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Winter solstice
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Winter solstice

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The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the Sun is at it…

Zero (2018 film)
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Zero (2018 film)
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Zero is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film written by Himanshu Sharma, directed by Aanand L. Rai an…

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Jim Mattis
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James Norman Mattis is an American military officer who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 …

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Special_Boat_Service
Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.
2012
Maya_civilization
Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.
1995
Oslo_II_Accord
In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority.
1994
Popocatépetl
Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.
1988
Antonov_An-225_Mriya
The world's heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, made its first flight.
1988
Pan_Am_Flight_103
A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
1968
Apollo_8
Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit another celestial body.
1965
United_Nations
The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member states have since signed.
1963
Greek_Cypriots
An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to 538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people.
1937
Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

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