barnard ( December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923 ) was an American astronomer.

* That on 3 December 1967, Naki removed the heart of the deceased Denise Darvall, who was white, for transplantation into Louis Washkansky by Barnard.

* " In December 1967 … Naki, with amazing dexterity, removed the donor heart from Darval, irrigated it with electrolyte solution and passed it to Barnard.

* Agnew, James B., " General Barnard Bee ", Civil War Times Illustrated, 14 ( December 1975 ): pp. 4 – 8 & 44-46.

* On December 12, 1984, the St. Louis Cardinals traded him with catcher Steve Barnard to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher John Tudor and outfielder ( later ) catcher Brian Harper.

On September 29, 2009's Morning Show wrap-up, Barnard casually mentioned that he's planning to retire from live radio on December 21, 2012.

On December 8, 2009, Tom Barnard said via Facebook, " After many weeks of discussion with my Wife, Marc the G. M.

On 12 December 2009, Southend came from 2 – 0 down to beat Hartlepool United 3 – 2 with Barnard scoring a brace.

On December 6, 2001, Arthur M. Blank, the co-founder and retired co-chairman of Atlanta-based Home Depot, reached a preliminary agreement with the Falcons ’ Taylor Smith to purchase the team.

The 2008 Menier Chocolate Factory production opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in previews on November 24, 2009 and officially on December 13, 2009, with the same creative team.

Their government collapsed in late 1992, and was succeeded by a technocratic team, put forward by the Bulgarian Socialist Party ( BSP ), which served until 1994, when the president dissolved the government and appointed a provisional one to serve until the pre-term elections, appointed for December in the same year.

On December 18, 1907, Taylor announced that the club had officially adopted red as its new team color.

Cleveland then won a playoff game 8-3 against the New York Giants on December 17 behind a pair of Groza field goals, turning the tables on a team that handed the Browns both of their regular-season losses.

At the end, the team was technically owned by the Tribune company, which itself had been controlled by Zell since December 2007.

The Dominican Republic's small Catalina Island has been studied since 13 December 2007, by a team of underwater archaeologists from Indiana University, after an Italian tourist announced the discovery of an old wreck at just under the clear blue waters, at a distance of no more than offshore.

In December 1978 he was appointed as a coach at Port Vale, being demoted to reserve coach in October 1978 as the team struggled, before being dismissed in 1979.

Retrieved on 2008-03-01 </ ref > The synthesis of the important isotope < sup > 270 </ sup > Hs was published in December 2006 by the team of scientists from the Technical University of Munich .< ref >" Doubly magic < sup > 270 </ sup > Hs ", Turler et al., GSI report, 2006.

The team returned in December.

Three years after the volcano's last eruption, on 19 December 1973, the Cousteau team was filming on Deception Island, Antarctica when Michel Laval, Calypsos second in command, was struck and killed by a propeller of the helicopter that was ferrying between Calypso and the island.

On December 17, Wizards president Robb Heineman provided an update on the stadium situation published on team official website and blog, basically identifying the Kansas City, Kansas, location as final, pending the signature of the final agreements.

This first class of nerve agents, the G-Series, was accidentally discovered in Germany on December 23, 1936 by a research team headed by Dr. Gerhard Schrader working for IG Farben.

The team introduced a gold alternate jersey ( worn with the black pants ) during a December 15, 2002 game versus the Minnesota Vikings, a 32 – 31 loss, but have never worn them since then.

The Jets hold the distinction of being the final team to host a game at the Polo Grounds, a 19 – 10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on December 14, 1963.

In December 1930, the Giants played a team of Notre Dame All Stars at the Polo Grounds to raise money for the unemployed of New York City.

In 1982, the so-called TTAPS team ( Richard P. Turco, Owen Toon, Thomas P. Ackerman, James B. Pollack and Carl Sagan ) undertook a computational modeling study of the atmospheric consequences of nuclear war, publishing their results in Science in December 1983.

Nash and his love of the Baltimore Colts were featured in the December 13, 1968 issue of Life ,< ref > with several poems about the American football team matched to full-page pictures.

On December 20, 2011, the Kepler Space Telescope team reported the discovery of the first Earth-sized extrasolar planets, Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, orbiting a Sun-like star, Kepler-20.

On December 6, 2009, Andy Reid became only the 5th coach in NFL history to win 100 or more games with a single team in a single decade.

In December, 2011, The Eagles, together with Eagles Youth Partnership, were recognized as best professional sports team in the world for their impact and leadership in the community.

It was first demonstrated by a team at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information at the University of Innsbruck in Austria in December 2005.

On 14 December 1911, the team of five, with 16 dogs, arrived at the Pole ( 90 ° 0 ′ S ).

They finished the regular season with 11 straight wins ( tying the 1961 team record & is also tied for the 5th longest win streak entering the playoffs ), finished with an impressive 13 – 3 record, ( including 4 – 0 in December, extending their NFL record with 18 straight wins in December, & also tying the Dolphins 1970 – 1974 in November for the longest winning streak in any month ).