Friday, December 30, 2011

31 December 1994

The Russian army began a New Year's storm of Grozny during the first Chechen

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

30 December 1066

A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

29 December 1778

The British army under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah,

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Monday, December 26, 2011

27 December 2007

The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

26 December 1972

During the Vietnam War, as part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attack

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

25 December 1950

The Stone of Scone, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

22 December 2001

The shoe bomber, Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight

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Monday, December 19, 2011

20 December 1192

Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Saturday, December 17, 2011

18 December 1916

During World War 1, the Battle of Verdun ends when German forces are defeated by the French and

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Friday, December 16, 2011

17 December 1967

The Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and is assumed to have

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

15 December 2001

The Leaning Tower of Pisa finally reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify

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Monday, December 12, 2011

13 December 2003

Operation Red Dawn captures former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein near his home town of

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

12 December 1988

A rail crash in Clapham Junction kills 35 and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains. Its is the worse train crash in the United

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

11 December 2005

Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla

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Friday, December 9, 2011

10 December 1907

The Brown Dog riots take place in London with 1,000 medical students clashing with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals who have been

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

9 December 1965

A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania with witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admited that it examined the object as a potential

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

8 December 1987

Frank Vitkovic kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne,

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Monday, December 5, 2011

6 December 2008

Riots break out in Greece upon the murder of a 15-year-old, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

5 December 1952

A cold fog covers London and combined with air pollution and eventually kills at least

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Friday, December 2, 2011

3 December 1984

A methyl isocyanate leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800

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