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by **Paul** Tue 12 Dec 2023, 8:19 am

This Day in History: December 12

Featured Event

2000

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U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election
On this day in 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively awarded the presidency to George W. Bush, ruling that a fair recount of ballots in Florida could not be performed by the deadline for certifying the state's electors.
Wilfredo Lee/AP/REX/Shutterstock.com

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Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * John-le-Carre

English writer John le Carré, who was best known for suspenseful, realistic spy novels, died at age 89.Take our quiz about the life and works of English authors
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2015
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Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Environmentalists-front-bodies-message-sentiments-Paris-Climate-December-6

A landmark climate change agreement was reached at a UN conference in Paris as 195 countries agreed to limit greenhouse gas emissions; the accord effectively replaced the Kyoto Protocol.What's the difference between global warming and climate change?
[size=11]Benoit Tessier—Reuters/Landov[/size]
2009
Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Annise-Parker-2010

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Annise-Parker-2010

With the victory of Democratic politician Annise Parker, Houston became the then largest city in the United States to elect an openly gay mayor.Discover 10 other Democrats who made history
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1999
Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Joseph-Heller-1986

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Joseph-Heller-1986

American author Joseph Heller—the author of Catch-22 (1961), one of the most significant works of protest literature to appear after World War II—died at age 76.Test your knowledge of famous writers
[size=11]Oliver Morris—Hulton Archive/Getty Images[/size]
1977
Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * John-Travolta-Saturday-Night-Fever

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * John-Travolta-Saturday-Night-Fever

The music drama Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta, had its world premiere; the film was a huge hit, as was the accompanying disco sound track by the Bee Gees.How much do you know about movies?
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1964

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Flag-Kenya

Kenya became a republic on the first anniversary of its independence from Britain.Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Africa
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1936
Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Chiang-Kai-shek

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Chiang-Kai-shek

Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek was seized by one of his own generals, Chang Hsüeh-liang, beginning the Xi'an Incident.Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about China
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1923
Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Bob-Barker-models-The-Price-Is-Right-2007

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Bob-Barker-models-The-Price-Is-Right-2007

American game show host Bob Barker, who was best known for hosting The Price Is Right (1972–2007), was born.Take our pop culture quiz
[size=11]PRNewsFoto/Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc./AP Images[/size]
1915
Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Frank-Sinatra-1947

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Frank-Sinatra-1947

American popular singer Frank Sinatra, who also achieved wide success as a film actor, was born in Hoboken, New Jersey.How much do you know about Frank Sinatra?
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1846
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New Granada (now Colombia and Panama) signed the Bidlack Treaty with the United States, granting U.S. right-of-way across the Isthmus of Panama in exchange for a guarantee of neutrality for the isthmus and the sovereignty of New Granada.
1821
Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Gustave-Flaubert-detail-drawing-EF-von-Liphart-1880

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * Gustave-Flaubert-detail-drawing-EF-von-Liphart-1880

Novelist Gustave Flaubert—a leading figure in the realist school of French literature, best known for his masterpiece, Madame Bovary—was born.Test your knowledge of famous authors and poets
Courtesy of the Bibliothèque Municipale, Rouen; photograph, Ellebe

Featured Biography

Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist

Britannica On This Day December 12 2023 * U.S. Supreme Court decision on the presidential election, Edvard Munch is featured, and more * The-Scream-wood-tempera-Edvard-Munch-1893

BornDecember 12, 1863
Loten, Norway
(Born on this day)
DiedJanuary 23, 1944 (aged 80)
near Oslo, Norway

:copyright: 1994 Munch-museet/Munch-Ellingsen/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1950

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Rajnikanth
Indian actor
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1945

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Portia Simpson Miller
prime minister of Jamaica
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1923

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Bob Barker
American game show host
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1915

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Frank Sinatra
American singer and actor
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1893

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Edward G. Robinson
American actor
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