{"id":23349,"date":"2023-12-21T03:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23349"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:02:04","slug":"history-of-21-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-21-december\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 21 December"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>1991 &#8211; Eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States.<\/li>\r\n<li>1995 &#8211; The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.<\/li>\r\n<li>1996 &#8211; After two years of denials,\u00a0U.S.\u00a0House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted violating House ethics rules.<\/li>\r\n<li>1998 &#8211; Israel&#8217;s parliament voted overwhelmingly for early elections. It was the signal to the demise of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s hard-line government.<\/li>\r\n<li>1998 &#8211; A Chinese court sentenced two dissidents to long prison terms for attempting to organize an opposition party. A third man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on December 22, 1998.<\/li>\r\n<li>1998 &#8211; The first vaccine for Lyme disease was approved.<\/li>\r\n<li>2001 &#8211; The Islamic militant group Hamas released a statement that said it was suspending suicide bombings and mortar attacks in Israel.<\/li>\r\n<li>2002 &#8211; Larry Mayes was released after spending 21 years in prison for a rape that maintained that he never committed. He was the 100th person in the U.S. to be released after DNA tests were performed.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>2004\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Iraq War: A\u00a0suicide bomber\u00a0kills 22\u00a0at the\u00a0forward operating base\u00a0next to the main U.S. military airfield at\u00a0Mosul,\u00a0Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1982\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Philip Humber, American baseball player<\/li>\r\n<li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Steven Yeun, American actor<\/li>\r\n<li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tom Sturridge, English actor<\/li>\r\n<li>1988\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler<\/li>\r\n<li>1989\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mark Ingram Jr., American football player<\/li>\r\n<li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Tamannaah, South Indian actress<\/li>\r\n<li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1995 \u2013 Ronnie Bassett Jr., American race car driver<\/li>\r\n<li>1995 \u2013 Kelly Smith, English rugby union player<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1991 &#8211; Eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States. 1995 &#8211; The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control. 1996 &#8211; After two years of denials,\u00a0U.S.\u00a0House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted violating House ethics rules. 1998 &#8211; Israel&#8217;s parliament voted overwhelmingly for early elections. 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