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1909- Opening of Manhattan Bridge in New York, connecting south-east Manhattan with western Brooklyn. 1945- US President Harry Truman announces the end of World War II. 1946 – Complete …
December, 2014
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30 December
Dec.30 Assassination of Russian monk Grigory Rasputin
1862 – American Monitor warship founders due to a strong storm. 1916 – Assassination of Russian monk Grigory Rasputin. 1920 – Foundation of French Communist Party. 1924: Astronomer Edwin Hubble …
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29 December
Dec. 29, Irgun Jewish organization commits a massacre against Palestinians in Jerusalem
Damascus, SANA- 1940- London suffers its most devastating air raid when Germans firebomb the city on the evening of December 29. 1947- Members of the Irgun Jewish organization threw a …
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28 December
Dec.28, Massacre of the Innocents
1903 –Islamic Museum opened in Cairo. 1908 – A powerful earthquake struck south Italy, devastating the Sicilian city of Messina, death toll estimated at 75,000. 1947 – A Jewish …
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27 December
Dec. 27, Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina born
1934 – A decree changing the country’s name from Persia to Iran. 1945 – The division of Korea into South Korea and North Korea. 1945- Establishment of World Bank and …
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26 December
Dec.26, Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie discover Radioactivity
1898 – Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie discover Radioactivity. 1957 – Afro-Asian conference opens in Cairo. 2003 – A destructive earthquake hit Qom in Iran, leaves a big number …
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25 December
Dec. 25, World celebrates birth of Jesus Christ
1946 – The death of 3,700 people in a single day in the siege of Leningrad in World War II. 1989 – The execution of former President of Romania Nicolae …
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24 December
Dec. 24, Christmas Eve
1924 – Establishment of Republic of Albania. 1939 – Pope Pius XII calls for peace in the world on the eve of Christmas shortly before the World War II. 1941- …
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23 December
Dec. 23, Syria calls for expelling Israel from the United Nations
1912 – Aswan Dam in Egypt inaugurated. 1913 – US central bank founded. 1920 – King George V of England signs a decree on Ireland’s independence. 1955 – Syria …
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22 December
Dec. 22, Irish dramatist and poet Samuel Beckett passed away
1862 – US President Abraham Lincoln announces emancipation of slaves. 1930- 700 persons killed due to the eruption of Indonesian Merapi earthquake in Java island. 1949 – Soviet Union explodes …