December

Malta joins the United Nations.

Malta introduces minimum wage

USA and Soviet leaders meet for the Malta summit

Joseph Howard, Malta's first PM, is born

Spiteri Debono becomes the first female speaker of parliament

The meeting of the OSCE is held in Malta

Marie Louise Coleira Preca is born

Il-Kunċizzjoni

Labour Party Club opened at St Lucia Street, Valletta.

Gonzi's government collapses as budget vote does not pass

Malta's closest election where PL won not by votes but seats

The Knutsford Constitution formally came into effect

Malta becomes a republic

Ta' Qali national stadium is inaugurated

The Malta Tramway service is permanently closed

The Ġgantija temples were granted UNESCO World Heritage status

Archbishop of Malta Dom Mauro Caruana dies.

Breconshire reaches Malta, delivering vital fuel amid relentless wartime air attacks.

Grand Master Cotoner founded the School of Anatomy and Surgery

Nerik Mizzi dies, becoming the only PM to die in office

Winter Soltice in Mnajdra temples

Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici becomes PM

Death of Maltese Photographer Richard Ellis

First Purċissjoni tal-Bambin takes place in Ħamrun

Manuel Dimech is born

First Malta National Lottery

Malta starts rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine

Karin Grech is murdered

Caravaggio's St Jerome stolen from St John's Co-Cathedral

Portes de Bombes flyover, Malta's first flyover, was inaugurated

Valletta and Floriana were lit up by the use of gas.