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December 4, 1938 (Sunday) Anti-Italian riots broke out in Tunis over Italy's recent demand that France hand over Tunisia. Windows of an Italian tourist office, newspaper and bookstore were smashed, but police reinforcements prevented any such attack on the Italian consulate. 15 arrests were made.
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 ...
Illumination of Earth by the Sun on the day of the December solstice. The December solstice, also known as the southern solstice, is the solstice that occurs each December – typically on 21 December, but may vary by one day in either direction according to the Gregorian calendar. In the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice is the winter ...
December 25, 1947 (Thursday) The Constitution of the Republic of China went into effect. The North American blizzard of 1947 began. By the time it ended the following day, a total of 26.4 inches of snow was recorded at Central Park in Manhattan. The comedy film Road to Rio starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour was released.
December 2, 1899 (Saturday) Philippine–American War – Battle of Tirad Pass ("The Filipino Thermopylae"): General Gregorio del Pilar and his troops are able to guard the retreat of Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo, before being wiped out. During the new moon, a near-grand conjunction of the classical planets and several binocular Solar ...
Current events/2003 December 18. NASA announces that the new name for the "Space Infrared Telescope Facility" will be the Spitzer Space Telescope (after the late Dr. Lyman Spitzer, Jr. ). This coincides with the release of the telescope's first images, which show the glowing stars of the Elephant's Trunk nebula, the dusty arms of the Messier 81 ...
December 15 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 17. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 29 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For December 16, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 3 .
Current events/2008 December 17. Ruins of an entire ancient city belonging to the Wari culture are discovered in northern Peru. (BBC) South Korean actress Ok So-ri is given an eight-month suspended prison sentence for adultery after the Constitutional Court refused to strike down a law criminalizing adultery. (BBC)