Severe Tropical Cyclone Thelma was a tropical cyclone that affected Influence northern Australia from 6 December 1998 until 12 December 1998 .

Baldwin and the Conservatives would attempt to introduce Creating such a scheme Arranging in Britain ; however , the British public feared higher prices for basic products ( particularly food ) , and this fear was a factor in the Conservative government 's defeat in the election Choosing of December 1923 .

Operation Northern Watch forces did not take part in Operation Desert Fox in December 1998 .

On December 28 , 1998 Iraq fired Use_firearm SA-3 surface to air missiles against coalition aircraft patrolling Patrolling the northern no-fly zone .

From December 1998 to March 1999 , U.S. aircraft over northern Iraq came Motion under almost daily fire from Iraqi surface-to-air missile sites and anti-aircraft guns .

The Soviet–Afghan War lasted Process_end over nine years , from December 1979 to February 1989 .

Eventually the Soviet government , under leader Leonid Brezhnev , decided Deciding to the 40th Army on December 24 , 1979 .

The 50-date tour Traveling continued until early December , when it wrapped up in Mexico City .

Additionally , a live album entitled Name_conferral `` Songs of Faith and Devotion Live '' was released Publishing in December 1993 .

First held Hold on December 31 , 1907 , to welcome 1908 , the ball drop Motion_directional has been held Hold annually since , except in 1942 and 1943 in observance of wartime blackouts .

The Power of Courage 2009 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event promoted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by Fighting and Entertainment Group , was an event held Hold on December 31 , 2009 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , Japan .

The system was first noted Know on December 3 , 1991 as a shallow tropical depression that was embedded Connect within the monsoon trough , to the north of the Cook Island : Rarotonga .

The system gradually strengthened Cause_change_of_strength further and acquired Getting hurricane-force winds on December 6 , as it performed Bringing a small clockwise loop .

After completing the loop , Wasa moved Motion southwards before it peaked Arriving in intensity during December 8 , with sustained wind speeds of 165 km/h ( 105 mph ) .

During December 12 , Wasa passed Motion_directional through the French Polynesian Austral Islands and passed Motion_directional directly over Tubuai , before it degenerated Change into a tropical depression later that day .

During December 14 , Wasa regenerated Recovering into a tropical depression and was renamed Name_conferral Arthur for various reasons .

During December 15 , the system maintained Preserving its peak intensity , as it moved Motion through the uninhabited Acteon Group of islands , before during the next day it started Process_start to gradually weaken Cause_change_of_strength .

Arthur degenerated Change into a shallow depression during December 17 , before it was last noted Statement during the next day as it dissipated Dispersal to the north of the Pitcairn islands .

Overall the system caused Causation an estimated US $ 60 million in damage within French Polynesia , with the majority of the damage Damaging done between December 9 – 12 .

Unable to find Know any evidence of a conspiracy , they returned Arriving to Bloomsburg and remained Temporary_stay in the county until December 1864 .

This was completed Process_end by early December , and was followed by an advance Cause_to_make_progress by Australian forces along the coast through Lakona to Fortification Point , overcoming Conquering strong Japanese forces fighting Hostile_encounter delaying Change_event_time actions .

Nevertheless , the German High Command began Process_start planning Arranging an invasion of the Soviet Union in July 1940 ( under the codename Operation Otto ) , which Adolf Hitler authorized Preventing_or_letting on 18 December 1940 .

In December 2013 , two separate suicide bombings Terrorism a day apart targeted Aiming mass transportation in the city of Volgograd , in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia , killing Killing 34 people overall Wearing , including both perpetrators .

Train station bombing Attack on 29 December .

On 29 December 2013 , a suicide Killing bombing Attack took place Process_start at the Volgograd-1 station in the city of Volgograd , in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia .

On 30 December it was reported Reporting that the perpetrator was an ethnic Russian convert Change to Islam from the city of Volzhsk , in the Mari El Republic , by the name of Pavel Pechenkin , who changed Change his name to Ar-Rusi after conversion to Islam .

Increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the confusion , some newspapers mistakenly reported Reporting Pechenkin as responsible for the 30 December Volgograd explosion ( in the trolleybus ) .

The December 1992 nor'easter produced Causation record Recording high tides and snowfall across the northeastern United States .

It developed Coming_to_be as a low pressure Convincing area on December 10 over Virginia , and for two days it remained Temporary_stay over the Mid-Atlantic states before moving Motion offshore .

The tour opened Openness on 15 September 2010 in Toronto , and moved Motion through North America before ending the first leg of the tour in Mexico City , 21 December 2010 .

Cleanup started Process_start in August 1979 , and officially ended Process_end in December 1993 , with a total cleanup cost Cost of about $ 1 billion .

In December 1582 , Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg , the Prince-elector of Cologne , converted Change to Protestantism .

The recession Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale caused Causation demand Supply for energy to shrink Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in late 2008 , with oil prices collapsing Destroying from the July 2008 high of $ 147 to a December 2008 low of $ 32 .

The Hawes Junction rail crash Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be at 5.49 am on 24 December 1910 , just north of the Lunds viaduct between Hawes Junction and Aisgill on the Midland Railway 's Settle and Carlisle main line in Westmorland ( now Cumbria ) , England .

In December , Gelimer advanced towards Carthage and met Come_together the Romans at the Battle of Tricamarum .

On 11 December 1998 , the aircraft , an Airbus A310-204 registered Writing in Thailand as HS-TIA , stalled and crashed Catastrophe in a rice paddy on its landing attempt at Surat Thani Airport .

The show Social_event , which opened Process_start on December 27 , 2013 , was initially set Placing for two years ; it was well received Receiving by critics and also achieved Achieve huge commercial success .

In 2015 , Spears extended Change_event_time her contract with Planet Hollywood for an additional two years , concluding Process_end the residency on December 31 , 2017 .

The December 2013 Mansoura bombing Attack occurred Presence on the morning of Tuesday , 24 December 2013 in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura in Egypt .

The December 2013 Mansoura bombing Attack occurred Presence on the morning of Tuesday , 24 December 2013 in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura in Egypt .

It took place Process_start on December 15 , 2002 , at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise , a suburb of Fort Lauderdale , Florida .

The 1989 Newcastle earthquake Catastrophe occurred Presence in Newcastle , New South Wales on Thursday , 28 December .

On the morning of December 1 , 2013 , a Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line passenger train derailed Self_motion near the Spuyten Duyvil station in the New York City borough of the Bronx .

The bombings Attack followed the earlier riots Violence in the city in November - December the previous year , when a violent Violence clash Violence between muslims led Causation by radical group Al Umma and police force resulted in killing Killing of 18 Muslim rioters by police firing Use_firearm and murder Killing of 2 police personal .

Tipu Sultan attacked Attack Travancore on 29 December 1789 and this made Manufacturing the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Marathas apprehensive who entered Arriving into a `` Triple Alliance '' with the English .

The event is usually done Self_motion on December 16 , and serves as a protest to contemporary national issues .

The tour Traveling started Process_start in Newport , Wales on 15 December 2012 and is set Process_end to end in London , England on 28 November 2013 .

1,500 British troops were involved Cause_to_be_included , supported Supporting by Danish , Estonian and Afghan forces in the pre-Christmas offensive , commencing on 7 December 2008 with a night attack on Taliban defences in a village south of the operational area .

By its climax on 25 December 2008 , 100 Taliban fighters , one reportedly a senior commander , were killed Killing .

In respect of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha , a two-day ceasefire starting on 8 December 2008 was upheld .