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2025-12-12

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

Dhurandhar

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Dhurandhar is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy and action thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, and Lokesh Dhar under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun…

1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

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Protests led by students, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, f…

The Game Awards 2025

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The Game Awards 2025 was an award show to honor the best video games of 2025. It was the twelfth show hosted by Geoff Ke…

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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Google Chrome

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Sherrone Moore

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Wake Up Dead Man

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Street Fighter (2026 film)

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Rehman Dakait

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Category:Redirects from moves

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Lists of deaths by year

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Bruce Lee

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On This Day

10 events

2021

2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix

At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become World Drivers' Champion.

2012

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3_Unit_2

North Korea made its first successful satellite launch, as Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 reached orbit.

2000

Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the recount of ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election be stopped, effectively making George W. Bush (pictured) the winner.

1988

Clapham_Junction_rail_crash

Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.

1979

1979_Tumaco_earthquake

A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck just off the shore of Tumaco, Colombia, causing at least 300 deaths, mostly by the resulting tsunami.

1969

Greek_junta

The Greek junta announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the junta was found guilty of torture and other human-rights violations by the European Commission of Human Rights.

1964

Jomo_Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the Republic of Kenya.

1942

World_War_II

World War II: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.

1941

The_Holocaust

The Holocaust: At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the Jewish people.

1939

Royal_Navy

The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess (pictured) collided with HMS Barham, the battleship she was escorting, and Duchess sank with heavy loss of life.