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• ...that Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin (pictured) is responsible for gas gangrene and myonecrosis in infected tissues?
• ...that Emily Dolvin was the first president of the Roswell Historical Society?
• ...that of the 64 women in the 39th Canadian Parliament, only one, former New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough, represents a riding in Atlantic Canada?
• ...that a commemorative album was released for the tenth death anniversary of hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur?
• ...that a subpeak of Derry Cairngorm holds the highest permanent body of water in Great Britain?
• ...that the Aklanon people of the Philippines trace their heritage to Austronesian-speaking immigrants from the Iron Age?

• 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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