On This Day in December

On December the …
 

1st, 1913 what became the worlds first company to introduce a moving assembly line?

2nd, 1988 who became the first female Prime Minister of an Islam state?

3rd, 1947 whose play A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway?

4th, 1994 in which sport did Pakistan defeat the Netherlands in the final to win the world championships?

5th, 1932 which German born physicist was granted American citizenship?

6th, 1897 which city witnessed the first motorised taxis?

7th, 1971 which casino in Switzerland was badly damaged by fire?

8th, 1980 who murdered John Lennon?

9th, 1945 who was injured in a car crash, dying twelve days later and was subsequently played on film by George C Scott?

10th, 1868 London’s first traffic lights were installed outside which building?

11th, 1981 who became the last person to defeat Muhammed Ali?

12th, 1911 what did Delhi replace as capital of India?

13th, 1996 who was elected Secretary General of the United Nations?

14th, 1911 who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole?

15th, 1970 who was born on this day and went on to ride seven winners at Ascot on September 28th, 1996?

16th 1982 who died having previously founded Lotus cars?

17th, 1967 which Australian Prime Minister disappeared swimming off the coast of Victoria?

18th, 1980 who was born on this day and went on to release the 2002 album Stripped?

19th, 1997 which film went on general release and went on to win 11 Oscars?

20th, 1803 which state was purchased by the USA from France?

21st, 1937 what became Walt Disney’s first feature length animation when it premiered in Los Angeles?

22nd, 1989 which gate in Berlin was reopened?

23rd, 1954 Dr Joseph Murray performed the first transplant of which body organ?

24th, 1515 who was named Lord Chancellor of England?

25th, 1995 which member of the Rat Pack died?

26th 1982 which non human was named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year?

27th, 1927 who was expelled from the Communist Party and was later killed with an ice pick?

28th, 1950 what became Britain’s first National Park?

29th, 1170 who was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral?

30th , 1460 which war witnessed the Battle of Wakefield?

31st, 1923 what was broadcast for the first time on BBC radio?

Answers

1st – Ford

2nd – Benazir Bhutto

3rd – Tennessee Williams

4th – Hockey

5th – Albert Einstein

6th – London

7th – Montreaux Casino

8th – Mark Chapman

9th – General George Patton

10th – Houses of Parliament

11th – Trevor Berbick

12th – Calcutta

13th – Kofi Annan

14th – Roald Amundsen

15th – Frankie Dettori

16th – Colin Chapman

17th – Harold Holt

18th – Christian Aguilera

19th – Titanic

20th – Louisiana

21st – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

22nd – Brandenburg Gate

23rd – Kidney

24th- Thomas Wolsey

25th – Dean Martin

26th – The computer

27th – Leon Trotsky

28th- The Peak District

29th – Thomas Becket

30th – War of the Roses

31st – The chimes of Big Ben