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Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov released from internal exile

Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov released from internal...

Dec 19, 2025

19 December 1986. Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Soviet nuclear p...

First airplane flies

First airplane flies

Dec 17, 2025

17 December 1903

Germans bombard English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough

Germans bombard English ports of Hartlepool and Scarbor...

Dec 16, 2025

16 December 1914

Roald Amundsen becomes first explorer to reach the South Pole

Roald Amundsen becomes first explorer to reach the Sout...

Dec 14, 2025

14 December 1911

Explorer Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England

Explorer Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England

Dec 13, 2025

13 December 1577

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

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