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📅 On this day in 2000:
The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📅 On this day in 2000:
The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
#December15 #OnThisDay
The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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📅 On this day in 2001:
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
📅 On this day in 2001:
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
#December15 #OnThisDay
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
#December15 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 2005:
Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
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Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
📅 On this day in 2005:
Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
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Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
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📅 On this day in 1985:
Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1985:
Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
#December14 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1994:
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.
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Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1994:
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.
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Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.
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📅 On this day in 1995:
Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1995:
Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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📅 On this day in 1998:
Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
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Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
#December14 #OnThisDay
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📅 On this day in 1998:
Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
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Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
#December14 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1999:
Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
#December14 #OnThisDay
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
📅 On this day in 1999:
Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
#December14 #OnThisDay
Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
#December14 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 2004:
The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
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The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
📅 On this day in 2004:
The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
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The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
#December14 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1982:
The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
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The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
#December13 #OnThisDay
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1982:
The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
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The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
#December13 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1988:
PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
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PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
#December13 #OnThisDay
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1988:
PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
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PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
#December13 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1994:
Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 crashes in Morrisville, North Carolina, near Raleigh–Durham International Airport, killing 15.
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Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 crashes in Morrisville, North Carolina, near Raleigh–Durham International Airport, killing 15.
#December13 #OnThisDay
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1994:
Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 crashes in Morrisville, North Carolina, near Raleigh–Durham International Airport, killing 15.
#December13 #OnThisDay
Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 crashes in Morrisville, North Carolina, near Raleigh–Durham International Airport, killing 15.
#December13 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1995:
Banat Air Flight 166 crashes in Sommacampagna near Verona Villafranca Airport in Verona, Italy, killing 49.
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Banat Air Flight 166 crashes in Sommacampagna near Verona Villafranca Airport in Verona, Italy, killing 49.
#December13 #OnThisDay
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📅 On this day in 1995:
Banat Air Flight 166 crashes in Sommacampagna near Verona Villafranca Airport in Verona, Italy, killing 49.
#December13 #OnThisDay
Banat Air Flight 166 crashes in Sommacampagna near Verona Villafranca Airport in Verona, Italy, killing 49.
#December13 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 2002:
European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
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European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
📅 On this day in 2002:
European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
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European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
#December13 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 2003:
Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
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Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
📅 On this day in 2003:
Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
#December13 #OnThisDay
Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
#December13 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1963:
Kenya declares independence from Great Britain.
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Kenya declares independence from Great Britain.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1963:
Kenya declares independence from Great Britain.
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Kenya declares independence from Great Britain.
#December12 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1979:
Coup d'état of December Twelfth occurs in South Korea.
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Coup d'état of December Twelfth occurs in South Korea.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1979:
Coup d'état of December Twelfth occurs in South Korea.
#December12 #OnThisDay
Coup d'état of December Twelfth occurs in South Korea.
#December12 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1979:
The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
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The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
#December12 #OnThisDay
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1979:
The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
#December12 #OnThisDay
The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
#December12 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1988:
The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
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The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
#December12 #OnThisDay
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📅 On this day in 1988:
The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
#December12 #OnThisDay
The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
#December12 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 2000:
The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
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The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
#December12 #OnThisDay
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
📅 On this day in 2000:
The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
#December12 #OnThisDay
The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
#December12 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1994:
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
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First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
#December11 #OnThisDay
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1994:
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
#December11 #OnThisDay
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
#December11 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1997:
The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
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The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
#December11 #OnThisDay
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1997:
The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
#December11 #OnThisDay
The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
#December11 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1998:
Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
#December11 #OnThisDay
Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
#December11 #OnThisDay
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📅 On this day in 1998:
Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
#December11 #OnThisDay
Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
#December11 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 1999:
SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35.
#December11 #OnThisDay
SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35.
#December11 #OnThisDay
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📅 On this day in 1999:
SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35.
#December11 #OnThisDay
SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35.
#December11 #OnThisDay
📅 On this day in 2001:
China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
#December11 #OnThisDay
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
📅 On this day in 2001:
China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
#December11 #OnThisDay
China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
#December11 #OnThisDay