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1963 – Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892) 1964 – V. Veerasingam , Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892) 1965 – Joseph Erlanger , American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
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Kay Davis (December 5, 1920–January 27, 2012), American vocalist, would have turned 104 this year. Kansas Fields (December 5, 1915 –August 03, 1995), (born Carl Donnell Fields) American drummer, would have turned 109 this year. Wladyslaw Szpilman (December 5, 1911 –July 06, 2000), Polish pianist, would have turned 113 this year.
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.
At the time, this was the worst aviation accident in the history of Argentina. [66] [67] In Opp, Alabama, five people died in a high speed head-on collision, including four airmen from Eglin Air Force Base. [68] Fire destroyed a cottage 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Park Falls, Wisconsin, killing eight children. [69] Born:
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1525 - Birth of Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600); 1743 - Birth of Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817); 1750 - Death of Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b.
Anita Brenner (born Hanna Brenner), 69, transnational Jewish scholar and author specializing in Mexican history and culture, died in a traffic collision. [15] G. Gould Lincoln, 94, American political reporter, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom [16] Lajos Zilahy, 83, Hungarian novelist and playwright [17]