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Thursday, 25 December 2025
1978 Susan B Anthony dollar, first US coin to honor a woman, issued on December - 13. 
1979 On this day in history jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
1981 On December - 13 polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
1982 North Yemen earthquake in Yemen killing 2,800 people on December - 13.
1983 On December - 13 martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor
1984 Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers first stroke on this day in history.
1988 On December - 13 arafat addresses UN in Geneva
1989 On this day in history forced repatriation of Vietnamese in Hong Kong
1990 On this day in history president De Klerk of S Africa meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid
1990 On December - 13 the United Nations launch an aid appeal, when new famine threatens Ethiopia
1991 Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconciliation on December - 13.
1991 New York assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud on December - 13.
1993 Hubble Space Telescope repaired on December - 13.
1998 On this day in history ottawa Central Railway, a subsidiary of RailLink's Quebec Railway Corporation, commences operation over the CN Beachburg subdivision between Ottawa and Pembroke, ON as well as the Walkley line in Ottawa. The Ottawa Central also received running rights over the Alexandria subdivision between Ottawa and Coteau.
2005 On this day in history a 6.7 magnitude earthquake rocks South Asia.
2005 Birth of Prince Aymeric of Belgium, grandson of King Albert II of Belgium on December - 13.
2005 On this day in history birth of Prince Nicolas of Belgium, grandson of King Albert II of Belgium
2005 On December - 13 mass race riots in Sydney, Australia, involving up to 5,00 youths.
2006 On December - 13 the Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct.
2006 On this day in history u.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffers a stroke during a radio interview.
2007 On this day in history entry into force of the revised version of the European Patent Convention (EPC), known as the EPC 2000.
2007 On this day in history european leaders sign the Treaty of Lisbon in Lisbon.
2007 Former US Senator George J. Mitchell publicly releases a report accusing 88 retired and active Major League Baseball players of anabolic steroid use on December - 13.
2012 On this day in history a car bombing in Qatana, outside Damascus, kills 16 people and injures 12
2014 On this day in history divisions emerge between rich and poor nations at the UN climate change talks in Peru
2017 On this day in history scientists begin checking interstellar asteroid Oumuamua for signs of alien technology through radio signals
2017 On this day in history prehistoric bones of a penguin as tall as a human (1.77m) found on Otago beach, New Zealand, reported in "Nature Communications"
2017 Prime Minister Theresa May 's UK Conservative government loses key vote in Parliament for an amendment to allow MPs to vote on Brexit on this day in history.
2017 On December - 13 democratic Republic of Congo jails for life 11 militiamen for raping 40 children, including a local MP
2017 On this day in history salma Hayek accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and threatening to kill her
2017 Online dictionery Merriam-Webster's most searched word of the year is Feminism on this day in history.
2018 Actress Eliza Dushku revealed received $9.5 million settlement from CBS after sexual harassment on set of "Bull" from actor Michael Weatherley on this day in history.
2018 Cease-fire in port city of Hudaydah, Yemen, by Houthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition announced by the UN on this day in history.
2018 Passenger train collides with maintenance locomotive in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 9 and injuring 47 on this day in history.
