Movies set in December
Bobby Darin marries Sandra Dee
Percy Fawcett announces what is to be his last expedition
The Germs play a farewell gig at Starwood
Randy Kehler is arrested
Jack Abramoff is released from his half way house
The Mary Celeste is found abandoned
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies
Togo dies
The boycotting of buses in Montgomery begins
Alexia González-Barros González dies of spinal cancer
Amanda Knox is found guilty of Meredith Kercher's murder
Debbie turns 40
Newt Scamander arrives in New York
The USS Nimitz is sent back to the day before Pearl Harbor
Susie Salmon is murdered by George Harvey
The Rettendon murders are committed
The Rettendon murders are committed
Pearl Harbour is attacked by the Japanese
Pearl Harbour is attacked by the Japanese
Pearl Harbour is attacked by the Japanese
The Bengals play the Eagles
Darby Crash commits suicide
The battle of Wake Island
John Lennon is killed
Mark David Chapman kills John Lennon
Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle is killed in a car crash
Jean-Dominique Bauby suffers a stroke
King Edward VIII abdicates the throne
Madeleine Linscott is arrested for drink driving
Winter the dolphin is rescued from a crab trap
Cho Doo-soon kidnaps and rapes Na-young
Prince Albert meets with the Accession Council
Christos Potamitis helps in an armed robbery
Dick Cheney becomes Vice President of the US
A Japanese submarine arrives in California
Albert Pierrepoint hangs 13 war criminals on his first day day in Germany
A deadly virus is released
Sitting Bull is killed
Hank Williams marries Audrey Sheppard
Dr. Stone's disciplinary hearing is held
After a ransom is paid, John Paul Getty III is freed
Dodd Mitchell Darin is born
The Pakistani Instrument of Surrender is signed
John Gotti becomes the new head of the Gambino family
The date of Bucky's Mission Report
Australian PM Harold Holt goes missing
Richard Kuklinski, the Iceman, is arrested
The heist
Iris Simpkins and Amanda Woods swap homes
Marie Antoinette gives birth to a baby girl, Marie Thérèse Charlotte
J. M. W. Turner dies
Cole Porter and Linda Thomas meet
Elvis Presley leaves Memphis for Los Angeles
Jay Moriarty wipes out at Mavericks, and a picture of his wipeout appears on the cover of Surfer magazine
Train workers go on strike
Daniel fights in a karate tournament
Two teenagers are gunned down on Lake Helena Road
Elvis Presley spends the day in LA before flying to Washington DC
Bobby Darin dies
Manu Sharma is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Jessica Lal
Cindy Lou tries to visit Santa Claus
Elvis Presley meets Richard Nixon at the White House
The world is flooded
The Grinch attempts to sabotage Whoville's tree lighting ceremony
Arthur Capel dies in a car crash on his way to meet Coco Chanel
John Wayne Gacy is arrested
Megan Leavey's dog Rex dies
A group of stranded settlers resort to eating human flesh
Ian Hamilton is caught trying to break into Westminster Abbey
The Germs play as "Germs Incognito" at the Whisky a Go Go
Nikki Sixx nearly dies of a heroin overdoes
Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo assault Karla's sister
A settlement is reached between the mine and its sexually harassed employees
Kevin is left at home alone
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy dies
Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo kill Karla's sister
Tom Merrick is the only survivor of an electricity plant fire
Susan Berman, who Deborah Lehrman is based on, is killed
The Grinch disguises himself as Santa Claus
Ali Fayattia agrees to protect the monks
Kevin defends his home from two burglars
Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart take the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey
Chuck Noland's plane crashes and he washes up on a desert island
Tim McVey reclaims his high score in Nibbler
The Grinch steals Christmas in the early hours of the morning
Passengers board the Poseidon for a Christmas cruise
Han Solo and Chewbacca try to return to Kashyyyk for "Life Day"
The Boxing Day tsunami hits Thailand
Chauffeur Nick drives Basil into the Rockies
Peter Pan is a success on its opening night
Live at the Austin Outhouse is recorded on two consecutive nights, weeks before Blaze's death
Judy Garland arrives in London
Live at the Austin Outhouse is recorded on two consecutive nights, weeks before Blaze's death
Julian Assange speaks at the Chaos Communication Congress
Thomas Becket is assassinated
Sun Yat-sen becomes provisional president of China
Periyar becomes president of the Justice Party
Ed Gein's mother dies
Anna Beam falls through a tree
Rasputin is assassinated
Rasputin is assassinated
Rasputin is assassinated
Rasputin is assassinated
Rasputin is assassinated
Rasputin is assassinated
Perry Smith and Richard Hickock are captured by police in Las Vegas
Richard Hickock and Perry Smith are arrested
Richard Hickock and Perry Smith are arrested
Thomas Edison demonstrates his new electric light bulb at Menlo Park
Henry Nxumalo is murdered
An out of court settlement is reached
A group of regulars meet at the Frankfurt Junction
Life moves slowly in Sokolo, Mali
A group of friends and family prepare for the end of the world
A group of friends retreat to an uninhabited island in preparation for the new millennium
A fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher are brought together
Tamas and Juli go on a date
Jesus returns to earth
Albert celebrates the upcoming New Year
Oscar Grant attends his mother's birthday party
A taxi cab travels through San Francisco, from Chinatown to Marin
A bomb is detonated on the cruise ship Poseidon, and it capsizes
Guests on board the cruise ship Poseidon prepare to welcome in the New Year
Different people experience a variety of problems in the lead-up to the New Year
Passengers on the Poseidon celebrate New Year's eve