Today in History
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1989 Romanian President Nicolae Ceaușescu and wife Elena were executed
The communist leader and his wife were deposed after a revolution. Their trial lasted for about an h
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1979 USSR invades Afghanistan
The airlift of Soviet troops into Afghanistan started a 9 year long war. The anti-Soviet insurgents,
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1926 Hirohito becomes the 124th emperor of Japan
Michinomiya Hirohito, known as Emporor Shōwa after his death, becomes the 124th emperor of Japan aft
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1809 First abdominal surgery performed
American physician Ephraim McDowell became the first person in recorded history to successfully remo
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1643 Christmas Island discovered
Captain William Mynors on the East India Company ship Royal Mary did not stop at the Australian isla
Births On This Day,
December, 25
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1984 Alastair Cook
English cricketer
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1924 Rod Serling
American screenwriter, producer, created The Twilight Zone
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1899 Humphrey Bogart
American actor
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1876 Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Indian/Pakistani lawyer, politician, founder of Pakistan
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1642 Isaac Newton
English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, theologian
Deaths On This Day,
December, 25
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2006 James Brown
American singer-songwriter, producer, actor
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1989 Nicolae Ceaușescu
Romanian politician, 11th President of Romania
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1983 Joan Miró
Spanish painter
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1977 Charlie Chaplin
English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, composer
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1963 Tristan Tzara
Romanian/French poet, critic
