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Jamaica Slave Rebellion
The rebellion was brutally crushed, but it had a significant impact
Christmas Truce
When British and German troops sang carols, exchanged gifts and played football together
Andrei Sakharov
On 23 December, 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow
Georgia in crisis
Christmas 1991 was a very difficult time for the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
Lockerbie
On December 21 1988 a US passenger plane blew up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
US invasion of Panama
It is 21 years since the US invaded the tiny Central American state of Panama.
Washington Snipers
It is 7 years since one of the Washington snipers, Lee Boyd Malvo, was convicted of murder
Operation Desert Fox
On 16 December 1998 the US and Britain began a four day bombardment of Iraq.
Siege of Grozny
In December 1994 Russian forces invaded Chechnya and laid siege to the capital Grozny.
Capture of Saddam Hussein
It was on this day in 2003 that Saddam Hussein was finally captured by US forces
