Monroe Doctrine Confirmed
Dec 6 Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe Doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)
- Dec 10 Founding of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in Charleston, South Carolina
Pavlov First Russian Nobel
Dec 10 Ivan Pavlov awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work on the physiology of digestion, first Russian to win a Nobel Prize
Physics Nobel for Argon Discovery
Dec 10 John William Strutt [Lord Rayleigh] and William Ramsay are presented with the Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery of Argon
- Dec 10 King Peter I of Serbia named nationalist regime
- Dec 12 CMS McClellan's "Leah Kleschna" premieres in NYC
- Dec 19 Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905
- Dec 24 German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children
Event of Interest
Dec 27 Stage play "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie premieres at the Duke of York Theatre in London
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