* 9 December 1886 - Clarence Birdseye, king of frozen consumables born.
* 10 December 1868 - the world's first set of traffic lights are installed in Westminster near the House of Commons.
* 11 December 1894 - The world's first Motor Show held in Paris - with a total of 9 exhibitors. Or it may have been in Tunbridge Wells in the same year...
* 12 December 1988 - Train crash at Clapham Junction, just outside London, kills 35 people and injures another 100.
* 13 December 1913 - The Mona Lisa, having been stolen 2 years previously by an Italian employee of the Louvre, was returned.
* 14 December 1901 - The world's first open table tennis tournament is held at the London Royal Aquarium. The men’s event was won by R. Ayling and the women’s by Miss V Eames.
* 15 December 1906 - the formal opening of the Piccadily tube line on London's Underground. It ran from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith.
Brought to you by http://www.quirkytravel.com. Events/births etc for today in history (a whole week's worth) are generally London or Paris based, but only if I can find interesting ones to report!
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