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| [[Liberation Day]] in '''[[Goa]]''' ([[1961]])
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| [[1920]] – '''[[Constantine I of Greece|{{nowrap|Constantine I}}]]''' returned as [[List of Kings of Greece|King of the Hellenes]] after the death of his son [[Alexander of Greece|{{nowrap|Alexander I}}]] and [[1920 Greek referendum|a referendum]].
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| [[1932]] – The [[BBC]] launched its '''[[BBC World Service|World Service]]''', now the world's largest [[International broadcasting|international broadcaster]], as BBC Empire Service.
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| [[1941]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: Six [[Regia Marina|Italian Royal Navy]] divers on [[Human torpedo|manned torpedoes]] detonated [[limpet mine]]s, '''[[Raid on Alexandria (1941)|disabling four vessels]]''', including two [[Royal Navy]] battleships.
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| [[1946]] – The '''[[First Indochina War]]''' began when [[Viet Minh]] operatives [[Battle of Hanoi (1946)|attacked]] French military positions and homes in [[Hanoi]].
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| [[1981]] – '''[[Penlee lifeboat disaster|Sixteen people died]]''' when a [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] went to the aid of a stricken [[Coastal trading vessel|coaster]] in heavy seas off the south-west coast of England and was also lost.
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| [[1986]] – Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] released dissident '''[[Andrei Sakharov]]''' after six years of [[exile|internal exile]] in [[Nizhny Novgorod|Gorky]].
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| [[1998]] – The [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] '''[[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|issued articles of impeachment]]''' against President [[Bill Clinton]] following the [[Lewinsky scandal]].
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* [[1776]] – [[Thomas Paine]] published the first in a series of pamphlets entitled '''''[[The American Crisis]]''''', opening with the line: "These are the times that try men's souls."
* [[1828]] – [[Nullification crisis]]: American vice president [[John C. Calhoun]]'s '''[[South Carolina Exposition and Protest]]''', written to protest the [[Tariff of Abominations|Tariff of 1828]], was presented to the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]].
* [[1843]] – '''''[[A Christmas Carol]]''''' ''(illustration pictured)'', a novella by [[Charles Dickens]] about the miser [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was first published.
* [[1964]] – The ruling junta of [[South Vietnam]], led by [[Nguyễn Khánh]], '''[[December 1964 South Vietnamese coup|initiated a coup]]''', dissolving the [[High National Council (South Vietnam)|High National Council]], a civilian advisory body.
* [[1983]] – The '''[[FIFA World Cup Trophy|Jules Rimet Trophy]]''', awarded to the winner of the [[FIFA World Cup]], was stolen from the offices of the [[Brazilian Football Confederation]].
* [[1984]] – China and the United Kingdom signed the '''[[Sino-British Joint Declaration]]''', agreeing to the [[Handover of Hong Kong|transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong]] to China on {{nowrap|1 July 1997}}.
* [[1997]] – '''[[SilkAir Flight 185]]''' crashed into the [[Musi River (Indonesia)|Musi River]] in Indonesia, killing 104 people.
* [[1997]] – '''''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''''', the [[List of highest-grossing films|third-highest-grossing film]] of all time, with a worldwide total of more than US$1.8 billion, was released in the United States.
* [[2013]] – The [[European Space Agency]]'s '''''[[Gaia (spacecraft)|Gaia]]''''' space observatory was launched, with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise [[star catalogue]] ever made.
* Born/died: | '''[[Adelaide of Susa]]''' |d|1091| '''[[Pope Urban V|Pope Urban V]]''' |d|1370| '''[[Vitus Bering]]''' |d|1741| '''[[Mary Livermore]]''' |b|1820| '''[[Grace Marie Bareis]]''' |b|1875| '''[[Ann Bishop (biologist)|Ann Bishop]]''' |b|1899| '''[[Phil Ochs]]''' |b|1940| '''[[Kristina Keneally]]''' |b|1968| '''[[Ahmet Emin Yalman]]''' |d|1972| '''[[Jake Gyllenhaal]]''' |b|1980| '''[[Stella Gibbons]]''' |d|1989
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'''[[December 19]]'''
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* [[1154]] – '''[[Henry II of England|{{nowrap|Henry II}}]]''' was [[Coronation of the British monarch|crowned king of England]] in [[Westminster Abbey]], London.
* [[1675]] – [[King Philip's War]]: The colonial militia of [[New England Confederation|New England]] and their [[Pequots|Pequot]] allies '''[[Great Swamp Fight|attacked]]''' a [[Narragansett people|Narragansett]] fort in Rhode Island, killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.
* [[1956]] – British physician and suspected serial killer '''[[John Bodkin Adams]]''' was arrested in connection with the [[death of Edith Alice Morrell]].
* [[1985]] – '''[[Aeroflot Flight 101/435]]''' was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed in a rice field in China, where he was apprehended.
* [[2016]] – [[Andrei Karlov]] ''(pictured)'', Russia's ambassador to Turkey, '''[[Assassination of Andrei Karlov|was assassinated]]''' at an art gallery in [[Ankara]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[J. M. W. Turner|J. M. W. Turner]]''' |d|1851| '''[[Mileva Marić]]''' |b|1875| '''[[Ashfaqulla Khan]]''' |d|1927}}
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