This Week in History
This Week in History
December 14 (1991) – Mt. Cook in New Zealand was noted to have lost 10m in height.
December 15 (1979) – Haney and Abbott invented the game Trivial Pursuit.
December 16 (1770) - Ludwig Van Beethoven was born.
December 17 (1967) - Australian prime Minister, harol Holt, disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria.
December 18 (1963) - Actor Brad Pitt was born and later attended Kickapoo High School.
December 19 (1856) - Corrugated cardboard was patented.
December 20 (1894) - Australia's longest serving Prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies, was born.
December 15 (1979) – Haney and Abbott invented the game Trivial Pursuit.
December 16 (1770) - Ludwig Van Beethoven was born.
December 17 (1967) - Australian prime Minister, harol Holt, disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria.
December 18 (1963) - Actor Brad Pitt was born and later attended Kickapoo High School.
December 19 (1856) - Corrugated cardboard was patented.
December 20 (1894) - Australia's longest serving Prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies, was born.
Other December Highlights:
December 21 (1988) - terrorists exploded a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 258.
December 25 (1974) - Cyclone Tracy destroyed much of Darwin.
December 26 (1945) - The first Sydney to Hobart yacht race was held.
December 27 (1949) - Indonesia attained independence from the Netherlands after 400 years.
December 28 (1990) - An earthquake hit Newcastle where 8 people died.
December 30 (2006) - Saddam Hussein was hanged.