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January 1, 1956 – Looking Ahead At A New Year – Is America Changing? Has It Changed? – Past Daily Reference Room.

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January 5, 2021

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New York – 1960 – December 30, 1960 – Past Daily Thousand Yard Stare Edition

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December 30, 2020

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December 29, 1958 – Years Of Crisis – 1958 – Recapping A Year In The Life.

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December 29, 2020

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December 28, 1997 – The Bird Flu Pandemic In Hong Kong – Egypt Upholds Ban On Female Genital Mutilation – Kenya Braces For Elections.

December 28, 1997 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 28, 1997 – Busy day as 1997 rapidly comes to a close. Bird Flu was sweeping Hong Kong and the culprit was found to…

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December 28, 2020

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December 23, 1988 – ‘I Think Something Was Wrong With That Flight’ – PanAm 103 –

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December 23, 2020

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December 18, 1981 – Revenge Of The Warsaw Pressure Cooker – The Saga Of Solidarity.

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December 18, 2020

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December 17, 1999 – Unfolding A Plot – Threats Of Carnage: Real And Disgruntled.

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December 17, 2020

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December 16, 2001 – Jabberwocky In The Land Of The Unknown Knowns – The Known Knowns – The Unknown Unknowns.

BBC World Service News + From Our Own Correspondent – December 16, 2001 – BBC World Service Seems like another lifetime ago, but on this December 16th in 2001 we were just getting our feet wet in what was to…

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December 16, 2020

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December 15, 1981 – The Official Press Says Poland Is Calm –

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December 15, 2020

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December 9, 1947 – Strikes, Discontent, Unrest And The Litigious Nature Of Rain –

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December 9, 2020

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