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Shimla, Dec. 22 Keekli Bureau 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama signed legislation to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the policy regarding the service of homosexuals in the military; it took effect the following...

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Shimla, Dec. 21 2012 The music video for South Korean singer Psy's humorous pop song Gangnam Style became the first video on YouTube to garner one billion views. 1988 Pan Am flight 103 exploded over...

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Shimla, Dec. 19 Keekli Bureau 2012 Park Geun-Hye became the first female to be elected president of South Korea; she was sworn into office the following year; however, she also became the country's...

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Shimla, Dec. 18 Keekli Bureau 2019 President Donald Trump became the third U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, which charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. 2011 Czech...

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Shimla, Dec. 17 Keekli Bureau 2014 The United States and Cuba reestablished diplomatic relations that had been in abeyance for more than 50 years. 2011 North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il died; he was succeeded...

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2015 A landmark climate change agreement was reached at a UN conference in Paris as 195 countries agreed to limit greenhouse gas emissions; the accord effectively replaced the Kyoto Protocol. 2009 With the victory...

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Shimla, Dec. 9 Keekli Bureau 2016 South Korean President Park Geun-Hye was impeached by the National Assembly amid allegations of corruption; she left office the following year, after the country's Constitutional Court upheld...

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Shimla, Dec. 8 Keekli Bureau 2016 American astronaut and politician John Glenn—who was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, for which he was regarded as a national hero—died at age 95. 2010 The American...

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Shimla, Dec. 6 Keekli Bureau 2006 NASA released images—taken by the Mars Global Surveyor—that indicated the relatively recent presence of water on Mars. 1992 The Babri Masjid (“Mosque of Bābur”) in Ayodhya was destroyed by...

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Shimla, Dec.5 Keekli Bureau 2017 The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Games in P'yŏngch'ang, South Korea, after uncovering a Russian state-sponsored doping program. 2013 South African nationalist and statesman Nelson Mandela,...

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Shimla, Dec. 4 Keekli Bureau 2000 Surinamese politician Henck Arron, who helped Suriname gain its independence (1975) from the Netherlands and served as prime minister (1973–80) until being overthrown by the military, died...

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Shimla, Dec. 3 2000 Gwendolyn Brooks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who spoke of and to the everyday struggles and triumphs of African Americans, died in Chicago. 1967 Christiaan Barnard of South Africa performed the first...