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Today is December 21st, 2024 and is a Saturday.

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2012: The world was predicted to end on December 21, 2012 according to some calendars.

2004: Iraq War: A suicide bomber killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.

1999: The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.

1995: The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.

1994: Mexican volcano Popocatépetl, dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash.