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December 19th, 2009

Today in History

2001:
The Argentine economic crisis burst into street riots after the announcement by the economy minister of the measures of holding back the bank deposits.

2000:
The Leninist Guerrilla Units attack a party office of the far-right MHP in Istanbul, Turkey. One MHP member is killed and several wounded.

1965:
Prisoners Ronald Ryan and Peter Walker escape from Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. During the escape a guard is killed. Ryan would hang for his death, in 1967.

1962:
Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland

1946:
Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi

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