December 1 - National World AIDS Day declared in 1988 by the World Health Organization.

December 5 - Haiti "discovered" by Christopher Colombus in 1492.

December 6 - Everglades National Park Established in 1947.

December 10 - Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, born in Adams Center, NY in 1851.

December 12 - First African-American, Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina, was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives in 1870.

December 14 - South Pole discovered in 1911by Roald Amundsen, four companions and 52 sled dogs.

December 16 - Boston Tea party held in Boston Harbor in 1773.

December 19 - First radio voice broadcast from space in 1958; it was a 58-second recorded Christmas greeting from President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

December 22 - Winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere at 1:08 a.m.

Famous December birthdays include…
Actor Woody Allen (12/1/1935)
Pop Singer Britney Spears (12/2/1981)
Author Joseph Conrad (12/3/1857)
Model/Talk-Show Host Tyra Banks (12/4/1973) Visionary Walt Disney (12/5/1901)
Baseball Legend Johnny Bench (12/7/1947)
Artist Diego Rivera (12/8/1894)
Clown Emmet Kelly (12/9/1898)
Poet Emily Dickinson (12/10/1830)
Crooner Frank Sinatra (12/12/1915)
Actor Jamie Foxx (12/13/1967)
Author Jane Austen (12/16/1775)
Actor Brad Pitt (12/18/1963)
Tennis Player Chris Evert (12/21/1954)
News Anchor Diane Sawyer (12/22/1945) Entrepreneur Madame C.J. Walker (12/23/1867) Tycoon Howard Hughes (12/24/1905)
Scientist Sir Isaac Newton (12/25/1642)
Actor James Amos (12/27/1939)
Athlete Lebron James (12/30/1984)
Artist Henri Matisse (12/31/1869)