The Dupont Plaza Hotel fire is considered to be the most catastrophic hotel fire in Puerto Rican history. It occurred in the Hotel Dupont Plaza (now San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino) on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1986.
The employees of the hotel were in the middle of a labor dispute for higher salaries, […]

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The 1984 Bell System divestiture that brought an end to the affiliation branded as the Bell System was the result of a lawsuit alleging illegal practices by the Bell System.
The lawsuit alleged that AT&T and its Bell System operating companies were using its near monopoly in telecommunications to attempt to establish allegedly unfair advantage in […]

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The Provincial National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People’s National Party’s elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings in a Coup d’état.
Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings was the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council. The Coup took place on December 31, 1981 and the PNDC remained in […]

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The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as Central African Federation (CAF), was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that was established 1n August 1953.
It was a federal realm of the British Crown — not a colony, and not a dominion although the British Sovereign was represented by a Governor-General, as usual for dominions. […]

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A farthing (meaning fourth part) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny. Such coins were first minted in England in the 13th century.
Prior to the 13th century, requirements for small change were often met by “cut coinage” i.e. pennies cut into halves or quarters, usually along the cross which formed a prominent […]

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The Marshall Plan (from its enactment, officially the European Recovery Program [ERP]) was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger foundation for the allied countries of Europe, and repelling communism after World War II.
The initiative was named for Secretary of State George Marshall and was largely the creation of […]

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John Denver born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s.
He recorded and released some 300 songs, about half of which he had composed, and was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 1977. Denver’s songs were suffused with a […]

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Theodore Robert ‘Ted’ Bundy was an American serial killer. Bundy raped and murdered scores of young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978.
On December 30, 1977, Bundy was in the Glenwood Springs jail waiting trial. Somehow he had acquired a hacksaw blade and $500 in cash. He sawed through the welds fixing a […]

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Charles L. “Sonny” Liston was one of the most powerful punchers in the history of the heavyweight division.
He won several tournaments, including Golden Gloves as an amateur and made his professional debut by knocking out Don Smith in the first round on September 2, 1953.
Liston did not get a shot at world heavyweight champion […]

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Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959-1965).
On December 30, 1965 he was elacted President. As Philippine president and strongman, his greatest achievement was in the fields of infrastructure development […]

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