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Sunday, 21 December 2025
1981 On this day in history nYC mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy 
1981 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79 on June - 23.
1982 On this day in history all time low at the South Pole -117ø F
1982 On this day in history himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb)
1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die on this day in history.
1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House on this day in history.
1986 On June - 23 nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies
1987 On this day in history w Landgraf discovers asteroid #3683 Baumann
1988 Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies on June - 23.
1989 The movie "Batman" premiers on this day in history.
1990 On June - 23 a rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Stat of Liberty
1990 On June - 23 tV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of the year
1991 On this day in history tony Randall &Jack Klugman star in Bdwy performance of Odd Couple
1991 Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1992 On June - 23 lou Ramos, entertainer, dies
1994 On this day in history alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83
1995 Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure on this day in history.
1996 On June - 23 andreas George Papandreou, PM of Greece (1981-89, 93-96), dies at 76
1997 On this day in history "Wino" Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77
2006 On June - 23 in Miami, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests seven men, accusing them of planning to bomb the Sears Tower and other attacks in Miami.
2012 On June - 23 greece proposes to slow down austerity measures by two years
2013 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan on this day in history.
2014 Claude Monet 's Water Lilies is sold at auction for US$54 million on June - 23.
2017 On June - 23 saudi Arabia and allies, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain issue list of 13 conditions to Qatar in return for lifting sanctions, including closing Al Jazeera TV
2017 Landslide in Xinmo village, Sichuan province, China kills 15 with more than 100 missing on this day in history.
2017 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" single organized by Simon Cowell for those affected by Grenfell tower fire reaches No. 1 in UK charts on this day in history.
2018 Violent clashes over several days between ethnic Berom farmers and Fulani herders in Plateau state, Nigeria, kill 86 on this day in history.
2018 Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa survives probable assassination attempt after blast at election rally in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe kills 2 and injures nearly 50 on June - 23.
2018 Laura Ingalls Wilder's name removed from book award by US Association for Library Service to Children, becuase of author's racist views and language on June - 23.
2018 On this day in history explosion at a rally in Addis Ababa after speech by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed kills two and injures 150
2018 Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa becomes the second-youngest grandmaster at 12 years, 10 months, 13 days on this day in history.
2018 12 boys and their coach are stranded in Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand by monsoon flooding, prompting an international rescue effort when they are discovered 9 days later on this day in history.
2020 On June - 23 a 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico and kills at least four people. It is felt more than 640 kilometres (400 mi) away in Mexico City.
2021 On June - 23 britney Spears requests a judge end her court-ordered conservatorship, states "I think this conservatorship is abusive. I don't think I can live a full life"
