Important Historical Anniversaries in December

1st December: Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 Rosa Parks: Bus Boycott, Civil Rights & Facts – HISTORY

6th December: 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, abolishes slavery in 1865. 13th Amendment – Abolition of Slavery | Constitution Center

9th December: Genocide Convention signed by the UN in 1948 United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect

16th December: Boston Tea Party, 1773 Coming of the American Revolution: Boston Tea Party (masshist.org)

18th December: 100 year anniversary of the Irish Free State Irish Free State declared – HISTORY

27th December: 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur | Science History Institute

30th December:  100th anniversary of the formation of the USSR Soviet Union – Countries, Cold War & Collapse | HISTORY – HISTORY

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