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December: A Month to Remember

Short answers.

  1. Why is 1 December 1918 an important day for Iceland?
  2. Why would the world remember what Enrico Fermi did on 2 December 1942?
  3. What significant first happened in Cape Town, South Africa, on 3 December 1967?
  4. What important step did the US Congress take on 6 December 1865?
  5. Why is 7 December 1942 'a date which will live in infamy'?
  6. What infamous thing happened in London on 8 December 1940?
  7. What important communications breakthrough took place on 11 December 1901?
  8. Why is 13 December 1642 an important date in New Zealand?
  9. What act of cosplay terrorism occurred in Boston on 16 December 1773?
  10. What landmark medical breakthrough took place at a London hospital on 21 December 1846?

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