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December 31, 2018

1st January 1942: Declaration by the United Nations agreed

On the 1st January 1942, the Declaration by the United Nations was agreed and signed by the representatives of four major Allied nations during the Second World ...
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December 30, 2018

31st December 1759: Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease for St. James’s Gate Brewery

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the derelict St. James’s Gate Brewery in ...
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December 29, 2018

30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR

On the 30th December 1922, the USSR – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was ...
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December 28, 2018

29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee

More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee ...
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December 27, 2018

28th December 1972: Kim Il-sung becomes President of North Korea

On the 28th December 1972, Kim Il-sung became the first President of North ...
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December 26, 2018

27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a class’

The Soviet dekulakisation campaign began when Joseph Stalin announced the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a ...
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December 25, 2018

26th December 1991: The USSR formally dissolved

On the 26th December 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union met for the last time to formally dissolve itself and the Soviet ...
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December 24, 2018

25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front

The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ...
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December 23, 2018

24th December 1955: NORAD tracks Santa for the first time

On the 24th December 1955, the Colorado Springs' Continental Air Defense Command first began giving children the current location of Santa as he made his way across the world delivering ...
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December 22, 2018

23rd December 1750: Ben Franklin accidentally shocks himself while trying to electrocute a turkey

Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a ...
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Published on December 22, 2018 19:05