1914 – Battle of the Falkland Island: British Royal Navy destroys a German battle squadron
1952 – First TV acknowledgment of a pregnancy in the “I Love Lucy” episode “Lucy is Enceinte,” which incorporates Lucy’s real-life pregnancy into the storyline
1961 – Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 78 points in a 151-147 triple-overtime defeat to the LA Lakers at Philadelphia Civic Center, the third-highest individual game total in NBA history
1982 – “Sophie’s Choice”, directed by Alan J. Pakula and based on William Styton’s 1979 novel of the same name, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress 1983)
2004 – Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the Union of South American Nations
2019 – Sanna Marin becomes Finland’s youngest-ever Prime Minister at the age of 34
2022 – Iran announces first known execution of a protester from recent anti-government unrest, after convicting a man in a revolutionary court of “moharebeh” (enmity against God)
2024 – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad resigns and flees to Moscow after rebel forces sweep into the capital city of Damascus
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 7th December 2025
1937 – Russian chess player Alexander Alekhine recaptures his final world title from Dutch grand master Max Euwe by a large margin (+10−4=11)
1941 – Japanese Emperor Hirohito signs a declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire
1966 – A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people.
1973 – Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies
1988 – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, kills 25,000 to 50,000 people and leaves up to 500,000 homeless
2006 – A Tornado strikes Kensal Green in northwest London, seriously damaging around 150 properties
2018 – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is elected the new leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party, replacing Angela Merkel
2024 – Restored Notre Dame Cathedral re-opens after the 2019 fire with a VIP ceremony attended by world leaders in Paris, France
Historical Events for 6th December 2025
1723 – Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI’s Pragmatic Sanction with the Diet of Hungary recognizes the King’s daughters as successors
1862 – US President Abraham Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians
1903 – Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders
1914 – German troops over run Lodz
1922 – 1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica, NY
1973 – Bahrain’s constitution goes into effect
1984 – Helena Suková snaps Martina Navratilova’s 74-match winning streak 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the semi finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne; ends Navratilova’s hopes of completing the Grand Slam
2022 – Donald Trump’s real estate company Trump Organization convicted of tax fraud in New York
Historical Events for 5th December 2025
1832 – Andrew Jackson re-elected US President after defeating Henry Clay
1859 – Dion Boucicault’s stage melodrama “The Octaroon” opens at The Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
1892 – Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany’s Reichstag
1928 – England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
1945 – Dutch Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of radio presenter Max Blokzijl for broadcasting Nazi propaganda
1960 – Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
1983 – LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
2019 – Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, announces articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump will be drawn up for abuse of power
Historical Events for 4th December 2025
1906 – Alpha Phi Alpha, first Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
1949 – Duncan Stewart, 2nd British Governor of Sarawak is fatally stabbed in the streets of Sibu by Malay student Rosli Dhoby with help from Morshidi Sidek with the goal of helping neighbouring Indonesia to take over British Sarawak
1971 – The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan
1977 – NFL’s 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
1982 – China adopts its constitution
1985 – Slobodan Živojinović of Yugoslavia upsets No. 2 seed John McEnroe 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter finals; leaves McEnroe without a major singles title for the first time since 1978
1994 – 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
2012 – Miranda Hart wins Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year for “Is It Just Me?” at The British Book Awards
Historical Events for 3rd December 2025
1676 – Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000
1912 – Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact
1933 – Funeral of WWI commander Sir Arthur Currie with 150,000 people lining the streets of Montreal – largest Canadian funeral at the time
1983 – 48th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-20 in Birmingham
1992 – UN Security Council passes Resolution 794 authorizing US led allied forces to intervene in war-torn Somalia to restore order and allow humanitarian aid to be delivered
2005 – XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.
2018 – David Attenborough warns collapse of civilisation and the natural world on the horizon at UN climate summit in Poland
2018 – Ballon d’Or: Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modrić wins; first time since 2007 that either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t win award; Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg is inaugural women’s winner
Historical Events for 1st December 2025
1956 – Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
1956 – Australian women’s 4 x 100m relay team of Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Mellor and Shirley Strickland de la Hunty run world record 44.65 to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics; Cuthbert’s 3rd gold of the Games
1958 – Our Lady of Angels School fire kills 92 students and 3 nuns in Chicago, Illinois
1967 – Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in 76ers’ 133-109 win over Seattle SuperSonics; sets NBA record for 22 free throw misses
1971 – Chicago Cubs release longtime star and future Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, ending his 19-year MLB career; announce Banks will serve as a coach on manager Leo Durocher’s staff; Banks finishes with 512 home runs and 1,636 RBI
1976 – Angola admitted to the UN
1984 – American tennis icon Chris Evert wins her 1,000th career professional match; beats Pascale Paradis of France 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 in the round of 16 at the Australian Open; Evert goes on to win the event
1994 – Ernesto Zedillo is inaugurated as president of Mexico
Historical Events for 30th November 2025
1864 – Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead, 665 wounded
1952 – 17th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-0 in Birmingham
1955 – Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
1963 – Martin Walser’s “Überlebensgross Herr Krott” premieres in Stuttgart
1966 – Barbados gains independence from Great Britain (National Day)
1979 – Pink Floyd’s album “The Wall” is released and sells six million copies in two weeks
1988 – France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1991 – Rob Pilatus, 27, of disgraced pop duo Milli Vanilli attempts suicide
Historical Events for 29th November 2025
1890 – First US Army-Navy football game played at West Point: Navy 24, Army 0
1945 – Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed
1962 – Great Britain and France decide to build the Concorde supersonic airliner jointly
1968 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their first album “Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins” in the UK
1969 – The Beatles’ single “Something” / “Come Together” reaches #1
1976 – The New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to a five-year, $3.5 million contract
2021 – British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, is found guilty of sex trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan
2023 – Nepal registers its first same-sex marriage in its western Lumjung district, after becoming the second Asian country to legalize it five months earlier
Historical Events for 28th November 2025
1569 – Duke of Alva forces Bishop of Haarlem Nicolaas van Nieuwland to resign due to the clergyman’s alcoholism
1899 – Second Boer War: Battle of Modder River (Cape Colony), British Lord Methuen defeats Boer forces of Piet Cronjé and Koos de la Rey
1982 – CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos’ record 5th straight Championship; defeat Toronto Argonauts, 32-16
1987 – South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 passengers
1993 – Richard Baer’s stage play “Mixed Emotions,” starring Harold Gould and Katherine Helmond, closes at the John Golden Theatre in New York City after 48 performances
1993 – CFL Grey Cup, McMahon Stadium, Calgary: Edmonton Eskimos defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 33-23; Sean Fleming lands record equalling 6 field goals
2022 – 50 million birds are killed in a record-breaking outbreak of avian flu across the US, according to the Department of Agriculture, amid similar outbreaks elsewhere around the world
2023 – 41 Indian construction workers are successfully rescued after 41 days trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand, India