Events in History
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Event of Interest
Dec 19 Boris Yeltsin takes control of the Kremlin

Boris Yeltsin
Leadership Contest
Dec 20 Paul Keating becomes Prime Minister of Australia after rolling Bob Hawke for leadership of the Labor party

Paul Keating

Bob Hawke
- Dec 20 A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
- Dec 21 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
- Dec 21 El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane
- Dec 21 Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States
- Dec 23 NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
- Dec 25 Last day of a washout Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala
Event of Interest
Dec 25 Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigns as President of USSR in a televised speech

Mikhail Gorbachev
Event of Interest
Dec 28 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year

Ted Turner