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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 .
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December 29 Capture of HMS Java by USS Constitution 1812 – War of 1812 : In a three-hour single-ship action , HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.
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Joe Davis won the inaugural UK Professional English Billiards Championship title with an 18,745–18,309 defeat of Tom Newman (pictured). After 1934, the UK Championship was the premier event of the billiards season in the UK, in the absence of any contests for the world championships.
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 ...
A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 16 people and wounds 40 others., , Syrian Civil War. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says barrels packed with explosives dropped from Syrian Air Force aircraft have killed 517 people in the northern province of Aleppo since 15 December.