100 years anniversary |
23 Dec 1925
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birth
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Harry Guardino: NYC, New York -- Actor (Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St Blues)
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23 Dec 1925
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Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah
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23 Dec 1925
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birth
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Duncan Hallas, English author and politician (d. 2002) |
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23 Dec 1925
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birth
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Rayner Unwin, English publisher (d. 2000) |
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23 Dec 1925
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birth
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Harry Guardino New York NY, actor (Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St Blues)
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23 Dec 1925
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birth
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Pierre B
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23 Dec 1925
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death
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A S C Wallis [Ad
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23 Dec 1925
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event
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Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah
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75 years anniversary |
23 Dec 1950
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death
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Vincenzo Tommasini: Composer, dies at 72
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23 Dec 1950
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birth
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Michael C. Burgess, American obstetrician and politician |
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23 Dec 1950
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birth
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Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, English general |
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23 Dec 1950
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birth
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Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager |
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23 Dec 1950
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birth
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Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator |
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23 Dec 1950
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death
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Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878) |
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23 Dec 1950
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death
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Vincenzo Tommasini composer, dies at 72
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23 Dec 1950
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history
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RELIGIOUS
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Pope Pius XII declared that the tomb of St. Peter had been discovered beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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50 years anniversary |
23 Dec 1975
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death
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Richard S Welch: CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
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23 Dec 1975
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event
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Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
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23 Dec 1975
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event
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Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents
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23 Dec 1975
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birth
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Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player |
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23 Dec 1975
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birth
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Lady Starlight, American singer-songwriter |
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23 Dec 1975
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music
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birth Katie Underwood, Bardot, winners of the Australian Popstars reality show, (2000 Australian No.1 single Poison, and 2000 Australian No.1 self-titled album).
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23 Dec 1975
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death
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Richard S Welch CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
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23 Dec 1975
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event
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Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
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23 Dec 1975
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event
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Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith & Dave McNally free agents
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25 years anniversary |
23 Dec 2000
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death
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Billy Barty, American actor and singer (b. 1924) |
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23 Dec 2000
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death
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Victor Borge, Danish-American actor, conductor, and pianist (b. 1909) |
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23 Dec 2000
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death
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Noor Jehan, Pakistani actress and singer (b. 1926) |
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23 Dec 2000
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music
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Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall was given a police caution for possessing cocaine and cannabis. Police found the Class A and Class B drugs at his Surrey home after a woman falsely accused him of rape in November.
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20 years anniversary |
23 Dec 2005
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death
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Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1914) |
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23 Dec 2005
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death
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Norman D. Vaughan, American dog sled racer and explorer (b. 1905) |
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23 Dec 2005
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music
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Geezer Butler, the bass player with Black Sabbath offered £5,000 for any information leading to the safe return of Toga, the three-month-old penguin that had been stolen from a zoo on the Isle of Wight a few days earlier.
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15 years anniversary |
23 Dec 2010
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death
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Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (b. 1916) |
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23 Dec 2010
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death
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K. Karunakaran, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918) |
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23 Dec 2010
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event
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A monsoonal trough crosses the northeastern coast of Australia from the Coral Sea, bringing mass flooding across Queensland. |
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