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• ...that Remuh Synagogue (pictured) is the only functioning synagogue in Kraków, Poland?
• ...that Buster, the dog of British Labour politician Roy Hattersley, earned his owner a criminal record after killing a goose in St. James's Park, London?
• ...that Walter Hancock designed the first steam-powered bus to travel from London to Brighton?
• ...that Thoroughbred racehorse Arazi's victory over Bertrando has been described as the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history?
• ...that Communist Romania's Foreign Minister, Grigore Preoteasa, was killed in an aircraft accident after refusing to wear a seat belt during landing?

• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) opens a conference aiming to "review the Holocaust".
• In his final speech in office, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan encourages the United States to provide global leadership whilst respecting multilateralism.
• Incumbent Igor Smirnov wins presidential elections in the internationally unrecognized state of Transnistria.
• Christer Fuglesang, the first Scandinavian in space, and six other astronauts on mission STS-116 arrive at the International Space Station.
• Former Chilean head of state Augusto Pinochet (age 91) dies one week after suffering a heart attack.
• Marc Ravalomanana is re-elected as President of Madagascar after claiming 55% of the vote in the first round.

December 14:

• 1896 - Glasgow Subway, the third oldest metro system in the world, began operations in Glasgow, Scotland.
• 1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (pictured) and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.
• 1918 - King Väinö I of Finland renounced the throne after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I.
• 1962 - Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully fly by Venus.
• 1995 - The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris, France to end the Yugoslav wars.

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