DECEMBER 1, 1998
Exxon announces a 73.7 billion USD deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world’s largest company.
DECEMBER 2, 2013
China launches its first moon rover mission
DECEMBER 3, 1967
First human heart transplant performed by Dr. Christian Barnard in South Africa
DECEMBER 4, 1942
US bombers struck Italian mainland for the first time in World War II
DECEMBER 5, 1901
Walter Disney, co-founder of Walt Disney productions was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
DECEMBER 6, 1956
Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa
DECEMBER 7, 1928
Noam Chomsky, linguist and founder of Transformational Grammar, was born.
