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December 22nd, 2009

Today in History

1988:
Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, was assassinated.

1963:
Cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives.

1944:
Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Vietnam

1864:
Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman

1851:
The first freight train is operated in Roorkee in India.

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