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Wednesday, 10 December 2025

1994

Rwandan Genocide: Military advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Maurice Baril recommends that the UN multi-national forces in Zaire stand down.

1993

The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.

1989

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of Mongolia's democratic movement that changes the second oldest communist country into a democracy.

1983

Democracy is restored in Argentina with the assumption of President Raúl Alfonsín.

1981

The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.

1978

Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1968

Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.

1955

The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on television.

1949

Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.