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Da Vinci notebook sells for over $5M

Da Vinci notebook sells for over $5M

Dec 12, 2025

12 December 1980

First Nobel Prizes awarded

First Nobel Prizes awarded

Dec 10, 2025

10 December 1901

U.S. Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia

U.S. Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia

Dec 9, 2025

9 December 1992

East Timor still searches for justice, 50 years after Indonesian invasion

East Timor still searches for justice, 50 years after I...

Dec 7, 2025

East Timor’s declaration of independence from Portugal in November 1975 was swif...

Irish Free State declared

Irish Free State declared

Dec 6, 2025

6 December 1921

Aircraft squadron disappears in the Bermuda Triangle

Aircraft squadron disappears in the Bermuda Triangle

Dec 6, 2025

5 December 1945

The MRI Scanner

The MRI Scanner

Dec 6, 2025

4 December 1980

Eureka Stockade

Eureka Stockade

Dec 3, 2025

3 December 1854

Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte

Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte

Dec 2, 2025

St. Andrew's Day

St. Andrew's Day

Nov 30, 2025

30 November 1320

U.N. votes for partition of Palestine

U.N. votes for partition of Palestine

Nov 29, 2025

29 November 1947

Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific

Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific

Nov 29, 2025

28 November 1520

Pope Urban II orders first Crusade

Pope Urban II orders first Crusade

Nov 27, 2025

27 November 1095

Archaeologists enter tomb of King Tut

Archaeologists enter tomb of King Tut

Nov 26, 2025

26 November

“The Mousetrap” opens in London

“The Mousetrap” opens in London

Nov 25, 2025

25 November

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