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On 15 December, Israel assassinated a senior Palestinian commander in Jenin, sparking a round of attacks between Israel and Hamas. [146] On 17 December, a 40-year-old Palestinian was killed by IDF fire in Northern Gaza. [147] The following day, 18 December, Hamas declared the end of the cease-fire, a day before the truce officially expired. [148]
The Department for Transport announced that it would fund the service until 31 December 2009, at a cost of £216,000. All trains between Workington, Workington North, Flimby and Maryport would be free of charge until 31 December 2009. [57] Heavy sandstorms hit Mauritania on Nov 22. [58] County Fermanagh was hit by heavy rain on November the 23rd.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ' s $22.2 million gross from midnight showings broke The Dark Knight ' s record ($18.5 million) for the highest midnight opening ever. [ 34 ] 30
1499 – Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.; 1867 – In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.
The December 2009 Baghdad bombings were attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, which resulted in the deaths of at least 127 people and injuries to at least 448 more. [2]
On December 14, Joshua retained an attorney in connection with the investigation, [18] and police stated that he had grown increasingly uncooperative. [24] [28] A few days later, Joshua took his sons to Puyallup to stay with his father, Steven, for the holidays. By December 24, Joshua was considered a person of interest in the investigation. [29]
The first installment, Avatar, was released on December 18, 2009, and is the highest grossing motion picture of all-time when ticket price inflation is not reckoned. The second installment, The Way of Water, was released on December 16, 2022.
On December 18, 2009, Madoff was moved to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and was treated for several facial injuries. A former inmate later claimed that the injuries were received during an alleged altercation with another inmate. [179]