The London Universe devoted its centenary issue last December 8 to mapping out various aspects of Catholic progress during the last one hundred years.

* Thomas Patten from Dooega died fighting Francisco Franco's fascist forces during the Siege of Madrid in December 1936.

Alexios V Doukas, surnamed Mourtzouphlos (, d. December 1205, Constantinople ) was Byzantine Emperor ( 5 February – 12 April 1204 ) during the second and final siege of Constantinople by the participants of the Fourth Crusade.

On December 30, 1943, during the Japanese occupation, Subhas Chandra Bose, who was controversially allied with the Japanese, first raised the flag of Indian independence.

She stayed for two years, winning a good-conduct medal in December 1836, and returning home only during Christmas and summer holidays.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

Baldassarre Cossa ( c. 1370 – 21 December 1418 ) was Pope John XXIII ( 1410 – 1415 ) during the Western Schism.

Autumn has a strong association with American football, as the regular season begins during September and ends with playoff competition in December or January, in the winter season.

The boomerang was first encountered by western people at Farm Cove ( Port Jackson ), Australia, in December 1804 where its use as a weapon was witnessed during a tribal skirmish:

Babrak Karmal (, born Sultan Hussein ; 6 January 1929 – 1 or 3 December 1996 ) was an Afghan politician and statesman during the Cold War.

Congressman Cliff Stearns said in December 2007 that Selig should resign because of use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball during his tenure.

After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom, Rabbani returned to Kabul and served as a temporary President from November to December 20, 2001, when Hamid Karzai was chosen at the Bonn International Conference on Afghanistan.

Sir Charles Spencer " Charlie " Chaplin, KBE ( 16 April 188925 December 1977 ) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era.

The other rainy season is between December and June, when the northeast trade winds are common during this season, only altitudes above 600m tend to receive regular rain.

Since the death of Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar in a police shootout during December 1993, indiscriminate acts of violence associated with that organization have abated as the " cartels " have broken up into multiple, smaller and often-competing trafficking organizations.

cyclones possible during rainy season ( December to April ); Le Kartala on Grande Comore is an active volcano

Saint Columba ( 7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD )— also known as Colum Cille, or Chille ( Old Irish, meaning " dove of the church "), Colm Cille ( Irish ), Calum Cille ( Scottish Gaelic ), Colum Keeilley ( Manx Gaelic ) and Kolban or Kolbjørn ( Old Norse )— was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period.

Finn and Hester decided to form a new band during the Split Enz farewell tour, Enz with a Bang, during November and December 1984.

Traditional crib ( szopka ) at the Main Market Square, Kraków during szopka tournament on first Thursday of each December

* 1972 – Vijay Diwas: ( Victory Day ) is commemorated every 16 December in India as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

* 1981 – Philadelphia Police Department officer Daniel Faulkner is killed during a routine traffic stop ; Mumia Abu-Jamal is later convicted for it and he goes on to become " perhaps the world's best known death-row inmate " before his sentence is commuted to life without parole in December 2011.

Thunderstorms: Activity is generally noticed during the afternoon and evenings during the summer months ( December through March ) and when the Intertropical Convergence Zone is in the vicinity of the island.

The company's second title, New Comics # 1 ( cover date December 1934 ), appeared in a size close to what would become comic books ' standard during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books, with slightly larger dimensions than today's.

UNHCR packages containing tents, tarps, and mosquito netting sit in a field in Dadaab, Kenya, on 11 December 2006, following disastrous flooding.

This plan leads to a disastrous Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13th ).

* December 24 – December 25 – A disastrous flood hits the North Sea coast between the Netherlands and Denmark ; thousands die or lose their houses.

In December 1853 there was a disastrous outbreak of cholera in the Territory, which killed nearly 15 % of the population.

The middle of December was disastrous for the British army.

In calling the 1917 – 18 Irish Convention he attempted to settle the outstanding Home Rule for Ireland issue, but then his attempt to extend conscription to Ireland in April 1918 was disastrous, leading to the wipeout of the old Irish Home Rule Party at the December 1918 election.

On 11 December 1102 Peter was in Estella on the border with Castile, perhaps seeking the aid of Alfonso VI after a particularly disastrous autumn for the Christians of eastern Spain.

After George Washington crossed the Delaware River on December 25, 1776, the fact that thousands of Hessian troops had been drawn to Mount Holly aided in the Continental Army's success in the Battle of Trenton the next day, a surprising American victory that helped turn the Army's fading morale after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fort Washington just weeks before and the ignominious retreat through New Jersey.

On 7 December 2002, it was reported in the press that ten foreign banks had told the government privately that the introduction of Article 23 would have disastrous consequences for Hong Kong, threatening its demise as Asia's financial capital.

Paterson personally accompanied the disastrous Scottish expedition to Panama in 1698, where his wife and child died and he became seriously ill. On his return to Scotland in December 1699, he became instrumental in the movement for the Union of Scotland and England, culminating in his support of the Act of Union 1707.

The legislature voted $ 100, 000 to be sent to South Carolina for the relief of Charlestonians who suffered a disastrous fire in December 1861.

In December 2001, following a disastrous result for the Socialist Party in the local elections, Guterres resigned, stating that " I am resigning to prevent the country from falling into a political swamp ", and President Jorge Sampaio dissolved the Parliament and called for elections.

In December 1964, a disastrous flood struck Northern California, and on Christmas Eve, HMM-363 deployed aboard the USS Bennington and rushed northward to the disaster area.

On Wednesday morning, December 10, 1924 there was a disastrous fire that destroyed four of Bridgewater state ’ s buildings.

The group was formed after the three musicians from The Deviants ( Paul Rudolph, born Vancouver, Canada, guitar and vocals ; Duncan Sanderson, born 31 December 1948, Carlisle, Cumbria, bass ; Russell Hunter, born Barry Russell Hunter, 26 April 1946, Woking, Surrey, drums ), sacked their singer and leader Mick Farren during a disastrous tour of the West Coast of the United States.

A new series of economic changes followed: the National Bank of Romania was passed into full public ownership ( December 1946 ), and, in order to combat the Romanian leu's devaluation, a surprise monetary reform was imposed as a stabilization measure in August 1947 ( with disastrous consequences on the livelihoods of middle class citizens ).

In one disastrous week, dubbed Black Week, from 10-17 December 1899, the British Army suffered three devastating defeats by the Boer Republics at the battles of Stormberg ( 690 ), Magersfontein ( 948 ) and Colenso ( 1, 138 ), with 2, 776 men killed, wounded and captured.

On 19 December 2008, Anghelescu was dismissed after a disastrous six-month spell.

* November – December Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive – another disastrous Soviet attempt to cut off Rzhev salient ; Georgy Zhukov's worst defeat

When Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside was relieved of command of the Union's Army of the Potomac ( following the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862 and the fiasco of his Mud March in January 1863 ), his replacement, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, immediately began reorganizing and training his army, in winter quarters outside of Fredericksburg.

Unfortunately it lost many of its historical and cultural buildings after the disastrous earthquake in December 1988.

After its disastrous flop on Broadway, Blue Monday was reportedly renamed 135th Street when Ferde Grofé re-orchestrated it in 1925, with a concert performance at Carnegie Hall on December 29 under the direction of Paul Whiteman.

The restricted driver visibility of the class was a factor in the disastrous Lewisham rail crash on 4 December 1957 outside St John's railway station in Lewisham, in which 90 people were killed and 173 injured.