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Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for December 16, 2020:
51st calendar week, 351st day of the year
15 days until the end of the year
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Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Name day: Adelheid, Ado, Sturm
HISTORICAL DATA
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2015 - In the long-term border dispute with Nicaragua over the island of Calero, Costa Rica finally wins.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague ruled that the 2.5 square kilometer area on the border between the two Central American countries belongs to the territory of Costa Rica.
2010 - The daily talk show "Larry King Live" on CNN comes to an end after 25 years.
2005 - “Federal Chancellor” is the word of the year 2005 - before the headline “We are Pope”, announces the Society for German Language.
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2000 - The USA and Russia want to better inform each other about the launch of missiles.
A corresponding agreement is signed in Brussels.
1990 - The priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide is elected president in the first free elections in Haiti.
1978 - China and the USA want to establish diplomatic relations.
American President Jimmy Carter and Chinese Prime Minister Hua Guofeng announced this.
1948 - The Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) starts operations in Frankfurt to administer the funds from the Marshall Plan for reconstruction after the Second World War.
1920 - In Kansu, China, a severe earthquake measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale kills more than 200,000 people.
Many victims are buried in landslides.
1740 - The Prussian King Friedrich II allows his troops to march into Silesia to demonstrate his claim to ownership of the area ruled by Austria.
The First Silesian War begins.
BIRTHDAYS
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1963 - Bärbel Schäfer (57), German TV presenter, moderation of the daily RTL talk show "Bärbel Schäfer" 1995-2002
1963 - Benjamin Bratt (57), American actor (TV series “Law and Order” (1995-1999), “Traffic - Power of the Cartel”)
1962 - Liane Foly (58), French jazz and chanson singer ("Doucement")
1925 - Bert Hellinger, German family therapist, developed the controversial method of the so-called family constellation, d. 2019
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer, is one of the most performed composers in the world today, died 1827. According to other information, he was born on December 17th, 1770: on this day he was baptized.
DAYS OF DEATH
1998 - William Gaddis, American writer, National Book Award for his novels "Last Instance" and "JR", b.
1922
1965 - William Somerset Maugham, British writer (“The Slavery of the People”), b.
1874
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