In December, Dokic again played the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff event, where she emerged from the round-robin stage with a 2 – 1 record, subsequently winning through to the final playoff.

After they were turned back at the border, Radek alone crossed the German border illegally in December 1918, arriving in Berlin on 19 or 20 December, where he participated in the discussions and conferences leading to the foundation of the Communist Party of Germany ( KPD ).

On December 5, 2009, she participated in the Teletón in Mexico, to help raise funds to treat cancer and children rehabilitation.

In 1522 he participated in the Siege of Rhodes against the Knights of St. John, which ended with the island's surrender to the Ottomans on 25 December 1522 and the permanent departure of the Knights from Rhodes on 1 January 1523 ( the Knights relocated first ( briefly ) to Sicily and later ( permanently ) to Malta ).

In the Conclave of 1549 – 50 to elect a successor to Paul III, fifty-one cardinals, including Marcello Cervini, participated at the opening on 3 December 1549.

In 1046, he accompanied King Henry III on his campaign to Italy and in December, participated in the Council of Sutri, which deposed former Popes Benedict IX and Sylvester III and persuaded Pope Gregory VI to resign.

The democratic socialist leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, allied with left-wing parties, participated in General elections held in December 1970 saw the far left Awami League under Mujibur Rahman win an overall majority of seats in parliament ( all but two of the 162 seats allocated to East Pakistan ).

The Folgore participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia from 3 December 1992 to September 1993.

* December 1, 1997: West Paducah, Kentucky Three students killed, five wounded by Michael Carneal, 14, as they participated in a prayer circle at Heath High School.

He also participated in the London Chess Classic in December, finishing second to Magnus Carlsen, losing their head-to-head encounter on the Black side of the English Opening.

On December 2, 1940, Escobar participated in his last professional fight, losing to a ten round decision to Harry Jeffra.

In December 2002, the 524 FS deployed to Kuwait and participated in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, dropping nearly a million pounds of precision guided munitions, more than any other F-16 Block 40 squadron in history.

As a group they participated in the live concert for Act Against Aids on December 1, 1994 and again on December 1, 1995.

On December 15, 2011, they participated in the figure skating show Improv-Ice, which was broadcast on television January 15, 2012.

On 6 December 2002, 300 people in charge of the Golden Shield project from 31 provinces and cities throughout China participated in a four-day inaugural “ Comprehensive Exhibition on Chinese Information System ”.

Since December 2000 they participated in the annual Salem March for Daniel Wretström, who was killed in the Stockholm suburb of Salem by a group of which some were young immigrants.

In December 1976, on one SNL episode, Pardo participated in a musical performance by Frank Zappa, reciting a verse of the song " I'm the Slime ".

In December 2009 Longley, who had participated in marine conservation efforts before, named a newly discovered shrimp species Lebbeus clarehanna after his 15-year-old daughter.

Burke participated in the American Master's documentary Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built, and in December 2007, Burke performed at the private after-party after the Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert at The O < sub > 2 </ sub > in Greenwich, London, along with Ben E. King, Percy Sledge and Sam Moore.

He participated with Clauzel's army in the Battle of Habrah, where he was wounded, and in the capture of Mascara in December 1835.

He served as a delegate for France with the League of Nations and participated in the 1st ( 15 November-18 December 1920 ), 2nd ( 5 September-5 October 1921 ), 3rd ( 4 September-30 September, 1922 ) and 4th Assemblies ( 3 September-29 September 1923 ).

On 26 December 1943 both Sheffield and Jamaica participated in the sinking of the battleship Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape ; Sheffield, with Belfast and Norfolk, opened the attack at 09. 00 ; as at the River Plate battle, three cruisers sought to attack a Battleship armed with 11 " guns.

During his exile in Mexico, he participated in the preparations of the expedition of the boat Granma, landing in Cuba on 2 December 1956.

He participated in Nuri Al-Saeed ’ s twelfth cabinet as Minister of Agriculture ( 3 August 1954 ), then was elected another time to the Speakership of the Chamber of Deputies on 16 September 1954 ; was re-elected as Speaker on first of December 1954 ; again on first of December 1955 and on first of December 1956.

Robert James Lee " Bob " Hawke AC GCL ( born 9 December 1929 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

In the Australian state of South Australia, 28 December is a public holiday known as Proclamation Day and Boxing Day is not normally a public holiday.

Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH ( 8 August 188020 December 1961 ) was the 11th Prime Minister of Australia, and is to date the second-longest serving federal parliamentarian in Australian history, with 41 years, 361 days in Parliament .< ref >

These are contained in the report, " Opportunity not Opportunism: Improving conduct in Australian Franchising " tabled by a Parliamentary inquiry into franchising on 4 December 2008.

Hoover was made a partner in Bewick, Moreing & Co. on December 18, 1901 and assumed responsibility for various Australian operations and investments.

Harold Edward Holt, CH ( 5 August 190817 December 1967 ) was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia.

On taking office, Holt declared that Australia had no intention of increasing its commitment to the war, but just one month later, in December 1966, he announced that Australia would treble its troop commitment to 4, 500, including 1, 500 National Service conscripts, creating a single independent Australian task force based at Nui Dat.

In a survey conducted by Monash University in December 2009, flybuys was ranked as " most worthwhile joining " among major Australian loyalty programs.

In December 2011, Fraser was highly critical of the Australian government's decision ( also supported by the Liberal Party Opposition ) to permit the export of uranium to India, relaxing the Fraser government's policy of banning sales of uranium to countries that are not signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The MCG is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and was included on the Australian National Heritage List on 26 December 2005.

* 1975 – Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.

It was administered under this mandate until the Japanese invasion in December 1941 brought about the suspension of Australian civil administration.

An Australian soldier, Private George " Dick " Whittington, is aided by Papuan orderly Raphael Oimbari, near Buna on 25 December 1942.

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, ( 20 December 189415 May 1978 ) was an Australian politician and the 12th Prime Minister of Australia.

Andrew Tridgell developed the first version of Samba Unix in December 1991 and January 1992, as a PhD student at the Australian National University, using a packet sniffer to do network analysis of the protocol used by DEC Pathworks server software.

The primary reason for this is that gaming machines have been legal in the state of New South Wales since 1956 and over that time the number of machines has grown to 97, 103 ( at December 2010, including the Australian Capital Territory ).

In December 2001, the Department of Foreign Affairs estimated that there were 800 Australian citizens resident in Sri Lanka.

The Australian Classification Board refused to classify the 83-minute version of the film in June 1975 ; the board similarly refused classification of a 77-minute print in December that year.

The tour kicked off with its European leg in Rome, Italy on May 28, 2007, which lasted through July, concluding in Israel ; the Australian leg took place during September ; the North American leg lasted from October to December 16, 2007, when the tour concluded in Los Angeles.

* On December 24, 1974 Cyclone Tracy devastated the Australian city of Darwin.

* December 31 – Billy Snedden, Australian politician ( d. 1987 )

* December 30 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author ( d. 2002 )

* December 10 – Dominic Costa, Australian politician ( d. 1976 )

* December 18 – Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress