18th » John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania.
18th » The House of Thani called Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar
31st » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable Two-stroke engine e.g two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1878
3rd » Francis A. Nixon, American businessman (d. 1956)
4th » Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1918)
10th » C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th List of Governors-General of India or Governor-General of India (d. 1972)
15th » Hans Carossa, German author and poet (d. 1956)
18th » Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
21st » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1956)
22nd » Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (d. 1925)
23rd » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer (d. 1972)
25th » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver (d. 1941)
25th » Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes (d. 1956)
25th » Joseph M. Schenck known as Joseph Schenk, Russian-born American film executive (d. 1961)
30th » William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, 7th Premier of Alberta (d. 1943)
31st » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (d. 1966)
31st » Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)