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December 22
2018 Anak Krakatoa

Tsunami strikes Indonesia's Sunda Strait in 2018, killing over 400 people as a portion of the Anak Krakatoa volcano collapses into the sea.

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 ... Read More

1998 Ballon

On December 22, 1998, Zinedine Zidane received the 1998 Ballon d'Or

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... Read More snl24

December 23
1888 Vincent van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh bio, Vincent van Gogh biography, Vincent van Gogh paintings,

After a dispute with fellow painter Paul Gauguin in 1888, Vincent van Gogh slices off his left ear with a razor and gives it to a prostitute for safekeeping.

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... Read More

1912 Chandni Chowk, Rash Behari Bose, Rash Behari Bose conspiracy, Lord Hardinge, Delhi Conspiracy Case,

In 1912, Rash Behari Bose led the Indian revolutionary underground in Bengal and Punjab in an attempt to kill Viceroy of India Lord Hardinge by putting a handmade bomb into the Viceroy's Howdah during a ceremonial parade in Delhi.

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... Read More

1921 Rabindranath Tagore, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan

Rabindranath Tagore establishes Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, in 1921.

Visva Bharati University, one of India's most prestigious universities, is marking its 100th anniversary of its founding. Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate... Read More

December 25
1642 Isaac Newton, Isaac Newton bio, Isaac Newton birthplace, Isaac Newton biography, Isaac Newton facts,

Isaac Newton, an English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, was born in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, England, in 1642.

Sir Isaac Newton, born 25 December 1642, was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (dubbed a "natural philosopher" at t... Read More

December 26
1893 Mao Zedong, maoism, Mao Zedong facts, Maoists, Mao Zedong bio, Mao Zedong biography, Mao Zedong wron

Mao Zedong, the Chinese revolutionary and former Chairman of the Communist Party of China, was born in Shaoshan, Hunan, in 1893.

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 ... Read More

December 27
2007 Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto husband, Benazir Bhutto assassination, Benazir Bhutto attack,

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's 12th Prime Minister and the first female leader of a Muslim country, was murdered by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi in 2007.

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... Read More

December 28
2002 Reid Hoffman, Reid Hoffman linkedin, linkedin launch, when linkedin started

Reid Hoffman and others establish LinkedIn in Mountain View, California in 2002.

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 ... Read More

December 30
1943 Subhash Chandra Bose, Subhash Chandra Bose flag hosted, first flag hoisting, Bose

Subhash Chandra Bose waves the Indian independence flag in Port Blair in 1943.

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... Read More

1916 Grigori Rasputin, Grigori Rasputin bio, Grigori Rasputin death, Grigori Rasputin assassination

Grigori Rasputin, a Russian monk and companion of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, was killed by reactionary Russian aristocracy in 1916 at the age of 47.

The assassination of Rasputin, Russia's iconic "Mad Monk," provides fuel for a wonderful historical storey that combines truth and mythology. However... Read More

2006 Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein death, Saddam Hussein death sentence, Saddam Hussein hanged

Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq, was hung in Baghdad in 2006 at the age of 69.

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... Read More

December 31
1911 Marie Curie, Marie Curie birth, Marie Curie bio, Marie Curie biography, Marie Curie invention, Marie

Marie Curie earns her second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her work with radioactivity.

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... Read More