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• ...that, according to Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, the land of the Rus was Christianized (pictured Sergei Ivanov's painting) by 867?
• ...that Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the first member of the Japanese Imperial Family to die during World War II?
• ...that Pike Island in Minnesota was part of the 100,000 acres (405 km²) purchased from the Dakota Indians in 1805 by Zebulon Pike?
• ...that the first comprehensive campaign of unionized labor was the subject of the 1979 Academy Award-winning film Norma Rae?
• ...that as they don't require fans, ejector venturi scrubbers are able to handle exhaust gases more corrosive or sticky than other systems can?
• ...that Pulau Senang was a penal settlement in Singapore but shut down after only three years when a riot broke out in 1963?

• 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.

December 13: Republic Day in Malta (1974), St. Lucia Day.

• 1545 - Counter-Reformation: The Council of Trent, an ecumenical council convoked by Pope Paul III (pictured) in response to the growth of Protestantism, opened in Trento, Italy.
• 1862 - American Civil War: Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside were decisively defeated in the Battle of Fredericksburg.
• 1981 - Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law in Poland, suspended Solidarity and imprisoned many union leaders.
• 2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was found hiding in a spider hole during Operation Red Dawn and captured.

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