1946 – The death of 3,700 people in a single day in the siege of Leningrad in World War II.
1989 – The execution of former President of Romania Nicolae Ceaucescu and his wife.
1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union resolved the next day.
2008 – Israeli court sentences Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmed Saadat, to 30 years imprisonment.
Occasions:
Christian denominations celebrate Christmas.
Born today:
1869 – Shakib Areslan, Lebanese writer and intellectual.
Passed away:
1926 – Japanese Emperor Taisho.
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