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Today in HistoryThis day in history:
- 2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
- 1924 – A Soviet-backed communist 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt fails in Estonia.
- 1963 – Nagaland, became the 16th state of India.
- 1984 – NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
Births:
- 1933 – Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)
- 1940 – Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011)
- 1978 – Mat Kearney, American musician
Deaths:
- 2012 – Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
- 1640 – Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1590)
- 1975 – Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
Holidays:
- Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
- Earliest day on which Good Neighborliness Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Turkmenistan)
- Earliest day on which Sindhi Cultural Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Sindhi diaspora)
Random Article of the day:
Colverde (Comasco: Colverd [ˌkulˈveːrt]) is a comune in the province of Como, in Lombardy, that was formed in May 2014 from fusion of comuni di Drezzo, Gironico and Parè.
A referendum to create this comune was held on 1 December 2013 in the former comuni: the results were 78% yes and 22% no.
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