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Notes. Mohamed Bouazizi appears on December 17, so Tunisian revolution should not appear in the same year. December 18: National Day in Qatar ( 1878 ) Atlas rocket carrying SCORE. 1622 – Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi.
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 ...
Current events/2009 December 18. Thirty world leaders present in Copenhagen for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change agree on a draft accord. ( The Sydney Morning Herald) (Forbes.com "Silver Lining In Copenhagen 'Fiasco'") (AllAfrica.com "Copenhagen Accord Politically Significant But Not Legally Binding") (Associated Press "China ...
Starting from December 21, Panama will reimpose nationwide restrictions by require men and women to carry out holiday shopping on different days. On Christmas and New Year's Day there will be total lockdown for all genders. (The Straits Times) Law and crime. 2020–2021 United States racial unrest
Christmas might still seem far away, but if you’re sending packages to loved ones and want those parcels to arrive before Dec. 25, the deadline is fast approaching.
Business and economy Hundreds of small investors engage in protest activities in Dhaka following the steepest daily fall in the stock exchange. (BBC) (AFP via The Sydney Morning Herald) 60 Minutes, an influential news program, runs a segment with Meredith Whitney a bank analyst credited with a timely bearish call in 2008, in which she predicts hundreds of millions of dollars worth of defaults ...
Disasters and accidents Four people are killed and seven injured after an apartment block collapses in the center of Palermo in Italy. (Reuters) [permanent dead link] A large, 33.5- ton aquarium bursts in a busy shopping center on the Nanjing Road pedestrian mall in Shanghai, China, injuring 15 people, including customers and shop staff. (East Day) (The Inquisitr) (RT) Law and crime Following ...
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center later reports the threat has largely passed. (Reuters) (Television New Zealand) 2016–17 North American winter. Two people are killed and at least 15 are hospitalized following a 55-vehicle accident, involving a gas tanker explosion, on Interstate 95 in Baltimore, Maryland, as cold air causes rain and wet ...