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The winter solstice occurs during the hemisphere's winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (December 21, 22, or 23) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (June 21, 22, or 23). Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment, the term also refers to the day on which it occurs.
Current events/2006 December 21. Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is cleared of any involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings by the Supreme Court of Indonesia. (News Limited) Ipswich murder case: Suffolk police announce that Steven Wright has been charged with all five murders. (Suffolk Constabulary statement)
AD 69 – Vespasian became the fourth Roman emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors . 1883 – The Royal Canadian Regiment and the Royal Canadian Dragoons, the oldest regular regiments of the Canadian Army, were both formed. 1910 – In the second-worst mining accident in England, an underground explosion at the Pretoria Pit in Over Hulton ...
The 2004 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University in all 2004 NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions.. The 2004 season saw the Rams make their deepest-ever run in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, reaching the quarterfinals of the competition, before losing to eventual national runners-up, UC Santa Barbara.
Current events/2021 December 21. The Saudi -led coalition launches airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The air raid targeted six sites, including places used for "launching drone attacks", according to a statement from the coalition. (Reuters)
Health World AIDS Day: Researchers claim that the pandemic has reached a tipping point where the number of people receiving treatment in a year was greater than the number of new cases. (U.S. Presidential Proclamation), (Reuters) International relations Russia abandons its plans for the South Stream pipeline to Bulgaria due to European Union objections instead looking at a pipeline to Turkey ...
Disasters and accidents A fire at an apartment building in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, kills six people and injures thirteen others. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) A bus collides with a truck near Gualán, Guatemala, killing at least 21 people including seven children, according to the Guatemalan Public Ministry. (CNN) Law and crime Censorship in Pakistan, Blasphemy in Pakistan, Capital ...
Current events/2005 December 21. The former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, claims in court that American officials tortured him. Part of his testimony is censored and the US strongly denies the accusations. (BBC)