| December Event with Missing Word | Missing Word | Date of Event |
| ____ ____ refused to give up her seat on a bus | |
| The first successful artificial ____ transplant was completed at the University of Utah Medical Center. The recipient was Barney C. Clark, age 61 | |
| The first ____ ____ was raised aboard the 'USS Alfred' | |
| The first professional ____ playoff game is played | |
| ____ ____ becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola | |
| ____ ____ sworn in as vice president, following the resignation of Spiro Agnew | |
| ____ ____ is attacked by the Japanese Navy | |
| The Beatles member, ____ ____, is shot and killed in New York City | |
| ____ declared war on Italy, Japan and Germany | |
| The 20th state, ____, is admitted to the union | |
| ____ ____ fights his last boxing match and is defeated by Trevor Berbick | |
| Delhi replaces ____ as the capital of India | |
| Confederates won the Civil War Battle of ____ | |
| Berry Gordy founds the ____ record label in Detroit, Michigan | |
| The Bill of ____ went into effect | |
| The ____ ____ ____occurs when the Sons of Liberty dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act | |