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1843 - A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is first published in England. Portal:Religion/On this day/December 20. December 20: 1192 - Richard the Lion-Heart was captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the crusade.
Nazi Germany placed an embargo on its own currency effective December 6. Foreign tourists were limited to bringing no more than 30 marks' worth of bank notes into the country at a time. Italian children had a three-hour school day (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) in order to save coal.
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Business and economy China launches a crackdown against the internet currency BitCoin, plunging its value by 35%. (Bloomberg) Mega Millions lottery: At least two winners in the US$636 million jackpot are thought to have won, with one in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and another in San Jose, California. (Houston Chronicle) International Relations The United Nations condemns Syria, Iran, and North ...
The drilling rig Kolskaya with 76 people on board overturns in the Sea of Okhotsk off the coast of Sakhalin in the Russian Far East resulting in four deaths and fifty people missing. (RT) (BBC) (VoA) The Philippines Red Cross estimates that the death toll from the floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi has risen to 521. (AP via Google News)
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Law and crime Brandon McInerney is sentenced to 21 years in jail in the US state of California for the E.O. Green School shooting of gay classmate Larry King. (AP via Fox News) Politics Death of Kim Jong-il The death of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-il on December 17 is announced by Korean Central Television. (CNN) (Al Jazeera) Military forces of neighboring South Korea are placed on ...
29. 30. 31. Events. 1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World. 1657 – The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right. 1814 – War of 1812: The destruction of the ...