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Thursday, 11 December 2025

2009

Tiger Woods announced an indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.

2008

Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

2007

Two car bombs explode at the Constitutional Court building in Algiers and the United Nations office. An estimated 45 people are killed in the bombings.

2006

The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.

2005

Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who were not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.

The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.

2001

The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.

1998

Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.

1997

The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

1994

First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.

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