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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: The Lebensborn registered association established in Nazi Germany by the SS

Literally translated as ‘Fount of Life’, Lebensborn was designed to harness apparent racial purity through the birth of children conceived between Aryan women and members of the SS, often as a result of extramarital ...

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: First Nobel Prizes awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology

An urban legend states that an obituary printed erroneously left Nobel distressed at how he would be remembered, and resulted in him seeking a way to improve his legacy by funding the creation of Nobel ...

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 outside his New York apartment block by Mark David Chapman

As Lennon walked from his limousine to the Dakota building’s front entrance, Mark David Chapman fired five rounds at his back, of which four hit ...

7th December 1972: The Blue Marble photograph taken of the whole Earth

The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the ...

6th December 1956: The ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary

The match was a semi-final at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympic Games and became famous as a result of the violence that ran throughout the ...

5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital due to a combination of air pollution and weather ...

4th December 1956: The Million Dollar Quartet of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash held an impromptu jam session at Sun Record Studios

Studio engineer Jack Clement, who had discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, was in the control booth and decided to record the session which was the only time that these pop music pioneers would ever record ...