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A tsunami hits
Sunda Strait,
Indonesia,
killing at least
429 people and
USS Indiana bombarding
injuring more Damage from the
Kamaishi
than 1,400 Sunda Strait tsunami
Allied naval bombardments of Japan during the last others
weeks of World War II in 1945 targeted industrial and (aftermath pictured).
military facilities. Warships of the United States Navy, In field hockey, the World Cup
the British Royal Navy, and the Royal New Zealand concludes with Belgium defeating the
Navy, mostly cruisers and battleships, caused heavy Netherlands in the final.
damage to several factories, as well as nearby civilian
The Balangiga bells, taken by US
areas. One goal was to provoke the Japanese military
Army soldiers from the Philippines in
into committing some of its reserve force of aircraft
1901 as war trophies, are repatriated.
into battle, but the Allied forces were not attacked,
and none of their warships suffered damage. US Navy
Nine people are killed when a high-
ships attacked the cities of Kamaishi and Muroran, a
speed train collides with a locomotive
joint American and British force bombed targets
in Ankara, Turkey.
around the city of Hitachi, and cruisers and destroyers Recent deaths: Sulagitti Narasamma ∙
shelled areas including Nojima Saki and Shionomisaki. Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ∙ Paddy
In the final bombardment on 9 August, Kamaishi was hit Ashdown ∙ Donald Moffat
again by American, British and New Zealand warships.
Up to 1,739 Japanese were killed, and as many as 1,497 On this day
were wounded. The Allies lost 32 prisoners of war
during the bombardments of Kamaishi. (Full article...) December 26: Boxing Day in Commonwealth
countries; Kwanzaa begins in Canada and the
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Sonic Adventure
1606 – The first
Did you know... known
performance of
... that professor Dawn the play King
Mabalon (pictured) is Lear, a tragedy by
credited with helping to get William
Little Manila, Stockton, Shakespeare
listed as one of America's based on the Pierre and Marie
Most Endangered Places? legendary King Curie

Dawn Mabalon

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... that the saliva of the common clubhook squid
contains a toxin which helps subdue its prey?
... that baseball player Kyle Regnault signed with
the New York Mets after meeting one of their
coaches on a golf course?
... that an angry artist walked into the SoHo
Weekly News offices and chopped off two of
his fingers as a "protest"?
... that Z was ordered as France's first diesel-
powered submarine, but lost this distinction
because Aigrette was launched before her?
... that the title of the poem "Sozusagen
grundlos vergnügt" by Mascha Kaléko can be
translated as "Call it causelessly merry"?
Lear of the Britons, was held.
1811 – Seventy-two people died when a
theater in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.,
was destroyed by fire—the worst
urban disaster in American history at
the time.
1871 – Thespis, the first comic opera
by Gilbert and Sullivan, made its debut
at the Gaiety Theatre, London, UK.
1898 – At the French Academy of
Sciences, physicists Pierre and Marie
Curie (both pictured) announced the
discovery of a new element, naming it
radium.

... that Clare Faulds, the first woman admitted 1996 – Six-year-old American beauty
to the Manx bar, later served as the Vicar queen JonBenét Ramsey was found
General of Sodor and Man? beaten and strangled in the basement
of her family's home in Boulder,
... that Lord Byron was called a "melancholy rat"
Colorado, a murder that generated
for writing the Hebrew Melodies?
extensive coverage from the American
media.
Reginald Fitz Jocelin (d.  1191)  ∙ Friedrich
Melchior, Baron von Grimm (b. 1723) ∙ Ram
Swarup (d. 1998)

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The Spanish peseta is a former currency of Spain and,

alongside the French franc, a de facto currency in Andorra.
It was introduced in 1868, replacing the peso, at a time
when Spain was considering joining the Latin Monetary
Union. Spain joined the euro in 1999, and the peseta was
replaced by euro notes and coins in 2002.

This picture shows a 1000 peseta banknote from 1957. The

obverse depicts the Catholic Monarchs while the reverse
shows the coat of arms of Spain.

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