December 10
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
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The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
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Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
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The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
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The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
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Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.
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Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people.
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Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
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Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.
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Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
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ISIL is defeated in Iraq.
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The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.
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A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers.
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2001Coby Mayo, American professional baseball player
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2000Jeremie Frimpong, Dutch footballer
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1999Reiss Nelson, English footballer
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1998Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player
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1996Joe Burrow, American football player
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1996Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur
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1995Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player
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1994Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
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1994Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
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1992Carlos Rodón, American baseball player
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1992Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress
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1991KiKi Layne, American actress
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