This Week in History
HISTORY, 8 Dec 2014
Satoshi Ashikaga – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 7 (Sunday):
- 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
December 8:
- 1966 U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space.
- 1989 Great Britain performs nuclear test.
- 2013 In Kiev, Russia, anti-government protesters topple the last surviving monument of Vladimir Lenin; the monument fell in Bessarabska Square; it was pounded with hammers and only some parts of the Soviet hero’s legs remained.
- 2013 After the People’s Republic of China expands its air zone, South Korea responds by expanding its air defense zone, causing rising tensions in the region.
December 9:
- 1941 Hitler orders U.S. ships torpedoed.
- 1948 The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as General Assembly Resolution 260.
- 2012 Chinese authorities arrest a Tibetan monk and his nephew in Sichuan province for inciting eight self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.
December 10:
- 1898 Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam.
- 1948 U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R.
December 11:
- 1986 South Africa censors press.
December 12:
- 2012 The U.N. condemns North Korea for launching a long-range Unha rocket; North Korea claims its purpose is to put its first satellite into space, but critics say the launch is a disguised ballistic missile test.
December 13:
- 2013 An experimental privacy feature on Google’s Android mobile software is removed, raising objections from the Electronic Frontier Foundation; the feature allowed users to block apps from collecting personal information such as a user’s location and address book data.
- 2013 The body of former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is flown from Pretoria to the leader’s ancestral village of Qunu, his final resting place.
December 14:
- 1937 Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing.
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Satoshi Ashikaga is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development & Environment.
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