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2007
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the UK; previously, that honor belonged to Queen Victoria.
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1996
NeXT merges with Apple Computer, leading to the development of groundbreaking Mac OS X.
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1995
NATO begins peacekeeping operation in Bosnia.
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1989
U.S. troops invade Panama to oust General Manuel Noriega and replace him with Guillermo Endara.
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1976
Adam Powell, Welsh game designer; co-founder of Neopets and Meteor Games companies.
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1963
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, elder daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain; fourth in line of succession to the Spanish throne.
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Four thousand cross the Berlin Wall to visit relatives under a 17-day Christmas accord.
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1962
In its first free election in 38 years, the Dominican Republic chooses leftist Juan Bosch Gavino as president.
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1960
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1948
Alan Parsons, musician (The Alan Parsons Project); producer who was involved with The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon.
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U.S. Supreme Court announces that it has no jurisdiction to hear the appeals of Japanese war criminals sentenced by the International Military Tribunal.
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1946
Dick Wolf, television producer (Miami Vice, Law & Order).
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Viet Minh and French forces fight fiercely in Annamite section of Hanoi.
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1943
Soviet forces halt a German army trying to relieve the besieged city of Stalingrad.
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1941
The Flying Tigers, American pilots in China, enter combat against the Japanese over Kunming.