Muggle World: Deaths of Anton Rodgers, actor (born 1933) and Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (born 1929).
Prompt: December 1 is National Pie Day and Eat A Red Apple Day.
02 Sat
Birthday: Jamie Huggins (1981)
Muggle World: Deaths of Robert O. Anderson, American businessman (born 1917), Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (born 1916), Les Shannon, English footballer and manager (born 1926) and Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologian (born 1913).
Prompt: December 2 is National Fritters Day.
03 Sun
Muggle World: December 3–14 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia.
Prompt: December 3 is National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day.
04 Mon
Muggle World: Deaths of Pimp C, American rapper (born 1973), Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (born 1932) and Chip Reese, American professional gambler (born 1951).
Prompt: December 4 is Wear Brown Shoes Day.
05 Tue
Muggle World: Deaths of Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (born 1928) and Andrew Imbrie, American composer (born 1921).
Prompt: December 5 is National Sacher Torte Day.
06 Wed
Muggle World: Death of Katy French, Irish model (born 1983).
Prompt: December 6 is National Gazpacho Day and Mitten Tree Day.
07 Thu
Muggle World: Uranus's orbit is positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox).
Prompt: December 7 is National Cotton Candy Day.
08 Fri
Muggle World: The 2007 Africa–EU Summit takes place as European Union and African Union leaders gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for their first joint summit in 7 years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Prompt: December 8 is Take It In The Ear Day.
09 Sat
Muggle World: Deaths of Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (born 1931) and Abdullah Qureshi, Pakistani activist (born 1935).
Prompt: December 9 is National Pastry Day.
10 Sun
Birthday: Sean Ackerley (1980)
Muggle World: The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passes without an international agreement. Death of Ashleigh Aston Moore, American actress (born 1981).
Prompt: December 10 is Festival For The Souls Of Dead Whales.
11 Mon
Birthday: Malala Pennyfeather (1978)
Muggle World: Deaths of Nicholas Kao Se Tseien, Chinese Catholic priest (born 1897) and Ottomar Pinto, Brazilian politician (born 1931).
Prompt: December 11 is National Noodle Ring Day.
12 Tue
Muggle World: Death of Ike Turner, American musician (born 1931).
Prompt: December 12 is National Ding-A-Ling Day.
13 Wed
Prompt: December 13 is Ice Cream and Violins Day.
14 Thu
Muggle World: Fabio Capello, the former 61-year-old Italian coach of Spanish side Real Madrid, is appointed by The Football Association to take charge of the England team commencing January 2008. Capello will be the second foreign manager to take charge of the England team, after Sven-Göran Eriksson.
Prompt: December 14 is National Bouillabaisse Day.
15 Fri
Muggle World: Deaths of Julia Carson, American politician (born 1938) and Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (born 1952).
Prompt: December 15 is National Lemon Cupcake Day.
16 Sat
Muggle World: Ron Paul sets a record by raising over six million dollars online in just 24 hours, an event known as a moneybomb. Death of Dan Fogelberg, American singer and songwriter (born 1951).
Prompt: December 16 is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day.
17 Sun
Muggle World: Birth of James, Viscount Severn, son of the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
Prompt: December 17 is Underdog Day and National Maple Syrup Day.
18 Mon
Muggle World: Nick Clegg won the Liberal Democrats leadership election. Death of Bill Strauss, American satirist, author and historian (born 1947).
Prompt: December 18 is National Roast Suckling Pig Day.
19 Tue
Muggle World: The Confederation of British Industry revealed disappointing retail sales for the first two weeks of this month, sparking fears that Britain is on the verge of its first recession since the early 1990s. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is announced as Time magazine's 2007 Person of the Year.
Prompt: December 19 is Oatmeal Muffin Day.
20 Wed
Muggle World: The Pablo Picasso painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, together with Candido Portinari's O Lavrador de Café, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art. Death of Arabella Spencer-Churchill, English philanthropist (born 1949).
Prompt: December 20 is Games Day.
21 Thu
Muggle World: The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone. Deaths of Ken Hendricks, American entrepreneur (born 1941) and Carol Bly, Teacher, award-winning American author of short stories, essays, and nonfiction (born 1930).
Prompt: December 21 is Look At The Bright Side Day, National Flashlight Day, National French Fried Shrimp Day and Hamburger Day.
22 Fri
Muggle World: Deaths of Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Cyprus (born 1927), Julien Gracq, French writer (born 1910), Andrew Glyn, English economist (born 1943) and Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (born 1932).
Prompt: December 22 is National Date-Nut Bread Day.
23 Sat
Muggle World: Deaths of Michael Kidd, American choreographer (born 1915) and Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (born 1925).
Prompt: December 23 is Roots Day.
24 Sun
Birthday: Larissa Samuels (1977)
Muggle World: The Nepalese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in 2008 and a new republic will be declared. Death of Akbar Radi, Iranian dramatist and playwright (born 1939).
Prompt: December 24 is National Egg Nog Day.
25 Mon
Prompt: December 25 is National Pumpkin Pie Day.
26 Tue
Muggle World: Deaths of Joe Dolan, Irish singer (born 1939) and Stu Nahan, American sportscaster (born 1926).
Prompt: December 26 is National Whiners Day.
27 Wed
Muggle World: Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed, by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi. Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. Deaths of Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (born 1920), Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director (born 1922) and Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, a claimant to the Brazilian throne (born 1913).
Prompt: December 27 is National Fruitcake Day.
28 Thu
Muggle World: Death of Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (born 1982).
Prompt: December 28 is Card Playing Day and National Chocolate Day.
29 Fri
Muggle World: Phil O'Donnell, the 35-year-old Motherwell footballer, died from a heart attack in a Scottish Premier League fixture. O'Donnell was capped for Scotland once in 1993, and had also been part of the Celtic side that won the Scottish league title in 1997–98 season. Deaths of Kevin Greening, radio presenter (born 1962) and Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Yemeni political and tribal leader (born 1933).
Prompt: December 29 is Pepper Pot Day.
30 Sat
Prompt: December 30 is Festival Of Enormous Changes At The Last Minute and National Bicarbonate Of Soda Day.
31 Sun
Muggle World: Deaths of Muhammad Osman Said, Former Libyan prime minister (born 1922) and Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect (born 1917).