17 Aralık — Tarihte Bugün

2016

2016 Irkutsk mass methanol poisoning

The first victims of a mass methanol poisoning which eventually killed over 70 inhabitants of Irkutsk, Russia, began arriving at hospitals.

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2010

Arab Spring

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, set himself on fire in protest against police harassment, triggering the Tunisian revolution.

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1990

LGBTQ movements

American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu.

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1983

The Troubles

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.

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1970

December 1970 protests in Poland

Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.

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1967

Harold Holt

Harold Holt, the prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

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1951

Civil Rights Congress

The Civil Rights Congress presented a document to the United Nations Genocide Convention charging the United States government with genocide against African Americans.

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1948

Finnish Security and Intelligence Service

The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

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1945

Flag of Kurdistan

The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.

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1944

Joachim Peiper

Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.

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