December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 16 days remaining. December 15 - Events. 533 - The Battle of Ticameron takes place between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer and the eastern Roman Empire under the command of General Belisarius. 687 - St. Sergius I becomes Pope. 1256 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of ...

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Kalev Ots, Kalev Ots - Military Service, Kalev Ots - Political activities until 1992, Kalev Ots - Government, Kalev Ots - Presidency, Kalev Ots - Family, Kalev Ots - Kalev Ots's Government September 15 1992 - December 7 2003, Kalev Ots - Remarks, Kalev Ots - External link

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The "2005 Sydney race riots" began with an incident of mob confrontation which took place at Cronulla Beach, a southern coastal suburb of Sydney, Australia's largest city. On Sunday December 11, 2005, approximately 5000 people had gathered in an ad-hoc protest to "reclaim the beach" from recently-reported incidents of assaults, harassment, and intimidatory behaviour by individuals from certain groups of non-locals, most of whom were identified in the earlier media reports as Lebanese Muslim youths from the western suburbs of Sydney. T ...

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• 2005 Sydney race riots - Melbourne anti-racism rallies
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• 2005 Sydney race riots - Violence and harassment by Lebanese youths
• 2005 Sydney race riots - Build-up
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Aristide Briand (March 28, 1862 – March 7, 1932) was a French statesman. He was born at Nantes, of a bourgeois family. He studied law, and soon went into politics, associating himself with the most advanced movements, writing articles for the anarchist journal Le Peuple, and directing the Lanterne for some time. From this he passed to the Petite République, leaving it to found < ...

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• Aristide Briand - Briand's third Government 21 January - 22 March 1913
• Aristide Briand - Briand's fourth Government 29 October 1915 - 12 December 1916
• Aristide Briand - Briand's fifth Government 12 December 1916 - 20 March 1917
• Aristide Briand - Briand's sixth Government 16 January 1921 - 15 January 1922
• Aristide Briand - Briand's seventh Government 28 November 1925 - 9 March 1926
• Aristide Briand - Briand's eighth Government 9 March - 23 June 1926
• Aristide Briand - Briand's Ninth Government 23 June - 19 July 1926
• Aristide Briand - Briand's tenth Government 29 July - 3 November 1929

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Verus. Verus (died 219) was a Roman Senator and usurper. See Verus (senator). Verus was a famous Roman gladiator during the reign of Titus. Lucius Verus (December 15, 130 - 169) was Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius. Other related archives130, 169, 219, December 15, Lucius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, Roman Senator, Roman co-emperor, Titus, Verus, Verus (senator), usurp

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Dave Clark (born December 15, 1942) is a British musician. He was the drummer and leader of the successful 1960s group, The Dave Clark Five. Clark was also responsible for the West End musical, Time. Other related archives1942, 1960s, British, December 15, The Dave Clark Five, West End, drummer

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Baichung Bhutia (born December 15, 1976 in Tinkitam) is a football player from India. He is known by his fans as the torchbearer of Indian Football in the international arena. Baichung Bhutia - Early life. Baichung (literally "Little Brother") was born on December 15, 1976 to Dorji Dorma and Sonam Topden in Tinkitam, a sleepy hamlet in South Sikkim district, in the state of Sikkim. As indicated by his surname, he belongs to the Bhutia community. Baichung Bhutia - Footballing ca ...

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Constantine VIII (in Greek Konstantinos VIII, written Κωνσταντίνος Η') (960 – November 15, 1028), Byzantine emperor (December 15, 1025 – November 15, 1028) was the son of the Emperor Romanus II and Theophano; the younger brother of the eminent Basil II, who died childless and thus left the rule of the Byzantine Empire in his hands. Technically, Constantine became co-emperor with his brother when Basil assumed the throne in 976 at the age of 18, but during the 49 years that Basil II ruled, his brother had little ...

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130 - Events. Claudius Ptolemaeus tabulated angles of refraction for several media. 130 - Births. December 15 - Lucius Verus, future Roman Emperor Aulus Gellius, Latin author and grammarian (approximate date) St. Irenaeus (approximate date) Avidius Cassius, Roman Emperor 130 - Deaths. Antinous, the favourite of the Roman emperor Hadrian (suicide) Categor ...

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1072 - Events. William I of England invades Scotland, and also receives the submission of Hereward the Wake. Osbern FitzOsbern becomes Bishop of Exeter. January 10 - Normans conquer Palermo in Sicily. 1072 - Births. 1072 - Deaths. March 16 - Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop December 15 - Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Brendan Gill (1914- December 27, 1997) wrote for The New Yorker for more than 60 years. A champion of architectural preservation and other visual arts, he chaired the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and authored 15 books, including Here at The New Yorker and the iconoclastic Frank Lloyd Wright biography Many Masks. He famously criticised Joseph Campbell shortly ...

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The Battle of Blood River was fought on 16 December 1838 on the banks of the Blood river in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A group of about 470 Voortrekkers, led by Andries Pretorius, defended a laager (circle of ox wagons) against Zulu impis, ruled by King Dingane and led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi, numbering between 10 and 20 thousand. On 15 December the Voortrekkers received word that a big Zulu force was approaching. Pretorius chose an excellent site next to the Blood river (then the Ncome ri ...

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