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1 December 1963
Malcolm X speaks at a black muslim rally.
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2 December 1804
The coronation of Napoleon
Painting by Jacques-Louis David. Museum of Versailles.
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3 December 1951
Salvador Dali presenting, Portrait of Christ, which
he considers to be his greatest painting at the Lefevre Gallery, Bruton Street, London.
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4 December 1904
Russo- Japanese War. Russian Red Cross nurse, a prisoner handed over to the Japanese, Manchuria.
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5 December 1934
The body of Sergei Kirov lies in state after his assassination.
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6 December 1952
A bus guided by its fog lamps crawls long the Embankment after a blanket of fog covered London.
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7 December 1941
Pearl Harbour. The USS Arizona, ravaged by the Japanese bomb and torpedo strikes, sinks.
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8 December 1965
A view of the concelebration of mass by Pope Paul VI who elevates the chalice during the Ecumenical Council in St. Peter's Basilica.
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9 December 1968
Miss Marlene McDonald, 20, a sales girl of the Lady Jane Boutique, Carnaby Street, London, models what looks like becoming the latest mini - skirt craze.
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10 December 1968
Watching rehearsals for the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. John Lennon, with son Julian on his lap, Yoko Ono, Brian Jones on left, Roger Daltrey at the back.
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11 December 1936
King Edward VIII making his abdication speech to the nation.
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12 December 1964
Martin Luther King receives the Nobel Peace Prize
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13 December 1960
Jackie Collins and Austin Wallace pose cheek to cheek after their wedding at London's Grosvenor House.
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14 December 1998
US President Bill Clinton with Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat after they reaffirmed acceptance of an Israeli State - Gaza.
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15 December 1959
Motor cavalcade of President Eisenhower and the Shah of Persia driving from the airport after Ike's arrival to Teheran, Iran.
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16 December 1944
German soliders advance on the first day of the Ardennes offensive (Battle of the Bulge)
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17 December 1903
Orville Wright making the first powered, sustained and controlled flight in history.
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18 December 1665
The Frozen Thames, detail painted by A. Hondius 1667.
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19 December 1968
The Hong Kong flu virus enlarged 191,000 times. Each of the five larger globs represents a virus. This virus has caused a nationwide epidemic of influenza.
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20 December 1942
Protesting against the existence of the Sinarquist, a fascist organization in Mexico, thousands of Mexican workers met before the Juarez Monuent in Mexico City including flags and posters depicting Stalin.
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21 December 1968
Launch of Apollo 8
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22 December 1969
Bob Hope opens his 1969 Christmas tour of military bases in Vietnam.
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23 December 1964
Paul McCartney arrives for rehearsals at the Odeon Cinema, Hammersmith.
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24 December 1948
Hanging up stockings by the fireplace on Christmas Eve.
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25 December 1958
A family watching the Queen's Christmas Message.
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26 December 1962
Mr and Mrs John Clarke of 34 Melville Road, Barnes tow their children on a sledge on the frozen Barnes Pond, London.
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27 December 1963
The Greek-owned Lakonia on fire in the Atlantic Ocean, some 180 miles north of Madeira.
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28 December 1966
Twiggy (17), who started 1966 as Lesley Hornby, ex-pupil of Brondesbury and Kilburn High School for Girls.
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29 December 1170
Murder of the primate, Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral
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30 December 1967
A US marine picks himself up out of the mud in a rice paddy after he had fallen in a rush across the field. 20 miles south of Da Nang, Vietnam
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31 December 1960
Britains last official National Service Man, Brian Tolson
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