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12-22-2007, 12:33 PM
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December 22nd
1858
~
Birthday of Giacomo Puccini, Composer.
1864
~
Savannah, Georgia fell to the Union
army of General Sherman.
1880
~
Death of George Eliot, Writer.
1942
~
Adolf Hitler signed the order to develop the V-2 (
Vergeltungswaffe 2
)rocket as a weapon.
1989
~
Berlin's
Brandenburg Gate re-opened
, ending the division of East and West Germany.
1990
~
Lech Wałęsa sworn in as President of Poland.
1997
~
Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the village of
Acteal were massacred by paramilitary forces
.
2001
~
The
Afghan Northern Alliance
, handed over power in Afghanistan to the government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
2001
~
Richard Reid
tried to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes.
2001
~
Cc the cat
, the first cloned pet, was born.
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