Vintage Memories That Make You Go AAH!
The Harrods Bombing was a car-bomb attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) outside Harrods Department Store, London on December 17, 1983.
A warning of the bomb came when a man using an IRA code word telephoned the central London office of the Samaritans organisation at 12:44. The caller said there were […]
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Walter Elias Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
Disney is notable as one of the most influential and innovative figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Walt became one of the best-known […]
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The Golan Heights Law is the Israeli Knesset’s law, ratified on December 14, 1981, which applies Israel’s laws to the Golan Heights.
The law was passed half a year before Israel’s withdrawal from the Sinai in a rare third hearing which was heavily criticized by the centre-left opposition. It was also criticized for potentially hindering future […]
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Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski became the Polish United Workers’ Party (the former Polish Communist Party) General Secretary and Prime Minister in 1981, when Lech Walesa’s Solidarity movement was starting to gain popularity, both within Poland and abroad.
On December 13, 1981, Jaruzelski imposed martial law in Poland, actually called in Polish stan wojenny literally translated as ’state […]
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Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is a Mongolian politician. He has been one of the principal leaders of the peaceful democratic revolution in 1990 that ended nearly 75 years of communist rule.
On the morning of December 10, 1989, the first open pro-democracy demonstration met in front of the Youth Palace in Ulaanbaatar. There Elbegdorj announced the creation of […]
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Following the collapse of the military junta of the National Reorganization Process in December 1983, democracy was restored in Argentina with the assumption of President Raúl Alfonsín.
Raúl Alfonsín’s government took steps to account for the “disappeared”, established civilian control of the armed forces, and consolidated democratic institutions. The members of the three military juntas […]
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The First Intifada (1987 - 1993) (also “war of the stones”) was a mass uprising against Israeli military occupation, that began in Jabalia refugee camp and spread to Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Palestinian actions took a number of forms, including increased attacks against Israeli civilians, civil disobedience, general strikes, boycotts on Israeli products, […]
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The Queen Street massacre was a tragedy that resulted in the deaths of 8 people, and serious injury to 5 more, as well as severely traumatising many more individuals, on the afternoon of December 8, 1987 in Melbourne, Australia.
22 year old Frank Vitkovic, walked into the offices of Australia Post in Melbourne’s Queen Street holding […]
On the afternoon of December 8, 1980 John Lennon and Ono left the Dakota building on their way to mix her latest track, “Walking On Thin Ice.”
As they headed to their limo, they were approached by several people seeking autographs. Among them was a young man later to be identified as Mark David Chapman. Without […]
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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop music singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and author.
Her debut album …Baby One More Time, released in January 1999, propelled her to international stardom. It spawned its five singles, including “…Baby One More Time”, which topped the Billboard Hot 100. Spears has sold over 83 million […]
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