It is named after the city of Berkeley, California, the location of the University of California Radiation Laboratory where it was discovered in December 1949.

Although very small amounts of berkelium were possibly produced in previous nuclear experiments, it was first intentionally synthesized, isolated and identified in December 1949 by Glenn T. Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso and Stanley G. Thompson.

In December 1949, Chiang proclaimed Taipei the temporary capital of the Republic of China ( ROC ) and continued to assert his government as the sole legitimate authority in China.

This volume was delivered by the author to Arkham House in December 1949 but remained unpublished until 1971.

In the early morning of December 10, 1949, Communist troops laid siege to Chengdu, the last KMT controlled city in mainland China, where Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo directed the defense at the Chengdu Central Military Academy.

The transition to independence was overseen by the Dutch UN commissioner Adriaan Pelt who was appointed on 10 December 1949.

After eight years in opposition, the Coalition won the federal election of December 1949 and Menzies began his record-setting second term as Prime Minister.

The undated first issue, published in December 1953, featured Marilyn Monroe from her 1949 nude calendar shoot and sold over 50, 000 copies.

The Netherlands tried to reestablish their rule, but a bitter armed and diplomatic struggle ended in December 1949, when in the face of international pressure, the Dutch formally recognised Indonesian independence.

Mao Zedong | Mao at Stalin's 70th birthday celebration in Moscow, December 1949

* Ronald Steven Lewis ; born December 1949 ( adopted ) with Patti Palmer

John Akii-Bua ( December 3, 1949 – June 20, 1997 ) was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.

Under interrogation by MI5 officer William Skardon at an informal meeting in December 1949, Fuchs initially denied being a spy and was not detained.

* John Robert Cartwright ( 22 December 1949 – 23 March 1970 )

* Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux ( 22 December 1949 – 23 December 1973 )

In December 1944, Beria's NKVD was assigned to supervise the Soviet atomic bomb project (" Task No. 1 "), which built and tested a bomb by 29 August 1949.

The rugby ground has two main entrances, the south entrance, and the Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates ( north entrance ), which was unveiled on 26 December 1949 in honour of the Welsh international rugby player Gwyn Nicholls.

Paramount Pictures Corporation was formed to be the production distribution company, with the 1, 500-screen theater chain handed to the new United Paramount Theaters on December 31, 1949.

When the talent agency Music Corporation of America ( better known as MCA ), then wielding major influence on Paramount policy, offered $ 50 million for 750 features released prior to December 1, 1949 ( with payment to be spread over many years ), a cash-strapped Paramount thought it had made the best possible deal.

* In 1950 Menzies was awarded the Legion of Merit ( Chief Commander ) by U. S. President Harry S. Truman for " exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services 1941 – 1944 and December 1949 – July 1950 ".

The first car was the Saab 92 ; full-scale production started December 12, 1949, based on the prototype Ursaab.

Two more military dictators followed by December 1949.

Since the loss of these Dutch possessions in December 1949, " Indo people " also known as " Indische people " often refer to The Hague as " the Widow of the Indies ".

Thomas Alan " Tom " Waits ( born December 7, 1949 ) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor.

The Virginia Report of 1799 – 1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ; together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, the Debate and Proceedings thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and several other documents illustrative of the report and resolutions

Afterwards, Eleanor proceeded to gather together her movable possessions in England and transport them on several ships in December to Argentan.

Helene Kröller-Müller, ( February 11, 1869 – December 14, 1939 ) was one of the first European women to put together a major art collection.

In the follow-on meetings to the December 1994 Summit of the Americas, Jamaica — together with Uruguay -- was given the responsibility of coordinating discussions on invigorating society.

( Audubon's account reveals that he learned oil painting in December 1822 from Jacob Stein, an itinerant portrait artist, and after they had enjoyed all the portrait patronage to be expected in Natchez, Mississippi during January – March 1823, they resolved to travel together as perambulating portrait-artists.

Believing himself to be in a state of disgrace with Hitler over his failure to achieve the British alliance, Ribbentrop spent December 1937 in a state of depression, and together with his wife, wrote two lengthy documents for Hitler denouncing Britain.

* Nauru, formerly part of German New Guinea ( Australia in effective control, formally together with United Kingdom and New Zealand ) from 17 December 1920, 1 November 1947 made into a United Nations trust territory ( same three powers ) until its 31 January 1968 independence as a Republic-all that time under an Administrator

Nag Hammadi is best known for being the site where local farmers found a sealed earthenware jar containing thirteen leather-bound papyrus codices, together with pages torn from another book, in December 1945.

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.

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( called Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic at the time ) together with the Ukrainian, Byelorussian, and Transcaucasion Soviet Socialist Republics, formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR ), or Soviet Union, on 30 December 1922.

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.

The caretaker government was disbanded on 31 December 1992 together with the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic.

On December 21, 1991, together with the leaders of ten other Soviet republics, Karimov agreed to dissolve the Soviet Union and form the Commonwealth of Independent States, of which Uzbekistan became a charter member according to the Alma-Ata Declaration.

Lana Wachowski ( born Laurence " Larry " Wachowski ; June 21, 1965 ) and Andrew Paul " Andy " Wachowski ( born December 29, 1967 ), known together professionally as The Wachowskis and Wachowski Starship, and formerly as the Wachowski Brothers, are American film directors, writers and producers.

* " The Web's wizard of working together "-profile originally in The Oregonian, December 19, 2005

* December 4-The Million Dollar Quartet ( Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash ) get together at Sun Studios for the first and last time in history.

* December 30 – Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Transcaucasia come together to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

On 2 December 2011 Ian Brown and John Squire performed together live for the first time since 1995.

Thomas Jefferson wrote favorably in response to Jackson in December 1823 and extended a preemptive welcome to Monticello: " I recall with pleasure the remembrance of our joint labors while in the Senate together in times of great trial and of hard battling, battles indeed of words, not of blood, as those you have since fought so much for your own glory & that of your country ; with the assurance that my attamts continue undiminished, accept that of my great respect & consideration.

The Brothers Grimm ( or Die Gebrüder Grimm ), Jacob ( January 4, 1785 – September 20, 1863 ) and Wilhelm Grimm ( February 24, 1786 – December 16, 1859 ), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who together collected folklore.

The two bands had first met, and performed together at a Christmas concert in No More's hometown of Kiel on December.

In December 1761 he published Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several Other Poems composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language.

He was born about 1815-16, signed together with his cousin, Mistāwasis in 1876 the Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton, where he agreed that his group were settled into a reserve near the present-day Prince Albert, died 4 December 1896 at the age of 81 years )

On December 27, 2006, Incubus launched the " I Dig Incubus " contest, in which participants cut together clips of the band performing their single " Dig ", to form a complete music video.

During the rainy season between December and Passover there are also additions in the Amidah for blessed dew to come together with rain.