Page 8: Historical Events In December - 06

2012  7 people are killed and 770 injured during Egyptian protests.   

2017  Starbucks opens its largest cafe in the world in Shanghai, 30000 square-feet, 1/2 size of a football field   

2017  Time Magazine names their Person of the Year "The Silence Breakers", people who came forward to report sexual misconduct   

2017  US President Donald Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, announcing plans to move US embassy there.   

2017  Skirball wildfire near Los Angeles closes the Interstate 405 as thousands forced to evacuate.   

2017  Andrej BabiÅ¡ is sworn as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic   

2017  Britain's top Brexit negotiator David Davis admits there has been "no systematic impact assessment" on effects of Brexit.   

2017  Brazilian drug lord Rogério da Silva arrested in Rio   

2017  "Supermassive" most distant black hole discovery announced by astronomers in journal "Nature", 13 billion light-years away, 800 x bigger than the Sun   

2017  The United States officially recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital.   

2018  Senegal's new Museum of Black Civilisations is opened in Dakar by President Macky Sall.   

2018  Luxembourg is the inaugural country to make all public transport free   

2018  Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry explodes for franchise-record 238 yards and 4 touchdowns in 30-9 win v Jacksonville Jaguars in Nashville; 99-yard TD run ties Dallas Cowboys HOF RB Tony Dorsett's longest run in NFL history   

2018  Oldest-known plague sample are discovered in 4900-year-old remains of 20-year old woman in Gökhem, southern Sweden published in "Cell".   

2020  The 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election takes place   

2021  Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years (later reduced to two) for inciting public unrest and breaching Covid-19 protocols [1].   

2021  The United States announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in response to China's human rights record. Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia join shortly after   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The United States is recorded as becoming the inaugural country to surpass 50 million COVID-19 cases   

2023  Taylor Swift is named Time's Person of the Year [1]   

2023  In this year, Google DeepMind releases the Gemini Language Model. Gemini will act as a foundational model integrated into Google's existing tools, including search and Bard.   

2025  Eleven are killed, including three young children, and fourteen are injured in a shooting at a bar in Saulsville, Gauteng, South Africa.   

2025  A fire at a nightclub in Arpora, Goa, India, leaves at least 25 people dead and 50 injured.   

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0846  Hasan al-askari: Shia imam   

1285  King ferdinand iv of castile: King ferdinand iv of castile (d. 1312)   

1421  Henry vi: King of england (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare castiglione: Italian diplomat and author   

1550  Orazio tiberio vecchi: Composer   

1586  Niccolò zucchi: Italian astronomer   

1608  George monck/monk: English general/gov of scotland   

1637  Sir edmund andros: English governor in north america   

0343  Saint nicholas: Saint nicholas   

1185  Afonso i: The conqueror, king of portugal (1143-85),   

1352  Clement vi: [pierre roger], pope (1342-52),   

1531  John volkertsz trimaker: Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Pieter coecke van aelst: Flemish painter,   

1562  Jan van scorel: Dutch painter/architect,   

1598  Elbertus leoninus: Dutch lawyer/politician,   

1618  Jacques-davy duperron: French cardinal (b. 1556)