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Orenthal James “O. J.” Simpson (also known by his nickname, The Juice) is a retired American football player who achieved stardom as a running back at the collegiate and professional levels.
Simpson was drafted by the AFL’s Buffalo Bills, who got first pick in the 1969 draft after finishing 1-12-1 in 1968. He first rushed for […]
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Eugene Andrew Cernan is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut of Czech and Slovak ancestry.
He has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972. In that […]
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The Susan B. Anthony dollar is a United States coin minted between 1979 and 1981, and again in 1999. It depicts women’s suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony.
The reverse depicts an eagle flying above the moon (with the Earth in the background), a design adapted from the Apollo 11 mission insignia that was also present on […]
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Smallpox is a contagious disease unique to humans. Smallpox is caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor.
Smallpox was responsible for an estimated 300-500 million deaths in the 20th century. As recently as 1967, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 15 million people contracted the disease and that two […]
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Golda Meir, born Golda Mabovitz, May 3, 1898 - December 8, 1978, known as Golda Meyerson from 1917-1956) was one of the founders of the State of Israel.
Meir served as the Minister of Labour, Foreign Minister, and then as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel from March 17, 1969 to June 3, 1974. As the […]
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East Timor was colonised by Portugal since the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal’s decolonisation of the country.
In late 1975 East Timor declared its independence but was invaded and occupied by Indonesia on December 7, 1975, and declared that country’s 27th province. Indonesian rule in East Timor was often marked […]
Apollo 17 launched on 7 December 1972, was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program.
It was the first night launch and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. As they leave the earth, The crew take the famous photograph of the Earth known as “The Blue Marble”. It […]
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Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein, as President of the Board of Supervisors, automatically ascended to the mayoral position on December 4, 1978.
Thus becoming San Francisco’s first (and only) female mayor. She served out the remainder of the term and was elected in her own right in 1979 and re-elected […]
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In December 1971 Frank Zapper suffered a serious setback. While performing in Montreux, Switzerland.
His and his band’s, The Mothers, equipment was all destroyed by fire when a flare set off by an audience member started a fire that burned down the Montreux Casino where they were playing, an event immortalized in Deep Purple’s song “Smoke […]
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The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a major conflict between India and Pakistan. The war is closely associated with Bangladesh Liberation War (sometimes also referred to as Pakistani Civil War). There is an argument about exact dates of the war.
However, hostilities commenced officially between India and Pakistan on the evening of December 3, 1971. The […]
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