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Old 12-08-2013, 09:41 PM
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December 9th

1608 ~ Birthday of John Milton, Poet & Writer.

1868 ~ Birthday of Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel prize winner in 1918.

1906 ~ Birthday of Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer.

1961 ~ Tanganyika became independent from the UK.

1961 ~ Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel.

1968 ~ First demonstration of the computer mouse.

1992 ~ Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation.

1993 ~ The Hubble Space Telescope was repaired by astronauts of STS-61.

2004 ~ Canada's Supreme Court ruled that homosexual marriage was constitutional.

2012 ~ Death of Riccardo Schicchi, Italian porn producer.
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