* December 30-Ah Hoon, a comedian and associate of the On Leong Tong

Geoffrey " Geoff " William Hoon ( born 6 December 1953 ) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Ashfield from 1992 to 2010.

She is famed due to an incident that occurred on 16 December 2004, whereby the deputy speaker removed her from the house as she refused to apologise for calling the then Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon a " back-stabbing coward " during exchanges over Geoff Hoon's plans to merge Scottish Regiments, including the Black Watch.

On the 9th of December 2010 Geoff Hoon along with Stephen Byers and Richard Caborn were banned from entering the Parliamentary estate ; the Committee banned Geoff Hoon for five years as his was the most serious breach, whilst Byers received two years and Caborn six months.

The regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry, when it was initially to be known as the King's, Lancashire and Border Regiment.

The regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by the then Secretary of Defence Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the British Army Infantry-it consists of three regular battalions, plus a territorial battalion, and was created through the merger of three single battalion regiments: The 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment became 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment.

Its formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry and it was actually formed on St David's Day, 1 March 2006.

The regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry – it was formed from the merger of three regular battalions, plus a TA battalion:

Farah married Shirish Kunder, the editor of her film Main Hoon Na, on 9 December 2004.

* Main Azaad Hoon ( 15 December 1989 ) ...... Protester ( Uncredited )

Melvin Kenneth " Mel " Smith ( born 3 December 1952 ) is an English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor.

The Wizard of New Zealand, QSM ( born Ian Brackenbury Channell ; 4 December 1932 ) is an English-born New Zealand educator, comedian, magician and politician, who has become something of a national icon of New Zealand.

* December 2 – Joey Adams, American comedian ( b. 1911 )

* December 27 – Anna Russell, British comedian and singer ( d. 2006 )

* December 25 – W. C. Fields, American actor and comedian ( b. 1880 )

* December 11 – Willie Rushton, English comedian, actor, and cartoonist ( b. 1937 )

* December 27 – Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor ( d. 1972 )

* December 26 – Jack Benny, American comedian ( b. 1894 )

* December 5 – Margaret Cho, American actress and comedian

* December 16 – Bill Hicks, American comedian ( d. 1994 )

* December 30 – Tracey Ullman, English / American comedian and actress

* December 18 – Ron White, American comedian

* December 29 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian

* December 4 – Fred Armisen, American actor, comedian and musician

* December 1 – Richard Pryor, American actor and comedian ( d. 2005 )

* December 6 – Will Hay, British actor and comedian ( d. 1949 )

* December 10 – Scott Capurro, American comedian

* December 11 – Mo ' Nique, American actress and comedian

* December 2 – Marty Feldman, British comedian and writer ( b. 1934 )

* December 4 – Orlando Brown, American actor, singer, and comedian

* December 15 – Tim Conway, American actor and comedian

* December 9 – Redd Foxx, American comedian ( d. 1991 )

* December 13 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, dancer and comedian ( The Dick Van Dyke Show )

* December 20 – Charlie Callas, American comedian and singer ( d. 2011 )

On December 18, 1997, comedian Chris Farley was found dead in his apartment on the 60th floor of the John Hancock Center.

An example of active passenger and crew member resistance occurred when passengers and flight attendants of American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on December 22, 2001, teamed up to help helped prevent Richard Reid from igniting explosives hidden in his shoes.

Göran Bror Benny Andersson () ( born 16 December 1946 ), known professionally as Benny Andersson, is a Swedish musician, composer, former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA ( 1972 – 1983 ), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia !.

The amended terms allowed former members of multiple societies which merge into one to maintain multiple entitlements to FSCS protection until 30 September 2009 ( later extended to 30 December 2010 ), so ( for example ) a member with £ 50, 000 in each of Nationwide, Cheshire and Derbyshire at the time of the respective mergers would retain £ 150, 000 of FSCS protection for their funds in the merged Nationwide.

The Bronze Star Medal ( without the " V " device ) may be awarded to each member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, after 6 December 1941, was cited in orders or awarded a certificate for exemplary conduct in ground combat against an armed enemy after 7 December 1941.

* becoming a member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement ( CEFTA ) in December 2002

On 21 December 1988, Dewar was in Lockerbie after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, as the member of the Shadow Cabinet in charge of Scottish affairs.

David Thomas " Davy " Jones ( 30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012 ) was an English recording artist, actor, and businessman, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name.

Due to controversy surrounding the unit, soon after Galois became a member, on 31 December 1830, the artillery of the National Guard was disbanded out of fear that they might destabilize the government.

It had a " golden age " in the United Kingdom in the early 1920s when crowds reached 50, 000 at some matches ; this was stopped on 5 December 1921 when England's Football Association voted to ban the game from grounds used by its member clubs.

Hackett, who would become a member of the football rules committee in December 1907 and officiated games into the 1930s, was quoted the next day in Ed Wray's Post-Dispatch article: " It was the most perfect exhibition ... of the new rules ... that I have seen all season and much better than that of Yale and Harvard.

Claude Frédéric Bastiat (; 30 June 180124 December 1850 ) was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly.

Hungary has been a member of the United Nations since December 1955.

A Hitler decree issued in December 1937 allowed for the incarceration of anyone deemed by the regime to be an undesirable member of society.

Horace Oscar Axel Engdahl ( born December 30, 1948 ) is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997.

The United States underscored its support for Albania's independence by recognizing an official Albanian representative to Washington, and in December the League of Nations recognized Albania's sovereignty by admitting it as a full member.

John Ono Lennon, MBE, born John Winston Lennon ( 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980 ) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member

Johnny Lee Bench ( born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983 and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

On December 16, 1920, Luxemburg became a member of the League of Nations.

The Soviet Union became a member on 18 September 1934, and was expelled on 14 December 1939 for aggression against Finland.

The first member to withdraw permanently from the League was Costa Rica on 22 January 1925 ; having joined on 16 December 1920, this also makes it the member to have most quickly withdrawn.

On 16 December 2005, senior Sinn Féin member Denis Donaldson appeared before TV cameras in Dublin and confessed to being a British spy for twenty years.

In December 2007, Hamdi Quran confessed in an Israeli court to assassinating Ze ' evi together with Basel al-Asmar after being instructed by PFLP member Majdi Rahima Rimawi.

Ukraine became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) on December 8, 1991, but in January 1993 it refused to endorse a draft charter strengthening political, economic, and defense ties among CIS members.