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[16] 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. 2011 – Zhanaozen massacre: Violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces. [17]
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Famous Birthdays is an American website based in Santa Monica, California, [1] which is dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Background
Karl Denver (December 16, 1931 –December 21, 1998), (born Angus Murdo McKenzie) Scottish singer, would have turned 93 this year. Sam Most (December 16, 1930–June 13, 2013), American flautist, would have turned 94 this year. James McCracken (December 16, 1926 –April 29, 1988), American tenor vocalist, would have turned 98 this year.
December 20, 2022 at 7:10 AM. David Becker/Getty Images. Merry Birthday! ... Feel free to ask any of these famous people who were born on Dec. 25 or 24 — at least, the ones still living. If you ...
December 22: December solstice (03:28 UTC, 2023); Yule begins; Dongzhi Festival in China (2023) Aerial view of the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill 856 – An earthquake registering an estimated 7.9 M s struck the eastern Alborz mountains in Persia, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths.
1. Bernard Arnault. LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault became the richest person in the world in December. Arnault is the first European to rank at the top of Bloomberg's world's richest list.
2022 Batang Kali landslide. A landslide hits a campsite on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killing 21 people and leaving twelve more missing. Vaulx-en-Velin fire. Ten people are killed and 14 others are injured in a residential building fire in Vaulx-en-Velin, Lyon Metropolis, France. 2022 West Java earthquake