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Monday, 20 January 2025
1989 On this day in history east Germany drops the communist monopoly from its constitution 
1989 USSR President Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican on this day in history.
1989 Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58 on December - 01.
1990 On this day in history engineers digging a rail tunnel under the English Channel link up between England and France at a point forty meters beneath the seabed, and the island of Britain is connected with the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age
1990 On this day in history iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks
1990 Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their first joint session on December - 01.
1990 Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies on December - 01.
1991 On this day in history ukranian people vote for independence
1991 US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands on December - 01.
1991 On December - 01 byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58
1994 the Société des chemins de fer du Québec commences operation over the former CN line from Limoilou to Clermont, Québec on this day in history.
1994 On December - 01 hugh Chilvers, cricketer (151 wickets leg-spin for NSW 1928-37), dies
1995 Michael Monus, the former president of the Phar-Mor drug store chain, was found guilty of embezzling roughly $1 billion from the company on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history a volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air
1996 On December - 01 chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation, commences operation over the former CN line beween Matapedia and Chandler, Que.
1996 In a move that led to a public-relations disaster, America Online shifted to a flat $19.95-per-month fee for unlimited access on December - 01.
1996 On this day in history barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67
1998 On December - 01 st. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) commences operation over the CN Sherbrooke subdivision between St. Rosalie, QC and Norton, VT.
2005 South Africa becomes the fifth country in the world where same-sex marriages are recognized on this day in history.
2006 Felipe Calderón is sworn in as the President of Mexico by the Congress in Mexico on December - 01.
2006 On December - 01 the 15th Asian Games start in Doha, Qatar; the closing ceremony takes place on dec 15.
2006 On this day in history typhoon Durian kills at least 388 people in Albay province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
2012 8 people are killed and 36 injured after a bus overturns in Bolivia on December - 01.
2017 On December - 01 president Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the F.B.I.
2018 British boxer Tyson Fury dominates much of the fight but survives 2 knockdowns to force a split decision draw with defending WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at the Staples Center, Los Angeles on this day in history.
2018 On December - 01 violent demonstrations in Paris, France, by yellow-vest movement with 36,000 protesting nationwide
2018 Egyptian actress Rania Youssef charged for "inciting debauchery" after wearing see-through dress to Cairo film festival on December - 01.
2018 Ariana Grande releases the music video to her single "Thank U Next", biggest ever launch on Youtube Premiere on December - 01.
2018 On December - 01 world's first super-high definition 8K television channel by Japanese broadcaster NHK launches
2018 On December - 01 syrian shadow puppetry added to UN list of cultural activities in urgent need of saving
2018 France experiences its worst civil unrest since the protests of 1968 due to the yellow vests movement. Protests in Paris morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested; over 100 cars are burned, the Arc de Triomphe is vandalized and numerous other tourist sites are closed, both in the capital and elsewhere in the country on this day in history.
2019 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins season-ending Abu Dhabi GP to claim his 6th F1 World Drivers C'ship by 87 points from team mate Valtteri Bottas; Mercedes' 6th straight Constructors title on December - 01.
2020 On this day in history actor Elliot Page, formerly known as Ellen Page , reveals he is transgender
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] Pfizer and BioNTech announced an Emergency Use Authorization application to the European Medicines Agency on December - 01.
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