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Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for December 13, 2020:

50th calendar week, 348th day of the year

18 days until the end of the year

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Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Name day: Jost, Luzia, Odilia

HISTORICAL DATA

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2019 - A central memorial is to be erected for the victims of communist tyranny in Germany, the Bundestag decides with the votes of the Union, SPD and FDP.

2018 - According to a judgment of the European Court of Justice, the German broadcasting fee is legal

The Luxembourg judges judge that the contribution is not illegal state aid and does not violate EU law.

2005 - According to a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court, adoptions by stepfathers against the will of the biological fathers are only permitted if they have significant advantages for a child.

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2000 - In Brussels, an international research association presents the first completely deciphered genome of a plant.

The narrow wall of the fields served as a model plant.

1995 - The best-known Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng is found guilty of the "conspiracy to overthrow the government" in Beijing and sentenced to 14 years in prison.

1980 - The play "The Brother of Our God" by Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II since 1978, is premiered in Cracow.

1972 - Annemarie Renger (SPD) is the first woman to be elected President of the German Bundestag.

1920 - The confectionery company Haribo (abbreviation of Hans Riegel Bonn) is founded in Bonn.

1545 - In Trento, Pope Paul III declares.

the Tridentine Council for opened.

It lasts 18 years with interruptions.

BIRTHDAYS

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1940 - Edith Clever (80), German actress («Die lefthanded Frau»)

1940 - Jutta Wachowiak (80), German actress ("Rosenstrasse")

1930 - Erich Schumann, German publisher, managing director and managing partner of the WAZ media group 1978-2007, d. 2007

1930 - Karl Braun (90), German theologian, Archbishop of Bamberg 1995-2001, Bishop of Eichstätt 1984-1995

1920 - George P. Shultz (100), American politician, US Secretary of State 1982-89

DAYS OF DEATH

2010 - Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat, UN ambassador 1999-2001, mediator in the Bosnian war and during the Kosovo crisis, American ambassador to Germany 1993-1994, b.

1941

1250 - Emperor Friedrich II., Roman-German Emperor 1220-1250, from the house of the Staufer, b.

1194

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