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12/12/1931
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Lionel Blair, Montreal, choreographer (Spotlight)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1932
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S N Behrmans "Biography," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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12/12/1932
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USSR and China resume diplomatic relations
Type: Event
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12/12/1932
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Egon Richter, writer, dies
Type: Death
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12/12/1932
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Robert Pettit, NBA star (St Louis Bombers/1959 MVP)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1933
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Theodore Moses Tobani, composer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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12/12/1934
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Habib Hassan Touma, composer
Type: Birth
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12/12/1936
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Bengt Emil Johnson, composer
Type: Birth
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12/12/1936
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Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1960)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1936
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Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
Type: Event
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12/12/1937
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Alfred Abel, actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57
Type: Death
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12/12/1937
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NBC and RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY
Type: Event
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12/12/1937
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Washington Redskins win NFL championship
Type: Event
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12/12/1937
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Japanese aircraft shell and sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized and eventually paid US $2.2M in reparations)
Type: Event
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12/12/1938
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Connie Francis, Newark NJ, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1938
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Joel Chadabe, composer
Type: Birth
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12/12/1939
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Douglas Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies at 56
Type: Death
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12/12/1939
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Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die
Type: Event
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12/12/1940
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Shirley Englehorn, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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12/12/1940
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British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani
Type: Event
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12/12/1940
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Dionne Warwick, East Orange NJ, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1941
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Liesbeth List, Dutch actress/vocalist (Theodorakis)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1941
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European reservists on Java mobilizes
Type: Event
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12/12/1941
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Terry Kirkman, Salina Ks, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Association)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1941
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Russian 20th army recaptures Soljetsjnogorsk
Type: Event
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12/12/1941
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German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews
Type: Event
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12/12/1941
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Robert Covington, drummer/singer
Type: Birth
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12/12/1941
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Tim Hauser, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1942
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Mike Heron, rocker
Type: Birth
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12/12/1942
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German offensive in South Western Stalingrad
Type: Event
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12/12/1942
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Mike Pinder, Birmingham England, rocker (Moody Blues)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1943
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Dickey Betts, West Palm Beach Fl, guitarist (Allman Bros-Ramblin' Man)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1943
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Dave Munden, rock drummer (Brian Poole and The Tremeloes)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1943
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Grover Washington Jr, jazz artist (Mr Magic)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1943
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Mike Smith, rocker
Type: Birth
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12/12/1945
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Alan Ward, rocker
Type: Birth
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12/12/1945
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Karl Edward Wagner, US, sci-fi author (Bloodstone, Night Winds)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1945
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Tony Williams, jazz musician
Type: Birth
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12/12/1945
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Susi Hush, TV producer
Type: Birth
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12/12/1945
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Leslie Holbert, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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12/12/1945
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Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death
Type: Event
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12/12/1946
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UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
Type: Event
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12/12/1946
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Ice plant collapses, shearing a tenement building and burying 38
Type: Event
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12/12/1946
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Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard and Helo‹se), dies at 67
Type: Death
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12/12/1946
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Marlous Fluitsma, actress (De Prooi, Apart, Alle Dagen Feest)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1946
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George Santo Pietro, husband of Vanna White
Type: Birth
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12/12/1946
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Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazil, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1946
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Clive Bunker, rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
Type: Birth
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12/12/1946
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Tide detergent introduced
Type: Event
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12/12/1947
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J£lio A Peixoto, Brazilian writer (Fruta do Mato), dies at 70
Type: Death
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