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17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

The Saturnalia festival was dedicated to Roman god, ...

16th December 1914: German Navy attack Scarborough

Shortly after 8am on the 16th December 1914, the German Imperial Navy attacked the British seaside towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and ...

15th December 1851: The Forest Creek Monster Meeting of Australian gold miners protests taxes

Over 14,000 Australian gold miners gathered at Forest Creek in Victoria for a protest known as the Monster ...

14th December 1911: Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole

On the 14th December 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led a team of four others to become the first to reach the South ...

13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

Æthelwold ætheling, a claimant to the Anglo-Saxon throne was defeated at the Battle of the ...

12th December 1935: Nazis introduce Lebensborn programme

On the 12th December 1935, the Lebensborn registered association was established in Nazi Germany by the ...

11th December 1946: UNICEF established by the United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly established UNICEF to provide help for children in countries affected by World War ...

10th December 1901: The first Nobel Prizes awarded

On the 10th December 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or ...

9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles

Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile ...

8th December 1980: John Lennon murdered by Mark David Chapman

At 10:50pm on the 8th December 1980, former Beatle and political activist John Lennon was murdered outside his apartment block in New ...