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December 11, 1946: UNICEF is founded

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December 10th, 1906: Teddy Roosevelt becomes first American to Claim Nobel Prize

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December 8, 1660: First woman performs in Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’

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December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor

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December 6, 1917, Finland declares independence

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December 5, 1933: Prohibition ends

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December 4th, 1881: The first edition of LA Times is published

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December 3, 1818: Illinois becomes the 21st state

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December 2nd, 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France

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December 1st, 1955: Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up seat on bus

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November 30, 1487: German beer purity law is passed

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November 29th, 1972: Pong releases to the public

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November 28, 1964: NASA launches Mariner 4 to Mars

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November 27th 1978: Harvey Milk is assassinated

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November 26th 1865: Alice in Wonderland arrives in book stores

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November 25th, 1867: Alfred Nobel patents dynamite

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November 24, 1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

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November 23, 1936: Life Magazine is rebranded as a photo magazine

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November 22, 1963: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated

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November 21st, 1976: ‘Rocky’ delivers a K.O. at its NYC premiere

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November 20th, 1984: McDonald’s cooks its 50 billionth burger

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November 18th, 1872: Activist Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting

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November 17th, 1894: H. H. Holmes is arrested

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November 16th, 1945: UNESCO is founded

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November 15th, 1791: Georgetown University opens its doors

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December 23rd, 1954: First successful kidney transplant is performed

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December 20, 1606: Three ships set sail for Jamestown, Virginia to establish a permanent colony

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Coco Chanel grew up in severe poverty, and it turned her into a millionaire

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December 18, 1892: Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutracker’ premiers in Russia

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