A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Manila_Skyway_bus_accident’]
15 December 2001
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa’]
14 December 1971
Over 200 of East Pakistan’s intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals…
13 December 1988
PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a…
12 December 2015
The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement’]
11 December 1968
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko…
10 December 1901
The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize’]
8 December 1974
A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Greek_republic_referendum’]
7 December 1732
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House’]