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Today in History
Tuesday, 09 December 2025
2008
The Governor of Illinois, Rob Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency.
2006
Moscow suffers its worst fire since 1977, killing 45 women in a drug rehabilitation center.
2003
A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
2000
The Supreme Court of the United States stays the sixth Florida recount.
1988
The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland is officially opened.
1987
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
1979
The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
1971
1968
NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.
1966
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