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January 2, 1860 - "discovery" of the planet Vulcan was announced (small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun).

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December 31 - New Year's Eve.

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December 30, 1922 - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed.

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December 24 - Christmas Eve.

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December 20, 1951 - EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho, became the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity (to power four 200-watt light bulbs).

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December 18 - International Migrants Day.

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December 15 - Zamenhof Day - celebrated in the Esperanto movement in honor of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.

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December 13, 1577 - Sir Francis Drake set out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

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December 11, 1971 - the Libertarian Party of the United States was formed.

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December 10, 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
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December 10, 1901 - the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.
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December 10 - International Animal Rights Day.
#animalrights

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December 8, 1980 - John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.

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December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day.

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December 6, 1768 - the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published.

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December 5, 2005 - the Civil Partnership Act came into effect in the U.K., granting civil partnerships rights identical to civil marriage.

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December 1 - World AIDS Day (dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection).
#aids

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Nov. 26, 1941 - U.S. President F.D.Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the 4th Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day, a federal holiday.

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November 21 - World Television Day.

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November 20, 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released.