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  • #61

    On This Day In History– 6 December


    1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana
    The Republic of Bophuthatswana was never internationally recognized. In 1994, after a series of coups, it reintegrated with South Africa.

    1967 World's first pediatric heart transplant
    3 days after the first heart transplant in the world occurred in South Africa, Adrian Kantrowitz and his team of surgeons performed United States' first heart transplant and the world's first pediatric heart transplant at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

    1922 Establishment of the Irish Free State
    The Anglo-Irish Treaty signed between the British and Irish representatives in 1921 paved the way for the establishment of the Dominion of the British Empire. The state lasted until December 1937.

    1917 Finnish Declaration of Independence
    The declaration ended 109 years of Finland being a Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire. The Northern European country came under the control of the Russian Empire in 1809. After the October Revolution in Russia, which created the Soviet Union, the Finnish Parliament declared independence on this day.

    1865 Adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
    The amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime.


    Births On This Day – 6 December

    1982 Alberto Contador
    Spanish cyclist

    1967 Judd Apatow
    American director, producer, screenwriter

    1941 Richard Speck
    American murderer

    1920 Dave Brubeck
    American pianist, composer

    1875 Evelyn Underhill
    English poet


    Deaths On This Day – 6 December

    1990 Tunku Abdul Rahman
    Malaysian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia

    1988 Roy Orbison
    American singer-songwriter

    1956 B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, politician

    1889 Jefferson Davis
    American colonel, politician, President of the Confederate States of America

    1882 Alfred Escher
    Swiss businessman, politician

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    • #62
      On This Day In History– 7 December



      2004 Hamid Karzai takes office
      The Afghan politician took office as the President of the Islamic Republic in Afghanistan's first direct democratic elections in history.

      1982 December Murders in Suriname
      Fifteen prominent Surinamese men were kidnapped and subsequently murdered over 3 days by the military government. The men were known to have criticized the military dictatorship.

      1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
      The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was the impetus for the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

      1787 First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
      Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. Because of this, it is sometimes called the First State.

      1732 Royal Opera House opens its doors
      The popular performing arts venue in Covent Garden, London houses the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet.


      Births On This Day – 7 December

      1984 Robert Kubica

      Polish race car driver

      1980 John Terry
      English footballer

      1956 Larry Bird
      American basketball player

      1949 Tom Waits
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

      1928 Noam Chomsky
      American linguist, philosopher


      Deaths On This Day – 7 December

      1993 Félix Houphouët-Boigny
      Ivorian politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire

      1985 Robert Graves
      English author

      1917 Ludwig Minkus
      Austrian violinist, composer

      1817 William Bligh
      English Admiral, statesmen, 4th Governor of New South Wales

      983 Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

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      • #63
        Originally posted by Nitin Kumar View Post
        On This Day In History– 7 December



        2004 Hamid Karzai takes office
        The Afghan politician took office as the President of the Islamic Republic in Afghanistan's first direct democratic elections in history.

        1982 December Murders in Suriname
        Fifteen prominent Surinamese men were kidnapped and subsequently murdered over 3 days by the military government. The men were known to have criticized the military dictatorship.

        1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
        The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was the impetus for the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

        1787 First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
        Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. Because of this, it is sometimes called the First State.

        1732 Royal Opera House opens its doors
        The popular performing arts venue in Covent Garden, London houses the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet.


        Births On This Day – 7 December

        1984 Robert Kubica

        Polish race car driver

        1980 John Terry
        English footballer

        1956 Larry Bird
        American basketball player

        1949 Tom Waits
        American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

        1928 Noam Chomsky
        American linguist, philosopher


        Deaths On This Day – 7 December

        1993 Félix Houphouët-Boigny
        Ivorian politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire

        1985 Robert Graves
        English author

        1917 Ludwig Minkus
        Austrian violinist, composer

        1817 William Bligh
        English Admiral, statesmen, 4th Governor of New South Wales

        983 Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor


        Today Is such an amazing historical day..

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        • #64
          On This Day In History– 7 December


          1703 Great storm of 1703 hit Southern England - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen
          1732 The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
          1804 Naturalist Alexander von Humboldt reports his discovery of the decrease in intensity of Earth's magnetic field from the poles to the equator in a memoir to the Paris Institute
          1808 James Madison elected 4th US President and George Clinton Vice-President
          1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph (gramophone) to the editors of "Scientific American"
          1891 52nd US Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session
          1909 Inventor Leo Baekeland patents the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, sparking the birth of the plastics industry
          1917 The USA's 42nd 'Rainbow' Division arrives in France (with Colonel Douglass MacArthur among its ranks)
          1931 Bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours
          1937 Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams
          1941 Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people
          1953 Israel's PM Ben-Gurion retires
          1960 Ivory Coast claims independence from France
          1963 First use of the instant replay machine invented by CBS in a US Army vs Navy football game
          1972 Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission where the crew takes the famous "blue marble" photo of the entire Earth
          1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on the radio station building
          1990 Iraqi parliament endorses Saddam Hussein's decision to free hostages
          1995 US space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter
          2015 US Presidential candidate Donald Trump proposes banning all Muslims from entering the US
          2017 Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins his 5th award to equal Lionel Messi's record; 2nd consecutive win for Ronaldo
          2017 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Australia

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          • #65
            Originally posted by Nitin Kumar View Post
            On This Day In History– 7 December



            2004 Hamid Karzai takes office
            The Afghan politician took office as the President of the Islamic Republic in Afghanistan's first direct democratic elections in history.

            1982 December Murders in Suriname
            Fifteen prominent Surinamese men were kidnapped and subsequently murdered over 3 days by the military government. The men were known to have criticized the military dictatorship.

            1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
            The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was the impetus for the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

            1787 First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
            Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. Because of this, it is sometimes called the First State.

            1732 Royal Opera House opens its doors
            The popular performing arts venue in Covent Garden, London houses the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet.


            Births On This Day – 7 December

            1984 Robert Kubica

            Polish race car driver

            1980 John Terry
            English footballer

            1956 Larry Bird
            American basketball player

            1949 Tom Waits
            American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

            1928 Noam Chomsky
            American linguist, philosopher


            Deaths On This Day – 7 December

            1993 Félix Houphouët-Boigny
            Ivorian politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire

            1985 Robert Graves
            English author

            1917 Ludwig Minkus
            Austrian violinist, composer

            1817 William Bligh
            English Admiral, statesmen, 4th Governor of New South Wales

            983 Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
            1972 Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission where the crew takes the famous "blue marble" photo of the entire Earth

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            • #66
              On This Day In History– 9 December


              1979 Smallpox declared eradicated
              The World Health Organization officially certified that after a number of concentrated vaccination campaigns around the world smallpox had been eradicated. Only two infectious diseases have been completely eradicated in history; the other is Rinderpest, which is an infectious disease of cattle that was eradicated in 2011.

              1965 Charlie Brown Christmas makes airs for the first time on television
              The popular animated musical special about Christmas was based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip called Peanuts. The special was critically acclaimed as a telling commentary on the loss of the spirit of Christmas among Americans. It is now screened every year at Christmas time around the world.

              1961 Tanganyika gains independence
              The Republic of Tanganyika was administered by the British from 1916 until 1961. Part of German East Africa, the territory was officially handed over to the British by League of Nations mandate in 1922. The Republic was short-lived. In April 1964, it joined the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which became the United Republic of Tanzania in 1965.

              1960 First episode of Coronation Street airs
              The longest-running TV soap opera, this British production follows the life of people living on Coronation Street, a fictional street in a fictional suburb of Manchester.

              1893 Auguste Vaillant bombs the French Chamber of Deputies
              Auguste Vaillant, a French anarchist, bombed the French Chamber of Deputies. No one was hurt in the attack, but Vaillant was sentenced and executed for his actions.


              Births On This Day – 9 December

              1968 Kurt Angle

              American wrestler, actor

              1953 John Malkovich
              American actor

              1934 Judi Dench
              English actress

              1895 Dolores Ibárruri
              Spanish politician

              1608 John Milton
              English poet


              Deaths On This Day – 9 December

              2012 Patrick Moore
              English astronomer, television host

              1998 Archie Moore
              American boxer

              1979 Fulton J. Sheen
              American archbishop

              1941 Dmitry Merezhkovsky
              Russian author, poet, philosopher

              1437 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

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              • #67
                Originally posted by Nitin Kumar View Post
                On This Day In History– 9 December


                1979 Smallpox declared eradicated
                The World Health Organization officially certified that after a number of concentrated vaccination campaigns around the world smallpox had been eradicated. Only two infectious diseases have been completely eradicated in history; the other is Rinderpest, which is an infectious disease of cattle that was eradicated in 2011.

                1965 Charlie Brown Christmas makes airs for the first time on television
                The popular animated musical special about Christmas was based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip called Peanuts. The special was critically acclaimed as a telling commentary on the loss of the spirit of Christmas among Americans. It is now screened every year at Christmas time around the world.

                1961 Tanganyika gains independence
                The Republic of Tanganyika was administered by the British from 1916 until 1961. Part of German East Africa, the territory was officially handed over to the British by League of Nations mandate in 1922. The Republic was short-lived. In April 1964, it joined the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which became the United Republic of Tanzania in 1965.

                1960 First episode of Coronation Street airs
                The longest-running TV soap opera, this British production follows the life of people living on Coronation Street, a fictional street in a fictional suburb of Manchester.

                1893 Auguste Vaillant bombs the French Chamber of Deputies
                Auguste Vaillant, a French anarchist, bombed the French Chamber of Deputies. No one was hurt in the attack, but Vaillant was sentenced and executed for his actions.


                Births On This Day – 9 December

                1968 Kurt Angle

                American wrestler, actor

                1953 John Malkovich
                American actor

                1934 Judi Dench
                English actress

                1895 Dolores Ibárruri
                Spanish politician

                1608 John Milton
                English poet


                Deaths On This Day – 9 December

                2012 Patrick Moore
                English astronomer, television host

                1998 Archie Moore
                American boxer

                1979 Fulton J. Sheen
                American archbishop

                1941 Dmitry Merezhkovsky
                Russian author, poet, philosopher

                1437 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
                Today we will lost the Boxer
                1998 Archie Moore
                American boxer

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                • #68
                  On This Day In History– 9 December




                  536 Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire
                  656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
                  1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty
                  1762 British parliament accepts the Treaty of Paris
                  1805 Comet 3D/1805 V1 (Biela) approaches within 0.0366 AUs of Earth
                  1824 Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain
                  1854 Alfred Tennyson's poem "Charge of the Light Brigade" is published in "The Examiner"
                  1868 1st British government of Gladstone forms
                  1868 The first traffic lights are installed outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
                  1889 US President Benjamin Harrison dedicates the Chicago Auditorium, designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, then largest building in the US
                  1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church & state
                  1913 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no-decision in Paris
                  1917 British forces under General Allenby captured Jerusalem
                  1931 Spain becomes a republic
                  1934 National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC: New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears, 30-13
                  1936 Australia all out for 58 v England, Bradman out for a duck
                  1941 300 Montgomery, San Francisco opens as new Bank of America HQ
                  1941 Adolf Hitler orders US ships to be torpedoed
                  1954 Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honored guest of Royal Swedish Academy of Music
                  1957 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel
                  1967 Jim Morrison arrested on stage for disturbing the peace at the New Haven Arena, Connecticut, making him the 1st rock star to be taken into custody during a performance
                  1975 US President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 Bn loan authorization for NYC
                  1978 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
                  1981 Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders
                  1992 Operation Restore Hope: US Marines land in Somalia
                  1993 Ivory Coast Premier Ouattara resigns
                  1994 US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after comments about masturbation
                  1997 "Tomorrow Never Dies", 18th James Bond film starring Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh, premieres in London
                  2002 "Star Trek: Nemesis" film directed by Stuart Baird and starring Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes premieres
                  2008 The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency
                  2012 6 people are killed and 41 are injured after a bus plunges 30 meters down a gorge in Guatemala
                  2015 Amazon's best-selling book of the year is "Girl on a Train" by Paula Hawkins
                  2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declares victory over the Islamic State in Iraq, ending more than 3 years of convict
                  2017 "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" directed by Rian Johnson, starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Adam Driver premieres in Los Angeles
                  2019 World Anti-Doping Agency bans Russia from all major sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 football World Cup in Qatar for manipulating laboratory data
                  Last edited by Lalitsharma; 12-09-2019, 06:07 PM.

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                  • #69
                    On This Day In History– 10 December


                    2007 Argentina swears in first female elected President
                    Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became the first elected female President of Argentina.

                    2001 Release of the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy
                    The award-winning movie called The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was directed by Peter Jackson and was based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

                    1948 U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
                    The document proclaimed, for the first time, fundamental human rights were to be universally protected.

                    1901 First Nobel prize awarded
                    Five years after the death of Swedish chemist and inventor, Alfred Nobel's, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.

                    1817 Mississippi becomes 20th state
                    Mississippi becomes the 20th state in the United States.


                    Births On This Day – 10 December

                    1956 Rod Blagojevich
                    American politician, 40th Governor of Illinois

                    1908 Olivier Messiaen
                    French composer, ornithologist

                    1878 C. Rajagopalachari
                    Indian lawyer, politician, 1st Governor General of India

                    1830 Emily Dickinson
                    American poet

                    1815 Ada Lovelace
                    English mathematician


                    Deaths On This Day – 10 December

                    2006 Augusto Pinochet
                    Chilean general, politician, 30th President of Chile

                    1999 Franjo Tudman
                    Croatian general, politician, 1st President of Croatia

                    1967 Otis Redding
                    American singer-songwriter, producer

                    1951 Algernon Blackwood
                    English author

                    1896 Alfred Nobel
                    Swedish chemist, engineer, invented dynamite, founded the Nobel Prize

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                    • #70
                      On This Day In History– 11 December



                      2008 Bernard Madoff arrested
                      Popularly known as Bernie Madoff, the founder, and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was arrested and subsequently convicted of fraud. The Ponzi scheme he was involved in was the biggest such fraud in the history of the United States.

                      1997 Kyoto Protocol adopted
                      The Protocol is a part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an international treaty that calls for the restriction of greenhouse gasses by the signatories. The United States signed the treaty but did not ratify it.

                      1946 UNICEF established
                      The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, a U.N. affiliate organization that works for the welfare of children around the world, was founded on this day.

                      1941 U.S. declares war on Germany and Italy
                      The U.S. responded to Italy and Germany's declaration of war, by declaring war on the two countries.

                      1936 King Edward VIII abdicates from the British throne
                      King Edward VIII abdicated from the British throne to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson.


                      Births On This Day – 11 December

                      1973 Mos Def
                      American rapper, actor

                      1969 Viswanathan Anand
                      Indian chess player

                      1967 Mo'Nique
                      American comedian, actress

                      1943 John Kerry
                      American politician, 68th United States Secretary of State

                      1725 George Mason
                      American politician


                      Deaths On This Day – 11 December

                      2012 Ravi Shankar
                      Indian/American sitar player, composer

                      2008 Bettie Page
                      American model, actress

                      1997 Eddie Chapman
                      English spy

                      1959 Jim Bottomley
                      American baseball player, sportscaster

                      1918 Ivan Cankar
                      Slovenian poet, playwright

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                      • #71
                        On This Day In History– 11 December




                        1620 102 Mayflower Pilgrims and about 30 crew land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [NS, Dec 21]
                        1792 France's King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state
                        1913 "Mona Lisa" recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum
                        1936 Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson
                        1931 Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada)
                        1997 Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a UN climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach an agreement to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases
                        John "Eleanor" Rykener, a male cross-dressing prostitute, is brought to court in London for "committing that detestable unmentionable and ignominious vice" in late medieval England's only recorded case on same-sex intercourse (verdict unknown)
                        World's 1st penis transplant procedure by a team from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
                        1924 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz (60) marries artist Georgia O'Keeffe (37) in Cliffside Park, New Jersey
                        1946 "Bill Haley & His Comets" rock 'n' roll musician Bill Haley (21) weds Dorothy Crowe
                        1993 Canada's PM Stephen Harper (34) weds Laureen Teskey (30)

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by Lalitsharma View Post
                          On This Day In History– 11 December




                          1620 102 Mayflower Pilgrims and about 30 crew land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [NS, Dec 21]
                          1792 France's King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state
                          1913 "Mona Lisa" recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum
                          1936 Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson
                          1931 Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada)
                          1997 Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a UN climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach an agreement to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases
                          John "Eleanor" Rykener, a male cross-dressing prostitute, is brought to court in London for "committing that detestable unmentionable and ignominious vice" in late medieval England's only recorded case on same-sex intercourse (verdict unknown)
                          World's 1st penis transplant procedure by a team from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
                          1924 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz (60) marries artist Georgia O'Keeffe (37) in Cliffside Park, New Jersey
                          1946 "Bill Haley & His Comets" rock 'n' roll musician Bill Haley (21) weds Dorothy Crowe
                          1993 Canada's PM Stephen Harper (34) weds Laureen Teskey (30)

                          Historical Moment:- 1913 "Mona Lisa" recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum

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                          • #73
                            On This Day In History– 12 December



                            2009 Houston, Texas elects Annise Parker
                            The City of Houston becomes the most populous city in the United States to have an openly gay mayor.

                            1969 Piazza Fontana bombing
                            A bomb exploded at the building of the National Agrarian Bank, Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and injuring 88.

                            1963 Kenyan independence
                            Kenya declared its independence from the UK.

                            1787 Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
                            It was the first of the larger states to vote to ratify the document.


                            Births On This Day – 12 December

                            1950 Rajinikanth
                            Indian actor, screenwriter, producer

                            1923 Bob Barker
                            American game show host

                            1915 Frank Sinatra
                            American singer, actor

                            1881 Harry Warner
                            Polish/American businessman, co-founded Warner Bros.

                            1863 Edvard Munch
                            Norwegian painter


                            Deaths On This Day – 12 December

                            2007 Ike Turner
                            American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

                            1999 Joseph Heller
                            American author, playwright

                            1985 Anne Baxter
                            American actress

                            1968 Tallulah Bankhead
                            American actress

                            1889 Robert Browning
                            English poet

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                            • #74
                              On This Day In History– 12 December



                              627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius beats Sassanid forces during Byzantine-Sassanid War
                              1098 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria
                              1715 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Stralsund [NS=12/23]
                              1787 Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution
                              1791 Bank of North America opens at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia
                              1800 Washington, D.C., established as the capital of the United States of America
                              1858 1st Canadian coins circulated (1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents & 20 cents)
                              1862 Battle of Dumfries, Virginia
                              1898 1st first-class cricket game between Australian states NSW and Tasmania
                              1899 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii
                              1901 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada
                              1902 German historian Theodor Mommsen is awarded the Nobel prize for Literature for "his historical writing with special reference to his monumental work, "A History of Rome"
                              1908 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Sydney: American Fred Alexander beats Alfred Dunlop of Australia 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3
                              1915 1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau, Germany
                              1925 Arthur Heinman coins term "motel"; opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo
                              1925 Medina surrenders to Saudi forces led by Sultan Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
                              1926 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Piano concert premieres in Leningrad
                              1932 USSR & China resume diplomatic relations
                              1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
                              1955 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell
                              1961 Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes in Israel
                              1961 Martin Luther King Jr. & 700 demonstrators are arrested in Albany, Georgia
                              1968 US performs the nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
                              1979 Gold hits a record $462.50 an ounce
                              1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
                              1982 $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC
                              1985 NASA launches space vehicle S-207
                              2000 US Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, settling the recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election in George W. Bush's favor and thus handing him the presidency
                              2017 Australian shopping mall firm Westfield is bought by French property company Unibail-Rodamco for $15.7 billion

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                              • #75
                                On This Day In History– 13 December



                                2003 Saddam Hussein Captured
                                Saddam Hussein, the fifth president of Iraq, was found hiding in a camouflaged hole in the ground and was captured by American forces near Tikrit, Iraq. The military operation that led to his capture was called Operation Red Dawn. He was subsequently handed over to the interim Iraqi government. After a trial where he was found guilty of crimes against humanity, he was executed 3 years after his capture in December 2006.

                                2001 Attack on Indian parliament
                                The Indian parliament, the Sansad, was attacked by terrorists. 15 people, including the terrorists, were killed during the attack.

                                1972 Last human landing on the Moon
                                Apollo 17 was the last mission of the United States' Apollo lunar landing program. It was also the sixth and the last time humans landed on the Moon.

                                1795 Meteorite crashes into Wold Newton in Yorkshire, England.
                                Major Edward Topham owned the land where the meteorite crashed. He exhibited it later, and today it is in the Natural History Museum in London.

                                1642 First European to Reach New Zealand
                                Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, and merchant reached the coast of South Island in New Zealand and named it Staten Landt. Tasman was also the first European in recorded history to step foot on Tasmania, an island state in Australia. Tasman claimed the island for the Dutch crown. It is named after him as well.


                                Births On This Day – 13 December

                                1989 Taylor Swift
                                American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress

                                1948 Ted Nugent
                                American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

                                1936 Aga Khan IV
                                Swiss/French 49th Nizari Ismaili Imam

                                1902 Talcott Parsons
                                American sociologist

                                1818 Mary Todd Lincoln
                                American wife of Abraham Lincoln, 17th First Lady of the United States


                                Deaths On This Day – 13 December

                                2010 Richard Holbrooke
                                American journalist, banker, diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations

                                2005 Stanley Williams
                                American gang leader co-founded the Crips

                                1944 Wassily Kandinsky
                                Russian/French painter

                                1784 Samuel Johnson
                                English author, lexicographer

                                1204 Maimonides
                                Spanish rabbi, philosopher

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