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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a></b>: Beginning of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore#Yule_lads" title="Icelandic Christmas folklore">Yule Lads</a></b><span class="nowrap">'</span> arrival in Iceland
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/627" title="627">627</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> army under Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius" title="Heraclius">Heraclius</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nineveh_(627)" title="Battle of Nineveh (627)">defeated</a></b> Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrow_II" title="Khosrow II"><span class="nowrap">Khosrow II</span></a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_Sasanian_Empire" title="Military of the Sasanian Empire">Persian forces</a>, commanded by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhahzadh" title="Rhahzadh">Rhahzadh</a>, near present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul" title="Mosul">Mosul</a>, Iraq.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – Generalissimo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an_Incident" title="Xi'an Incident">was kidnapped</a></b> by Marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Hsueh-liang" title="Chang Hsueh-liang">Chang Hsueh-liang</a>, a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord_Era" title="Warlord Era">warlord of Manchuria</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a> – Three trains <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash" title="Clapham Junction rail crash">collided</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction railway station</a> in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> ruled in the winner.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a> – At the season-ending <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">Abu Dhabi Grand Prix</a></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> overtook <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> in the final lap to become the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_Champions" title="List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions">World Drivers' Champion</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_(archbishop_of_York)" title="Geoffrey (archbishop of York)">Geoffrey</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1212); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch" title="Edvard Munch">Edvard Munch</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1863); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikuhiko_Hata" title="Ikuhiko Hata">Ikuhiko Hata</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1932); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%CA%BBafu_Tukui%CA%BBaulahi" title="Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi">Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2021)</p>
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