Day
|
Year
|
Hint
|
Event
|
December 1st
|
1929
|
Edwin Lowe invents this game
|
Bingo
|
December 2nd
|
1409
|
This famous university opens
|
University of Leipzig
|
December 3rd
|
1976
|
There is an assassination attempt on this person in Jamaica
|
Bob Marley
|
December 4th
|
1816
|
This U.S President is elected
|
James Madison
|
December 5th
|
1492
|
This country was discovered by Christopher Columbus
|
Haiti
|
December 6th
|
1865
|
This is abolished in the United States
|
Slavery
|
December 7th
|
1941
|
This attack in WWll killed nearly 3000 Americans
|
Pearl Harbor
|
December 8th
|
1886
|
This Mexican Artist is born
|
Diego Rivera
|
December 9th
|
1883
|
This province adopts eastern standard time
|
New Brunswick
|
December 10th
|
1830
|
This famous Poet was born in Amherst Massachusetts
|
Emily Dickenson
|
December 11th
|
1913
|
This painting was recovered after being missing for 2 years
|
Mona Lisa
|
December 12th
|
1800
|
This city was established as U.S capital
|
Washington DC
|
December 13th
|
1991
|
This war was formally ended
|
Korean War
|
December 14th
|
1911
|
Roald Amundsen is the first person to reach here
|
South Pole
|
December 15th
|
1995
|
This new currency was announced
|
Euro
|
December 16th
|
1770
|
This composer was born
|
Ludwig Van Beethoven
|
December 17th
|
1903
|
This new form of transportation was invented
|
Airplane
|
December 18th
|
1956
|
This country was admitted to the UN
|
Japan
|
December 19th
|
1732
|
This person published Poor Richards Almanac for the first time
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
December 20th
|
1860
|
This became the first state to secede from the union
|
South Carolina
|
December 21st
|
1846
|
This is first used in a British Operation
|
Anesthesia
|
December 22nd
|
1858
|
This Italian Composer is born
|
Giacomo Puccini
|
December 23rd
|
1888
|
This artist famously cut off his ear
|
Vincent Van Gogh
|
December 24th
|
1814
|
The Treaty of Ghent was signed, ending this war
|
War of 1812
|
December 25th
|
1066
|
This person was crowned king of England
|
William the Conquerer
|
December 26th
|
2004
|
This event killed 230,000 people
|
Boxing Day Tsunami
|
December 27th
|
1949
|
This country gained sovereignty from the Dutch
|
Indonesia
|
December 28th
|
1856
|
This U.S president was born
|
Woodrow Wilson
|
December 29th
|
1813
|
This city was burned by the British in the War of 1812
|
Buffalo
|
December 30th
|
1922
|
This country was established
|
Soviet Union
|
December 31st
|
1879
|
This invention was publicly demonstrated in Menlo Park
|
Lightbulb
|