24th December 1955: NORAD tracks Santa for the first time
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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...
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2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR invades Afghanistan
In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of...
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3rd January 1961: USA cuts diplomatic relations with Cuba
On the 3rd January 1961, the United States of America severed its diplomatic relationship with...
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4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms
American inventor Samuel Colt received the first government order for his revolver firearms from...
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6th January 1975: Led Zeppelin banned from Boston after fans run riot at Boston Garden arena
Fans of the rock band Led Zeppelin rampaged through the Boston Garden arena, causing thousands of...
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7th January 1979: Cambodian leader Pol Pot overthrown
On the 7th January 1979 Pol Pot, the Cambodian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central...
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Breaking up with self hatred is opening to discover what it actually is. It is a willingness to...
18th August 1612: Trial of the Pendle Witches begins
On the 18th August 1612, the trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle...
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30th August 1918: Lenin shot in a failed assassination attempt
On the 30th August 1918, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov – better known as Lenin – was...
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5th October 1962: First James Bond film & first Beatles single released
On the 5th October 1962, two cultural icons made their first appearance when Dr No – the first of...
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2nd November 1795: The Directory established in France
On the 2nd November 1795, the Directory was established in ...
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5th November 1940: President Roosevelt elected for an unprecedented third term
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United ...
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