Events in History December |
| Date | Story or event |
| 4th December, 1965 | Launch of Gemini VII spacecraft |
| 7th December, 1972 | Launch of Apollo 17 (Man's last trip to the Moon) |
| 14th December 1546 | Tycho brahe born in Knudstrup, Denmark |
| 15th December, 1965 | Launch of Gemini VI spacecraft |
| 26th December 1780 | Birthday of Mary Somerville (Mathematician & astronomer) |
| 27th December, 1571 | Birthday of Johannes Kepler |
| 30th December 1691 | anniversary of the death of astronomer and physicist Robert Boyle |
| 30th December, 1931 | Birthday of astronaut Charles A. Bassett (Gemini project astronaut) |