December 1, 1955
The Montgomery bus boycott began after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
December 5, 1933
The 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol, was repealed with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, officially ending Prohibition.
December 6, 1865:
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, was ratified.
December 7, 1941
The Japanese attacked the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, prompting the United States to enter World War II.
December 16, 1773
The Boston Tea Party occurred, where colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
December 17, 1903
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful sustained flight of a heavier-than-air powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 21, 1864
Union General William T. Sherman captured Savannah, Georgia, after his “March to the Sea”.
December 24, 1814
The Treaty of Ghent was signed, officially ending the War of 1812.
December 31, 1879
Thomas Edison demonstrated the first practical incandescent electric lamp in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
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