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2020-12-17

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 6 min read

Peter Sutcliffe

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Peter William Sutcliffe, also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. Press reports dubbed him the Yorkshire Ripper, an allusion to the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper. Sutcliffe was sentenced …

LeAnn Rimes

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Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country …

Aloe Blacc

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Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, known professionally as Aloe Blacc, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record …

The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 4

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Lists of deaths by year

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Elizabeth II

102,493 views

Cleopatra

101,589 views

Selena

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Joseph Palmer (communard)

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Bible

93,640 views

MacKenzie Scott

91,956 views

Nick Carter

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2010

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1990

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American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu.

1983

The_Troubles

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.

1970

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Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.

1967

Harold_Holt

Harold Holt, the prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

1951

Civil_Rights_Congress

The Civil Rights Congress presented a document to the United Nations Genocide Convention charging the United States government with genocide against African Americans.

1948

Finnish_Security_and_Intelligence_Service

The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

1945

Flag_of_Kurdistan

The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.

1944

Joachim_Peiper

Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.