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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">December 21</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a> – Settlers from the United States in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Texas" title="Mexican Texas">Mexican Texas</a> made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredonian_Rebellion" title="Fredonian Rebellion">Republic of Fredonia</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844" title="1844">1844</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Society_of_Equitable_Pioneers" title="Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers">Rochdale Pioneers</a></b> opened their store in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a>, England, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_cooperative_movement" title="History of the cooperative movement">forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a> – Nepal and the United Kingdom signed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal%E2%80%93Britain_Treaty_of_1923" title="Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923">the first treaty that defined the international status of Nepal</a></b> as an independent and a sovereign nation.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> adopted the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Racial_Discrimination" title="International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination">International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination</a></b>, which 88 member states have since signed.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a> – The world's heaviest aircraft, the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya" title="Antonov An-225 Mriya">Antonov <span class="nowrap">An-225</span> <i>Mriya</i></a></b>, made its first flight.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh,_Margrave_of_Tuscany" title="Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany">Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1001); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Osborn" title="William H. Osborn">William H. Osborn</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1820); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Goldstine" title="Adele Goldstine">Adele Goldstine</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1920)</p>
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