December 10. Instrument of Abdication signed by King Edward VIII in 1936.
December 10. Steve Renko is born in 1944.
December 9. Cy Seymour is born in 1872.
December 9. Heisman Trophy awarded for first time in 1935 at the Downtown Athletic Club.
December 8. The Seventh Symphony of Beethoven premieres in 1813.
December 8. Hank Thompson is born in 1925.
December 7. Ozzie Virgil is born in 1933.
December 7. In Gallatin, Missouri, Jesse James robs his first bank in 1869.
December 6. Jocko Conlan is born in 1899.
