| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 03 1979 | 11 Died At A Who Concert |
| December 03 1979 | Ayatollah Khomeini Becomes First Leader Of Iran |
| December 04 1979 | Three Schoolboys Killed In Hastie Fire And Bruce Lee Arrested |
| December 09 1979 | Smallpox Virus Eradicated From Earth |
| December 10 1979 | KMT Suppresses Demonstrations, Arresting Organizers |
| December 12 1979 | South Korean General Orders Arrest |
| December 12 1979 | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Confers On Nishan-e-Imtiaz On Dr Abdus Salam |
| December 12 1979 | Southern Rhodesia Returns To British Name & Control |
| December 13 1979 | Joe Clark's Defeat Prompts Canada's 1980 Election |
| December 16 1979 | Lybia Joins OPEC In Raising Oil Prices Effecting United States |
| December 21 1979 | Independence For Rhodesia Agreed Upon |
| December 23 1979 | Soviet War In Afganistan Forces Occupy Kabul |
| December 24 1979 | First European Ariane Rocket Launched |
| December 27 1979 | Soviet Union Invades Republic Of Afghanistan |