Portal:Oregon/Selected anniversaries/December
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- December 4, 2006 James Kim's wife and two children are rescued after being located off of Bear Camp Road.
- December 8, 1876 A. Luelling becomes the first mayor of the city of Hillsboro, located in the Tualatin Valley.
- December 21, 1936 Oregon's first female governor, Barbara Roberts, is born in Corvallis.
- December 28, 1978 United Airlines Flight 173 crashed in Portland killing ten onboard the DC-8 aircraft.
- December 29, 1855 a fire destroyed the Territorial Capitol building.
