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International Volunteer Day; | refimprove |
; National Day in Thailand (1927) | multiple issues |
1492 – Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic. | article says Dec 25, but not cited |
1590 – Niccolò Sfondrati became Pope Gregory XIV, succeeding Pope Urban VII who died two months earlier. | needs more footnotes; lead too short |
1766 – In London, James Christie founded what is today the world's leading art business and fine arts auction house. | refimprove section |
1776 – Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and the first collegiate organization to adopt a Greek-letter name, was founded at the College of William and MaryinWilliamsburg, Virginia. | unreferenced section |
1876 – Fire engulfed the Brooklyn TheatreinBrooklyn, New York, killing at least 278 people, mostly due to smoke inhalation. | inappropriate tone |
1952 – The "Great Smog of London" began and lasted for five days, causing 12,000 deaths and leading to the Clean Air Act 1956. | refimprove, lots of CN tags |
1958 – Subscriber trunk dialling was inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she made a phone call from BristoltoEdinburgh. | refimprove |
Jacobus Anthonie Meessen (b. 1836) | TFA for 2019 |
December 5: Krampusnacht in parts of Central Europe
Ealhswith (d. 902) · Clyde Cessna (b. 1879) · Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. 1969)