- Dec 2 1st Model A Ford sold, for only $385
Peking Man
Dec 2 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black announces to the Geological Society of China that ancient human fossils from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he names 'Sinanthropus Pekinensis' (Peking Man), now known as Homo Erectus
Shostakovich's 2nd Symphony
Dec 4 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Symphony premieres in Moscow
Ellington at the Cotton Club
Dec 4 Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem, NYC
- Dec 4 Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Paul Waner wins NL MVP
- Dec 10 "Grand Ole Opry" first named as such during Barn Dance radio broadcast, in Nashville, Tennessee
- Dec 14 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
- Dec 15 William Edward Hickman kidnaps 12 year-old Marion Parker in Los Angeles, whom he later kills
Bradman Ist Class Debut
Dec 16 Australian cricket's batting maestro Don Bradman makes his 1st-class debut for NSW v South Australia at the Adelaide Oval finishing Day 1 on 65 not out
- Dec 17 Australian cricketing prodigy Don Bradman scores 118 in his 1st-class debut for NSW against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval
- Dec 17 US submarine S-4 sinks after collision killing all 34 aboard
Victoria Score 793
Dec 17 Victoria score 793 against Queensland, Bill Ponsford 437
"Show Boat"
Dec 27 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's landmark musical "Show Boat", based on Edna Ferber's novel, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre, NYC; runs for 572 performances
- Dec 27 Philip Barry's play "Paris Bound" premieres in NYC
"Antigone"
Dec 28 Arthur Honegger's opera "Antigone" premieres with a libretto by Jean Cocteau, sets by Pablo Picasso and costumes by Coco Chanel at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels
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