December

1 December 1792 to 24 February 1856 -- Life and Times of Nikolai Lobachevsky

“Lobachevsky” -- Tom Lehrer

1 December 1969 -- First US Draft Lottery Since 1942

“Draft Dodger Rag” -- Phil Ochs
“Black Boys/White Boys” -- James Rado and Gerome Ragni (Lyrics), and Galt MacDermot (Music)

7 December 1941 -- Empire of Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” -- The Andrew Sisters

7 December 1979 -- Sun City, South Africa Officially Opens

“Sun City” -- Artists United Against Apartheid

8 December 1977 -- Chuck Mangione Releases Feel So Good

“Feels So Good” -- Chuck Mangione

9 December 1958 -- John Birch Society Founded

"John Birch Society Song” -- Chad Mitchell Trio
“Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues” -- Bob Dylan

11 December 1941 -- Germany Declares War on the United States

“Der Fuehrer’s Face” -- Spike Jones & His City Slickers

22 December 1968 -- Wedding of David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon

“Fortunate Son” -- Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty, Composer)

25 December 1975 -- Malabo Football Stadium Massacre

“Those Were the Days” -- Mary Hopkins

26 December 1991 -- Soviet Union Dissolved

Fall of the Soviet Union -- Jeffrey Lewis

29 December 1890 -- Wounded Knee Massacre

“Ghost Dance” -- Robbie Robertson (Robbie Robertson and Jim Wilson, Composers)

30 December 1970 -- Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster

“Trip to Hyden” -- Tom T. Hall

31 December -- New Year's Eve
"New Year's Eve" -- Mal Blum