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1991-12-25
Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of USSR
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20684
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1991
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12
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25
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Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of USSR
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12/1 - Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 perfs
12/1 - Ukrainian people vote for independence
12/1 - "US 75th manned space mission ""STS 44"" Atlantis 10 lands"
12/1 - Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election
12/1 - AIDS awareness day
12/1 - 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1)
12/1 - Once on this Island closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 perfs
12/2 - Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets
12/2 - Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio
12/3 - White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
12/3 - Muslim Shiites release US hostage Alan Steen
12/3 - Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
12/4 - Judds final concert (Nashville)
12/4 - Muslim Shites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6ﾂｽ years)
12/4 - Pan American World Airways ceased operations
12/4 - Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
12/5 - NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
12/5 - "Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty"
12/5 - Catskills on Broadway opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 perfs
12/6 - "Les Miserables opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen"
12/6 - Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country premieres
12/7 - "A J Kitt, US, wins World Skiing Cup"
12/8 - Homecoming closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 49 performances
12/8 - Nick & Nora opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 9 performances
12/8 - Kris Tschetter/Billy Andrade wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
12/8 - "Russia, Belorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States"
12/8 - The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.
12/9 - 2nd Billboard Music Awards
12/10 - Jackie Martling walks off of Howard Stern show for 1 day
12/10 - IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
12/10 - Crucible opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 32 performances
12/11 - William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape
12/12 - "Tampa Bay Bucaneer Dexter Manley, retires after failing drug test"
12/12 - Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection
12/12 - NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81
12/12 - Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community
12/13 - Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation
12/13 - NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
12/13 - Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
12/14 - "57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)"
12/14 - "Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed"
12/15 - Deb Richard wins JBP Cup LPGA Match Play Golf Championship
12/15 - Nick & Nora closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 9 performances
12/16 - "Fla Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez"
12/16 - UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
12/16 - Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
12/17 - "Soap opera ""One Life To Live"" airs its 6,000th episode"
12/17 - Patrick Manning becomes premier of Trinidad & Tobago
12/17 - NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80
12/17 - "Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts"
12/18 - DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood
12/18 - General Motors announces closing of 21 plants
12/19 - NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession
12/19 - Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin
12/19 - "6,000th episode of One Life To Live"
12/19 - Christmas Carol opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 14 perfs
12/20 - NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
12/20 - Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia
12/20 - A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
12/21 - Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States
12/21 - El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane
12/21 - 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
12/23 - NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
12/25 - Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of USSR
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12/26 - Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years
12/26 - "Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction"
12/26 - Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India
12/26 - NY Islander Derek King ties NJ Devils 5-5 with ﾂｽ second left
12/27 - Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach
12/27 - Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
12/27 - Carol Burnett Show last airs on CBS-TV
12/28 - Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year
12/28 - "Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venez, crowned 41st Miss World"
12/28 - Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen
12/28 - "Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25"
12/28 - "8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC"
12/29 - 12th United Negro College Fund
12/29 - Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei
12/31 - "CPN, Communist Party of Netherland, last day of existance"
12/31 - Daniel R McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner
12/31 - Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83
12/31 - J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner
12/31 - "USSR, last day of existence"