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December 2 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.
December 2 - Widespread student pro-democracy protests are broken up in Burma.
December 5 - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan gives a speech in which he suggests that "irrational exuberance" may have "unduly escalated asset values".
December 9 - Jerry Rawlings is reelected president of Ghana.
December 10 - South Africa's new post-apartheid constitution is ratified and made law.
December 11 - Tung Chee-hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule in 1997.
December 12 - Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.
December 13 - Kofi Annan is elected by the United Nations Security Council the next Secretary General of the United Nations.
December 17 - The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru.
December 18 - The loi Carrez, or Carrez law governing property transactions was enacted in France[3]
December 20 - Steve Jobs' company NeXT is bought by Apple Computer, the company co-founded by Jobs.
December 26 - The largest strike in South Korean history begins.
December 26 - JonBenét Ramsey, 6, is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in Boulder, Colorado.
December 27 - Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base, which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
December 29 - Guatemala and the leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36-year civil war.
December 30 - In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
December 30 - Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers, who shut down services across Israel.
December 31 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U.S. history.
December 31 - The Hacienda in Las Vegas is imploded to make way for the Mandalay Bay.
December 2 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.
December 2 - Widespread student pro-democracy protests are broken up in Burma.
December 5 - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan gives a speech in which he suggests that "irrational exuberance" may have "unduly escalated asset values".
December 9 - Jerry Rawlings is reelected president of Ghana.
December 10 - South Africa's new post-apartheid constitution is ratified and made law.
December 11 - Tung Chee-hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule in 1997.
December 12 - Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.
December 13 - Kofi Annan is elected by the United Nations Security Council the next Secretary General of the United Nations.
December 17 - The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru.
December 18 - The loi Carrez, or Carrez law governing property transactions was enacted in France[3]
December 20 - Steve Jobs' company NeXT is bought by Apple Computer, the company co-founded by Jobs.
December 26 - The largest strike in South Korean history begins.
December 26 - JonBenét Ramsey, 6, is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in Boulder, Colorado.
December 27 - Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base, which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
December 29 - Guatemala and the leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36-year civil war.
December 30 - In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
December 30 - Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers, who shut down services across Israel.
December 31 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U.S. history.
December 31 - The Hacienda in Las Vegas is imploded to make way for the Mandalay Bay.
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