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1946 – Foundation of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). 1957 – UN issues a resolution affirming the right of people to self-determination. 1960 – Algerians demonstrate against …
December, 2014
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10 December
Dec. 10, Human Rights Day
1936- British king Edward VIII abdicates throne to Jorge V to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American-born divorcee. 1941- Germany declares war against the US during World War II. 1948- …
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9 December
Dec. 9, 1st Palestinian uprising starts
1917- The United Kingdom occupies Jerusalem during the World War I. 1949- The United Nations takes trusteeship over Jerusalem. 1987- The 1st Palestinian uprising starts. 1987- The European Market member …
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8 December
Dec. 8, Ethiopians defeat Italian Forces
1932 – Ethiopia’s Emperor Menelik II defeats the Italian forces. 1936 – Anastasio Somoza, the father, rules Nicaragua. 1941 – United States joins World War II to the side of …
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7 December
Dec. 7, Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1877 – Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a machine capable of recording and re-broadcasting recorded voices. 1912 – Discovering the statue of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti, wife of the …
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6 December
Dec. 6, Swedish Nobel laureate economist Karl Gunnar Myrdal born
1917- Finland gains independence from Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. 1956 – The South African forces arrest Nelson Mandela and 156 of his colleagues due to their political anti-apartheid activities. …
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5 December
Dec. 5, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim passes away
1936 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia become union Republics of the Soviet Union. 1967 – Dak Son Massacre in Vietnam. 1996 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman ever …
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3 December
Dec. 3, toxic gas leak from pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, leaves thousands dead
1954 – Revolutionary Court in Egypt sentences six Muslim Brotherhood leaders to death and seven others to life imprisonment on charges of attempting to assassinate President Gamal Abdel Nasser. 1984 …
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2 December
Dec. 2, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
1942 – Inauguration of 1st nuclear reactor in Chicago in the USA under the supervision of Italian scientist Enrico Fermi. 1954 – Establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). …
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1 December
Dec.1, International Day of the Basque Language
1922 – Screening of “Toll of the Sea” film which is the first film ever made in color. 1925- After a seven-year occupation, British troops evacuate Cologne, Germany. 1940 – …
