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* [[1952]] - '''[[Great Smog of 1952]]''': A "killer fog" descended on [[London]] ("[[Smog]]" for "smoke" and "fog" became a word). |
* [[1952]] - '''[[Great Smog of 1952]]''': A "killer fog" descended on [[London]] ("[[Smog]]" for "smoke" and "fog" became a word). |
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* [[1991]] - '''[[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am Airways]]''' ended operations. |
* [[1991]] - '''[[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am Airways]]''' ended operations. |
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* [[1639]] - [[Jeremiah Horrocks]] made the first observation of a '''[[transit of Venus]]'''. |
* [[1639]] - [[Jeremiah Horrocks]] made the first observation of a '''[[transit of Venus]]'''. |
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* [[1674]] - [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[missionary]] '''[[Jacques Marquette]]''' ''(pictured)'' founded a mission on the shores of [[Lake Michigan]] to minister to the [[Illiniwek]]; the mission later grew into [[Chicago, Illinois]]. |
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* [[1791]] - '''''[[The Observer]]''''', the world's first [[Sunday]] [[newspaper]], was first published. |
* [[1791]] - '''''[[The Observer]]''''', the world's first [[Sunday]] [[newspaper]], was first published. |
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* [[1829]] - The practice of '''[[Sati (practice)|sati]]''' was formally abolished in [[British Raj|British India]] after years of campaigning by [[Ram Mohan Roy]] against this [[Hindu]] [[funeral]] custom of [[self-immolation]]. |
* [[1829]] - The practice of '''[[Sati (practice)|sati]]''' was formally abolished in [[British Raj|British India]] after years of campaigning by [[Ram Mohan Roy]] ''(pictured)'' against this [[Hindu]] [[funeral]] custom of [[self-immolation]]. |
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* [[1977]] - The [[Heads of state of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)|President]] of the [[Central African Republic]] had himself [[coronation|crowned]] as '''[[Jean-Bédel Bokassa|Emperor Bokassa I]]''' in a lavish ceremony. |
* [[1977]] - The [[Heads of state of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)|President]] of the [[Central African Republic]] had himself [[coronation|crowned]] as '''[[Jean-Bédel Bokassa|Emperor Bokassa I]]''' in a lavish ceremony. |
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Revision as of 05:58, 5 December 2005
- 1639 - Jeremiah Horrocks made the first observation of a transit of Venus.
- 1791 - The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, was first published.
- 1829 - The practice of sati was formally abolished in British India after years of campaigning by Ram Mohan Roy (pictured) against this Hindu funeral custom of self-immolation.
- 1977 - The President of the Central African Republic had himself crowned as Emperor Bokassa I in a lavish ceremony.
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