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    History for the 13th December

    1961-The film The Young Ones,
    staring Cliff Richard, premieres in
    London.


    2008-All Blacks prop John Drake, 49,from
    the Rugby World Cup - winning team of
    187,dies of a heard attack at his Mt Maunganui
    home.

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    History for the 14th December

    1911-Norwegian Roald Amunsden
    leads the first successful expedition
    to reach the south pole.


    1974-star-studded disaster The
    Towering Inferno is released.


    2013-Irish actor Peter O'Toole, 81,
    dies of cancer.


    2019-The Bel Air mansion from
    Beverley Hillbillies sells for
    US $150 million.

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    History for the 15th December

    1939-Gone With The Wind
    premiers in Atlanta.


    1944-US band leader Glenn Miller,
    40,is presumed dead after a suspected
    plane crash in the English channel.


    1966-US animator Walt Disney, 65 dies
    of cancer.

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    History for the 18th December

    1963-The Pink Panther movie,
    starring Peter Sellers and David
    Niven, premieres.


    1968-Peter Sellers, 43,and Britt
    Ekland, 26,divorce after four years
    of marriage.


    2000-English singer Kirsty MacColl, 41,who
    sang on The Pogue's' song Fairytale Of New
    York, dies in a boating accident in Mexico.

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    History for the 20th December

    1973-Us singer Bobby Dairn
    ( Mack The Knife ) dies of a
    heart attack. He was 37.

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    History for the 21st December

    1933-Shirley Temple, aged
    five, is signed by Fox Films
    to studio contract.


    1937-Walt Disney's Snow White And
    The Seven Dwarfs the first full- length
    animated feature film, premieres in LA.


    1988-When flying over Lockerbie, Scotland,
    Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a terrorist,
    bomb, killing all 258 people on board.


    2012-Gangnam Style by psy is the first video
    to reach one billion views on YouTube.

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    History for the 22nd December

    1695-Movie Dr Zhivago premieres in
    New York.


    1984-Madonna's single Like A
    Virgin goes to number one in
    the US charts.


    2000-Singer Madonna, 42,and
    film director Guy Ritchie 32, are
    married in Scotland.


    2014-English singer Joe Cocker, 70,
    dies of cancer.

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    History for the 24th December

    1953-Wellington to Auckland train
    crashes after a flash flood at
    Tangiwai, Of the 285 passengers,
    151 died.

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    History for the 25th December

    1814-Samuel Marsden gives
    New Zealand's first official
    Christmas semon on land, at
    Rangihoua, Bay Of Islands.


    1962-To Kill A Mockingbird the
    movie adaptation of the Harper
    Lee novel, is released.


    1973-The Sting premieres in
    Los Angeles and New York.


    1974-Cyclone Tracy hits Darwin killing 71 people.


    1977-Actor Charlie Chaplin, 88 dies of a stroke.


    1995-Singer Dean Martin, 78,dies of throat cancer.


    2016-English pop star George Michael dies, aged 53,of
    suspected heart failure.

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    On this day... random guy born in Bethleham, preparing the way of two centuries (and countng) of strife and destruction
    it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
    those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    On this day... random guy born in Bethleham, preparing the way of two centuries (and countng) of strife and destruction
    Ahem… (not to be confused with Amen) I think you meant Millenia… Also of note Mary became first women to collect DPB and join emergency housing waiting list after giving birth in a stable.
    Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer

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    Quote Originally Posted by R650R View Post
    Ahem… (not to be confused with Amen) I think you meant Millenia… Also of note Mary became first women to collect DPB and join emergency housing waiting list after giving birth in a stable.
    Millenia, yes, correct. As for the other part, organised religion from that point onward has been mostly about subjugation of women, not benefits
    it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
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    History for the 26th December

    1972-Former US President
    Harry Truman dies, aged 88,
    in Kansas city. On this day
    in 2006,another US President,
    Gerald Ford, 93,also dies.

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    History for the 28th December

    1949-New Zealand runner
    Jack Lovelock, who won the
    1500m gold medal at the 1936
    Olympics, dies after being hit
    by a train in New York. He was
    39.

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    History for the 1st January

    1973-John Newcombe wins
    his first Australian Open men's
    singles title beating Kiwi Onny
    Parun in four sets in the final.


    1974-Mott The Hoople's Live album is released.


    Barbara Streisand album The Way We Were was released.


    Blue Swede's album Hooked On A Feeling was released.



    Redbone's album, Come And Get Your Love, ( Day To Day Live ) was released



    1998-Teens Ben Smart and
    Olivia Hope go missing after
    a party in the Marlborough
    Sounds. Scott Watson was
    charged with their murders.


    2015-US Donna Douglas ( Elly May
    in The Beverly Hillbillies ) dies
    of cancer. She was 82.

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