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1577 – Francis Walsingham (pictured), Elizabeth I of England 's principal secretary and spymaster, was knighted. 1822 – Pedro I was crowned the first emperor of Brazil, seven weeks after his reign began on his 24th birthday. 1934 – Soviet politician Sergei Kirov was assassinated at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad.
Wikipedia. : Selected anniversaries/December. 1828 – Returning to Buenos Aires with troops who fought in the Cisplatine War, Juan Lavalle (pictured) deposed provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars. 1918 – With the signing of the Act of Union, Denmark recognized the Kingdom of Iceland as a fully sovereign ...
Raymond Parks. (m. 1932; died 1977) Signature. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom ...
Srinivasa Ramanujan[ a] (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then considered unsolvable.
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for NRDC Julia Louis-Dreyfus On Friday, Jan. 13, 1961, Seinfeld and Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus , 62, was born in New York City.
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 1] She is named after singer-songwriter James Taylor. [ 2] Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift ( née Finlay ), worked as a mutual fund marketing executive briefly. [ 3]
Our guide features the best gifts to make people with December birthdays feel special and celebrated, separate from the month's holidays. 14 gifts to make December birthdays feel special Skip to ...
Sarah Silverman. Sarah Kate Silverman[ 1] (born December 1, 1970) [ 1] is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She first rose to prominence for her brief stint as a writer and cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during its 19th season between 1993 and 1994.