- Dec 2 "Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
- Dec 2 Australia ends Day 1 of controversial 'Bodyline' cricket series v England at 290/6 in Sydney; Stan McCabe 127no (finishes at 187no); notorious England fast bowler Harold Larwood takes 4 wickets; England wins by 10 wickets
- Dec 3 CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: Hamilton Tigers defeat Regina Roughriders, 25-6 for their 5th Championship
- Dec 3 Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany
Kurt von Schleicher
Dec 4 Kurt von Schleicher succeeds Franz von Papen as Reich Chancellor of Germany
Einstein Granted Visa
Dec 5 German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America
- Dec 7 1st gyro-stabilized vessel to cross Atlantic arrives in NY
- Dec 10 King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution
- Dec 10 The "Great Emu War" ends: Emu's surprising resilience to bullets led to Emu victory over Australian military in Campion district, Western Australia
- Dec 11 San Francisco's coldest day (27°F) - it snows
- Dec 12 S N Behrman's "Biography" premieres in NYC
- Dec 12 USSR & China resume diplomatic relations
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Dec 14 French government of Édouard Herriot falls
Cardinals Trade Bottomley
Dec 17 St. Cardinals trade future Baseball HOF first baseman Jim Bottomley to Cincinnati Reds for Estel Crabtree & Ownie Carroll
- Dec 18 National Football League Championship; Playoff, Chicago Stadium: Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans, 9-0
- Dec 19 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) begins transmitting overseas
- Dec 20 50-year-old Australian cricket Test spinner Bert Ironmonger captures 7-13 as Queensland dismissed for 74; Victoria wins by an innings & 139 runs in Melbourne
"The Mummy"
Dec 22 "The Mummy" directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff is released in the US - 1st Mummy horror film
- Dec 26 Revival of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle's musical "Shuffle Along" opens at Mansfield Theater, NYC; runs for 17 performances
Emperor Hirohito Evades Assassination
Dec 27 Emperor Hirohito of Japan narrowly evades an assassination attempt by a Korean independence activist, Lee Bong-chang
- Dec 27 Radio City Music Hall, designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey opens at Rockerfeller Center in Manhattan, New York City
"Flying Down to Rio"
Dec 29 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' 1st movie together "Flying Down to Rio", directed by Thornton Freeland, premieres in NYC
- Dec 31 John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of NYC
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