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2010
After being underground for a record 69 days, all 33 miners trapped in a Copiapo, Chile, mine are rescued.
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1990
The Lebanese Civil War ends when a Syrian attack removes Gen. Michel Aoun from power.
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1983
The Space Shuttle Challenger, carrying seven, the largest crew to date, lands safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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1976
Dr. F.A. Murphy at Center for Disease Control obtains the first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle.
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1972
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes Mountains, near the Argentina-Chile border; only 16 survivors (out of 45 people aboard) are rescued on Dec. 23.
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1969
Nancy Kerrigan, figure skater; won Olympic bronze (1992) and silver (1994) medals; US National Champion 1993; on Jan. 6, 1994, she was clubbed on the knee in an attack intended to aid one of her skating rivals.
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1967
Kate Walsh, actress (Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice TV series).
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First game of the fledgling American Basketball Association; Oakland Oaks beat Anaheim Amigos 134-129 in Oakland, Cal.
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1960
Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary for Pres. George W. Bush (2001-03).
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1959
Marie Osmond, singer (“Paper Roses”), songwriter, actress; co-hosted TV variety show Donny & Marie with her brother Donny (1976-79).
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1958
First appearance of Paddington Bear, now a beloved icon of children’s literature.
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1947
Sammy Hagar, “The Red Rocker,” singer, songwriter, musician; replaced David Lee Roth as lead singer of the band Van Halen.
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1946
The Fourth Republic begins in France; will continue to 1958.
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1944
Troops of the advancing Soviet Army occupy Riga, capital of Latvia.
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1943