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1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution. [ 18 ] 1940 – In the Second Great Fire of London , the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London , England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II .
Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. Fall of the Assad regime. Syrian mass graves. Three mass graves associated with the Assad regime are discovered in Al-Qabou, Homs Governorate, Syria.
Jochi (c. 1182 – c. 1225) was a prince in the Mongol Empire. For months before his birth, his mother Börte had been a captive of the Merkit tribe , one of whom forcibly married and raped her. Although there was thus doubt over his parentage, Börte's husband Genghis Khan considered Jochi his son and treated him as such.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian strikes against infrastructure. 29 December 2023 Russian strikes on Ukraine. Russia launches the largest wave of drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities since the start of the war in a widespread overnight assault across the country, killing at least 39 people and injuring at least 160 others.
Ezra Meeker (December 29, 1830 – December 3, 1928) was an American pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon in 1852, migrating from Iowa to the Oregon Territory with his wife and newborn son. The entire Meeker party survived the difficult six-month journey.
New Zealand reports its first community exposure of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully-vaccinated man who travelled from the United Kingdom to Auckland on December 16. COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia. The Tunisian Health Ministry authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine as a booster dose.
Quebec reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a person who had been in contact with a family member who travelled from the United Kingdom on December 11 and tested positive for COVID-19 on December 13. (Montreal Gazette) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
Business and economy The United States sells 84 F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. (Reuters) Disasters At least 15 people are killed and dozens injured in an explosion in the Burmese city of Rangoon. (BBC) At least 14 people die in a multi-vehicle accident on the Pan American Highway on the outskirts of the Venezuelan capital Caracas. (El Universal) Mount Cleveland, a volcano in the U.S. state ...