Jesse James Robs Train
Dec 8 James-Younger gang led by Jesse James robs a train at Muncie, Kansas stealing $30,000
King Kalakaua's US Visit
Dec 12 Hawaiian King David Kalakaua is 1st king to visit the US as guest of Ulysses S. Grant at 1st US state dinner at the White House
- Dec 15 1st reigning king to visit US is the King of Hawaii, received by President Grant
- Dec 15 Henry Bergh, Eldgridge Gerry, and philanthropist John D. Wright found the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in NYC, the world's first anti-child abuse agency. Later known as The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC).
- Dec 24 Pope Pius IX proclaims a jubilee for 1875
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