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Monday, 08 December 2025

2009

Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 and injure 448.

2008

Kirsty Williams is elected as Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats. She becomes the first female leader of a political party in Wales.

2005

Ante Gotovina, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife by the Spanish police.

2004

Darrell Lance Abbott, also known as "Diamond Darrell" "Dimebag Darrell", "Dimebag" or simply "Dime" was murdered onstage during a Damageplan performance at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. He was 38

The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

2002

The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be "CARICOM-Cuba Day"—to celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.

1998

Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.

1993

The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.

1991

The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum. 1992 Zach VanOrder was born

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