federal election: The Liberal/Country Coalition led by Robert Menzies defeats the Labor Government, led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley. Menzies is sworn in on December 19, his second stint as Prime Minister; he will hold the office for over 16 years until his retirement in 1966 and Labor will not win office again until 1972, under Gough Whitlam. December 13 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. December 14 – Traicho Kostov, who until March was acting President of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria, is sentenced to death for anti-Communist Party activity. December 15 – A typhoon strikes a fishing fleet off Korea, killing several thousand. December 16 – Sukarno is elected president of the Republic of Indonesia. December 17 – Burma recognises the People's Republic of China. December 18 – In the American National Football League, the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Los Angeles Rams 14–0, to win the championship. December 27 – The Treaty of The Hague ends the Indonesian National Revolution by recognising transfer of the sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies from Queen Juliana of the Netherlands to the United States of Indonesia; the Susanto Cabinet takes office in the Republic of Indonesia. December 29 KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut, becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. Smouha SC (sports club) is founded in Alexandria, Egypt, by Joseph Smouha, a Mizrahi Iraqi Jew. December 30 – India recognizes the People's Republic of China. Date unknown The Malta Labour Party is founded. The first 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun prototypes are completed. This is the first year in which no African-American is reported lynched in the United States. Fernand Braudel's La Méditerranée et le Monde Méditerranéen à l'Epoque de Philippe II is published. The Currywurst is invented in Berlin. D. R. Kaprekar discovers the convergence property of the number 6174. Liebherr, a multinational equipment manufacturer, is founded in Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, to build the mobile tower crane devised by Hans Liebherr. Births January January 1 Ali Kadhim, Iraqi football striker (d. 2018) Vehbi Akdağ, Turkish wrestler (d. 2020) Max Azria, French fashion designer (d. 2019) January 2 Nikolai Pankin, Russian breaststroke swimmer, swimming coach (d. 2018) Christopher Durang, American playwright January 3 – Sylvia Likens, American murder victim (d. 1965) January 7 – Chavo Guerrero Sr., American professional wrestler (d. 2017) January 8 – Anne