THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

• Dec. 1 :  In Montgomery, Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her her seat in the front section of a bus. (1955)
• Dec. 2 :  Barney B. Clark receives the world's first artificial heart transplant. (1982)
• Dec. 7 :  Pearl Harbor was bombed in a surprise Japanese attack.  It marked the U.S. entry into WW2. (1941)
• Dec. 15:  The Bill of Rights are enacted, amending the U.S. Constitution (1791)
• Dec. 16:  Boston residents protesting British taxation threw tea overboard on a British ship.  The Boston Tea Party was the beginning of the American fight for independence.
• Dec. 16:  The famous World War 2 "Battle of the Bulge" began. (1944)
• Dec. 24:  Franz Joseph Gruber composed "Silent Night". (1818)
• Dec. 30:  Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galactic systems.  (1924) Yes, the Hubble telescope was later named after him.