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December 1, 1940 (Sunday) Greek troops captured Pogradec. [1] The last of the three worst nights of the Southampton Blitz occurred. Manuel Ávila Camacho became 45th President of Mexico. Allied convoy HX 90 was sighted by German submarine U-101. The Germans would sink a total of 11 ships from the convoy from this day through December 3.
On this day for the United States. January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December. December 18:
Politics and elections Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush The body of former President George H. W. Bush arrives on Special Air Mission from Houston to Washington, DC at the Joint Base Andrews. (NBC News) (ABC News) The United States Postal Service announces it will suspend regular mail deliveries, retail services and administrative office activity on December 5 as part of President ...
The single sold 354,000 copies on its first day of release. It sold 513,000 copies on its first week of sale, making it the biggest first week for a female idol group since Morning Musume 's " Ren'ai Revolution 21 " in 2000, and the biggest first week sales for a female artist since Hikaru Utada 's " Can You Keep a Secret? " in 2001. [4]
The United Kingdom reports a record for the third consecutive day of 93,045 new cases of COVID-19. COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Australia reports a record 3,837 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 2,213 cases in New South Wales. (Anadolu Agency) COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
Unix time. 1704067200 – 1735689599. 2024 ( MMXXIV) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
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.
Current events/2022 December 18. Nine police officers are killed and two others are injured when a convoy hits a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Al Jazeera) Around 20 Pakistani Taliban members seize control of a counterterrorism centre in Bannu, Pakistan, killing one officer and taking six hostages. The attackers are demanding safe passage to ...