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The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami struck on 22 December 2018 at about 21:38 local time, when major portions of Anak Krakatoa's southwestern flank crashed onto its ...
On December 22, 1998, Zinedine Zidane received the 1998 Ballon d'Or, which is given annually to the finest football player in Europe as determined by a jury of sports writers from UEFA member n...
For years, historians have been fascinated by Vincent van Gogh's ear, prompting them to devise a variety of ideas as to why the 19th century Dutch artist slice...
On December 23, 1912, a bomb was hurled at Viceroy Lord Hardinge as his procession left Chandni Chowk. In the attempt, the Viceroy was injured, but his Mahavat was...
Visva Bharati University, one of India's most prestigious universities, is marking its 100th anniversary of its founding. Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate...
Sir Isaac Newton, born 25 December 1642, was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (dubbed a "natural philosopher" at t...
On December 26, 1893, the Mao family, rich farmers in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, welcomed a son. They gave the kid the name Mao Zedong. The father of modern ...
Benazir Bhutto was the first Muslim woman to head a country. On December 27, 2007, a 15-year-old suicide bomber named Bilal assassinated Bhutto. She had barely com...
LinkedIn, a business-oriented social networking site The website was launched in 2002 and is based in Mountain View, California. LinkedIn was developed in 2003 by ...
Subhash Chandra Bose raised the Tricolour for the first time on free Indian soil on December 30, 1943, at the Cellular Jail in Port Blair during his visit to Andam...
The assassination of Rasputin, Russia's iconic "Mad Monk," provides fuel for a wonderful historical storey that combines truth and mythology. However...
Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging on the morning of Eid al-Adha, December 30, 2006, for crimes against humanity. It is a day that will live on in the minds of...
Marie received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for discovering the elements polonium and radium, which she discovered using procedures she created for isolati...