December 14, 1911 – Norwegian explorer Ronald Amundsen becomes the first person to reach the South Pole.
December 15, 1939 – The epic movie “Gone With the Wind” had its world premier in Atlanta, Georgia.
December 16, 1773 – The Boston Tea Party occurred as colonials dumped 342 containers of expensive tea into the harbor.
December 17, 1903 – After three years of experimentation, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered and controlled airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.