On December 25.1927 ; The Vietnamese Nationalist Party is founded. source
On December 25.1927 ; The Vietnamese Nationalist Party is founded.
On December 25.1941 ; World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. source
On December 25.1941 ; World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
On December 25.1947 ; The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect. source
On December 25.1947 ; The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
On December 25.2000 ; Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. source
On December 25.2000 ; Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.
On December 25.2009 ; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts a terrorist attack against the US while on board a flight to Detroit Metro Airport Northwest Airlines Flight 253 source
On December 25.2009 ; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab unsuccessfully attempts a terrorist attack against the US while on board a flight to Detroit Metro Airport Northwest Airlines Flight 253
On December 25.2012 ; An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people. source
On December 25.2012 ; An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
On December 26.1793 ; Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeat Austria. source
On December 26.1793 ; Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeat Austria.
On December 26.1862 ; American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins. source
On December 26.1862 ; American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
On December 26.1898 ; Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium. source
On December 26.1898 ; Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
On December 26.1975 ; Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, went into service. source
On December 26.1975 ; Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, went into service.
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On December 27.1836 ;The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people. source
On December 27.1836 ;The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.
On December 27.1922 ; Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world. source
On December 27.1922 ; Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
On December 27.1945 ; The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations. source
On December 27.1945 ; The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
On December 27.1978 ; Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship. source
On December 27.1978 ; Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
On December 27.1989 ; The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest. source
On December 27.1989 ; The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.
On December 27.2004 ; Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet. source
On December 27.2004 ; Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
On December 28.1308 ; The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins. source
On December 28.1308 ; The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
On December 28.1836 ; South Australia and Adelaide are founded. source
On December 28.1836 ; South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
On December 28.1846 ; Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state. source
On December 28.1846 ; Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
On December 28.1973 ; The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States. source
On December 28.1973 ; The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
On December 28.2014 ; Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard. source
On December 28.2014 ; Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
On December 29.1835 ; The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States. source
On December 29.1835 ; The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
On December 29.1874 ; The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain. source
On December 29.1874 ; The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
On December 29.1911 ; Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia. source
On December 29.1911 ; Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
On December 29.1916 ; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15). source
On December 29.1916 ; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).
On December 29.1939 ; First flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. source
On December 29.1939 ; First flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
On December 29.2012 ; A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured source
On December 29.2012 ; A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured
On December 29.2013 ; A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others. source
On December 29.2013 ; A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
On December 30.1825 ; The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed. source
On December 30.1825 ; The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.