December 1, Friday Details
Minoru Yamasaki (19121986) : Japanese American.
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 : United States.
Independence Day : Portugal.
Rosa Parks Day : African American.
Youth Day : Portugal.
World AIDS Day : International.
December 2, Saturday Details
Independence Day : Laos.
December 3, Sunday Details
Joseph Conrad (born Jσzef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) (18571924) : Polish British.
Giuseppe Maria Francisco Vigo (17471836) : Italian.
Advent begins : Christian. (m)
December 5, Tuesday Details
Josef Pilsudski (18671935) : Polish.
Phillis Wheatley (17531784) : African American.
Discovery Day : Haiti.
National Day (King's Birthday) : Thailand.
Saint Nicholas Day : Netherlands.
December 6, Wednesday Details
Ira Gershwin (18961983) : Jewish American.
Constitution Day : Spain.
Farmers' Day : Ghana.
Independence Day : Finland.
Independence of Quito : Ecuador.
December 8, Friday Details
Diego Rivera (18861957) : Mexican.
Mother's Day : Panama.
Bodhi Day (Buddha's Enlightenment) : Buddhist.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception : Roman Catholic.
December 9, Saturday Details
Battle of Ayucucho : Peru.
Independence Day : Tanzania.
December 10, Sunday Details
T[homas] H[opkins] Gallaudet (17871851) : French, People with Disabilities.
Constitution Day : Thailand.
Human Rights Day : United Nations.
December 11, Monday Details
Fiorello LaGuardia (18821947) : Italian American.
December 12, Tuesday Details
Frank Sinatra (19151998) : Italian American.
Composition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (1900) : African American.
Constitution Day (observed) : Russia. (m)
Fiesta de Guadalupe (fe-esta-guahd-ah-loopa) : Mexico.
Independence Day : Kenya.
December 13, Wednesday Details
Younghill Kang (19031972) : Korean American.
Santa Lucia : Sweden.
December 15, Friday Details
Tatanka-Yatanka (Sitting Bull) (1830s1890) : American Indian (Sioux).
Hanukkah begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)
December 16, Saturday Details
Reconciliation Day : South Africa.
Victory Day : Bangladesh.
Hanukkah (hah-noo-kah) (12/16-12/23) : Jewish. (m)
Las Posadas (los-pos ahdβs) (12/16-12/24) : Mexico. (m)
December 17, Sunday Details
Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Acts (1943) : United States.
December 18, Monday Details
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971) : United States.
December 19, Tuesday Details
Carter G. Woodson (18751950) : African American.
December 20, Wednesday Details
Sacagawea (?1812) : American Indian (Shoshone).
Yule begins at sundown : Pagan and Wiccan. (m)
December 21, Thursday Details
Maria Cadilla de Martinez (18861951) : Puerto Rican.
Henrietta Szold (18601945) : Jewish American.
Yule (Winter Solstice) : Pagan and Wiccan. (m)
Winter Solstice. (m)
December 22, Friday Details
Tomαs Rivera (19351984) : Mexican American.
December 23, Saturday Details
Joseph Smith (18051844) : Mormon.
Sarah Breedlove Walker (18671919) : African American.
Emperor's Birthday : Japan.
Victory Day : Egypt.
December 24, Sunday Details
Eduardo Lalo Guerrero (19162005) : Mexican American.
Scott Joplin (18681917) : African American.
December 25, Monday Details
Wendell Chino (19231998) : American Indian (Mescalero Apache).
Philip Vera Cruz (19041994) : Filipino American.
Filippo Mazzei (17301810) : Italian.
Qaid-i-Azam (18761948) : Pakistan.
Christmas : Christian.
December 26, Tuesday Details
Boxing Day : Bahamas, Canada, Great Britain, N. Australia. (m)
Day of Goodwill : South Africa. (m)
Kwanzaa (quanza) (rhymes with wanza) : African American.
St. Stephen's Day : Roman Catholic.
December 28, Thursday Details
Holy Innocents' Day : Mexico, Morocco.
December 29, Friday Details
Wounded Knee Massacre (1890) : American Indian.
The Hajj (hβj) (rhymes with mahje) (12/29-1/2).
December 30, Saturday Details
Rizal (reezahl-day) Day : Philippines.
December 31, Sunday Details
Revolution Day : Ghana.
Eid al-Adha (eyed-al-ahdha) (The Feast of Sacrifice) (12/31-1/2).