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December 25, 1914
The Christmas Truce Just after midnight on Christmas morning, the majority of German troops engaged in World War I cease firing their guns and artillery |
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2004
In the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in 40 years, triggered a tsunami that ultimately killed more than 280,000. |
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1831 British naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific Ocean aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin's discoveries during the nearly five-year journey helped form the basis of his theories on evolution.
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On Dec 29:
1981 – In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games. |
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December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is the last day of the Gregorian year. The day following is January 1 of the next year.
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09-012006 "The Phantom of the Opera" became the longest-running show in Broadway history, surpassing "Cats," which ran for 7,485 performances.
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June 2, 1806 - The origin of the State Bank of India goes back to the first decade of the nineteenth century with the establishment of the Bank of Calcutta in Calcutta on 2 June 1806. State Bank of India has an extensive administrative structure to oversee the large network of branches, with over 16000 branches, in India and abroad. The Corporate Headquarters is in Mumbai and 14 Local Head Offices and 57 Zonal Offices are located at important cities spread throughout the country.
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June 6, 1997 - Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand came together to form an economic association called BIMSTEC linking the littoral states of the Bay of Bengal. This economic grouping aims at promoting rapid economic cooperation between members in key areas such as trade, investment, tourism, fisheries, agriculture, transportation and human resources development.
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Today, what a day !!
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Serbia has never played in the World Cup. That ends today when coach Radomir Antic's team takes on Ghana in a first-round match. !!
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