The Ku Klux Klan is formed. On this day in history, six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original Ku Klux Klan. The name…
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23 December 1972
The survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days. They reportedly survived by cannibalism. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was a chartered…
22 December 1942
Adolf Hitler signs the order to begin development the V2 rocket as a weapon. Early in World War II, Hitler was not particularly enthusiastic about…
21 December 1995
The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control. On December 21, 1995, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem, and three days later the city…
20 December 1985
Pope John Paul II announces support for World Youth Day. At the very beginning, during the Jubilee Year of Redemption, and then again for the…
19 December 1932
The British Broadcasting Corporation World Service start broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. The BBC’s Empire Service began short-wave broadcasts on 12 December 1932, from…
18 December 2006
The United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections. The first elections ever to be held in the United Arab Emirates took place on 16 December,…
17 December 1892
The first issue of Vogue is published. The first issue of Vogue magazine came out on December 17, 1892. It started as small, weekly society…
16 December 1920
An estimated 200,000 are killed when a magnitude 8.5 hits the Gansu province in China. The earthquake that hit China’s remote Gansu Province in late…
15 December 2010
A boat of asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people. On 15 December 2010, a boat carrying…