On this day ......

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2 December 1697 – St Paul's Cathedral is opened in London.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul's_Cathedral

 

[MassRuss]

December 2, 1804 Napoleon crowned Emperor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Napoleon_I

 

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3 December 1857 – Birth of Joseph Conrad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad

 

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December 3, 1818 - Illinois admitted as 21st state

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois

 

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4 December 1878 – Birth of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Michael_Alexandrovich_of_Russia

 

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December 4, 1892 - Spanish dictator Francisco Franco is born

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco

 

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5 December 1839 – Birth of George Armstrong Custer, American general.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer

 

[MassRuss]

^^^^^A real piece of work!!

December 5, 1901 - Walt Disney born in Chicago

 

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6 December 1421 – Birth of King Henry VI of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England

 

[MassRuss]

December 6, 1896 - Lyricyst Ira Gershwin born

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gershwin

 

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8 December 1907 – Death of King Oscar II of Sweden.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_II_of_Sweden

 

[MassRuss]

December 9, 1916 - Actor Kirk Douglas is born


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Douglas

 

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9 December 1674 – Death of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon

 

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10 December 1865 – Death of King Leopold I of Belgium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium

 

[MassRuss]

December 10, 1960 - Actor/director Sir Kenneth Brannagh is born

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Brannagh

 

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11 December 1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon. 1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17

 

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12 December 1731 – Birth of Erasmus Darwin, English physician, slave trade abolitionist, inventor and poet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin

 

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13 December 1906 – Birth of HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Marina_of_Greece_and_Denmark

 

[MassRuss]

December 13, 2003 -Saddam Hussein captured.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_hussein

 

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14 December 1895 – Birth of King George VI of the United Kingdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom