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Dec 05 NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves 
Dec 06 Firmin Baes, Flemish painter, dies at 69.
Dec 07 Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US.
Dec 07 John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22
Dec 08 John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in NYC
Dec 10 British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy
Dec 13 150 US Marauders bomb Schiphol
Dec 14 In this year, Capt. Paul Triguet (Royal 22e Regiment) claims the Victoria Cross at Casa Berardi, Italy
Dec 15 Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri.
Dec 16 "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, results in the deaths of 73 and injures 200.
Dec 17 Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany.
Dec 19 Military coup in Bolivia
Dec 20 "International" is no longer USSR National Anthem.
Dec 21 USS Grayling (SS-208) sinks fourth Japanese ship since 18 December
Dec 22 In this year, Canadian inaugural Division surrounds Ortona, cuts off German retreat; starts week-long battle with savage house to house fighting
Dec 22 Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core
Dec 23 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, NY
Dec 23 inaugural telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady NY
Dec 23 Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees de Jongen), dies at 64.
Dec 24 FDR appoints Gen Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces
Dec 24 FDR appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces.
Dec 25 Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer, dies at 62.
Dec 26 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst
Dec 26 General A.G.L. 'Andy' McNaughton 1887-1966 retires as commander of inaugural Canadian Army
Dec 27 Curtis Veeder, the engineer who invented the modern automotive tachometer and odometer, died on this day.
Dec 27 Defending German paratroopers start to abandon town of Ortona after a week of fierce fighting with Maj-Gen Christopher Vokes' 1st Canadian Division; infantry from the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada suffered heavy casualties; 1372 Canadians killed in taking Ortona and environs.
Dec 27 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government
Dec 27 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese govt.
Dec 28 All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70000 killed
Dec 28 Canadian troops enter the medieval town of Ortona after a week of battling enemy paratroopers in house to house fighting; Germans moved out quickly the night before when they were in danger of being cut off.
Dec 29 JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch traffic minister (19..-94).
Dec 29 William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75
Dec 30 Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76
Dec 30 Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps and cash.
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