December was the twelfth and final month of the year.
December was best known for being the time of the holiday season for Christmas. Chanuka was also celebrated during this month.
Dates
- December 25, 3 BC-1 AD: This is traditionally the approximate birthday of Jesus Christ.
- December 25, 1776: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River begins late in the evening.[2]
- December 26, 1776: Wonder Woman and the Atom arrive in the time elevator from the year 1980. They meet General George Washington in Trenton, New Jersey directly before the Battle of Trenton. They manage to escape to the year 1667, after the Continental Army attempts to seize them, as they were mistaken for foreign spies.[3]
- December 17, 1903: The Wright brothers fly the first successful airplane.[6]
- December 8, 1925: Sammy Davis, Jr. was born in Harlem, New York.[7]
- December 29, 1936: Mary Tyler Moore was born in Brooklyn.[8]
- December 15, 1937: John Sladek was born in Iowa.[9]
- December 1940: On Earth-Two, Alfred R. Ley discovers a dinosaur in an icy suspended animation in Siberia. It had been frozen there since the Mesozoic age.[10]
- December 5, 1941: The Japanese navy lead a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing the USA into the war.[11]
- December 6, 1941: Frank Rock enlists in the United States Army.[12]
- December 7, 1941: In the White House, President Roosevelt has a meeting with a few members of the Justice Society of America, asking them to mobilize as many costumed heroes as they can find, thus founding the All-Star Squadron.[13]
- December 30, 1975: Tiger Woods was born in California.[14]
- December 17, 1977: Superman, Hawkman and Hawkgirl travel to May 9, 3977 to rescue a scientist who had been stranded in the future.[15]
- December 1978: According to the Weather Wizard, the weather during December of '78 was very cold in Fargo, North Dakota; but also even in Skid Row, Los Angeles.[16]
- December 16, 1978: The Super Friends are all believed to have been killed by the Legion of Doom's noxium crystal, but it was actually their robot duplicates they had attacked.[17]
- December 26, 1991: The Soviet Union collapses.[19]
- December 22, 2000: Cast Away was released in movie theaters on this date.[20]
- December 18, 2016: Zsa Zsa Gabor died in Los Angeles.[21]
- December 29, 2442: Michael Jon Carter and Michelle Carter was born in Gotham City.[22]
- December 8, 2957: Nura Nal is born on the planet Naltor.[23]
- December 30, 2959: Querl Dox was born on Colu.[24]
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References
- ↑ As seen in Time Rescue.
- ↑ As seen in the Superfriends season 5 episode Elevator To Nowhere (1980).
- ↑ As seen in Elevator To Nowhere (1980).
- ↑ This is conjecture based upon real life history.
- ↑ This is conjecture based on real life.
- ↑ As seen in The Water Beast (1977).
- ↑ This is conjecture based on real life.
- ↑ This is conjecture based on real life.
- ↑ This is conjecture based on real life.
- ↑ As seen in the animated Superman film The Arctic Giant (1942).
- ↑ This is real-life history, which was significant for this universe because it also led to the founding of the All-Star Squadron.
- ↑ This is conjecture based upon the comics.
- ↑ This is conjecture based upon the comics.
- ↑ This is conjecture based on real life.
- ↑ As seen in the Super Friends season 2 episode Time Rescue (1977).
- ↑ As seen in the Legends of the Superheroes episode The Roast (1979).
- ↑ This episode aired on the 16th of December, and the month written on Batman's gravestone was also December.
- ↑ This is conjecture based upon real-life.
- ↑ This is conjecture based upon real life accounts.
- ↑ This date is conjecture based upon real life accounts.
- ↑ This date is conjecture based upon real life accounts.
- ↑ This is conjecture based upon the comics' continuity.
- ↑ This is conjecture based upon the comics.
- ↑ This is conjecture based upon the comics.