The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
7 December 1944
An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people
3 December 1992
A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world’s first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of…
1 December 1989
Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d’état.
30 November 1864
American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of…
29 November 1947
French forces carry out a massacre at M? Tr?ch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.