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Today in History

Sunday, 14 December 2025

2008

President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.

2004

The Millau viaduct, the highest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.

Cuba and Venezuela found the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.

2003

President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

1999

Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.

1995

Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments.

1994

Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam in the Yangtze River.

1983

The 3rd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.

1981

Arab-Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset passes ''The Golan Heights Law'', extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights.

1972

Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.

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