Synopsis of the events of the day - December 20. 1604 - printed the first copy of the book Don Quix

Synopsis of the events of the day - December 20. 1604 - printed the first copy of the book Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes - the first bestseller in history, released on 16 January 1605. 1699 - Peter I changed then used Russian calendar and introduces the New Year on January 1 instead on 1 September. 1803 - US purchase of Louisiana from France. 1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the created by him electric lamp. 1894 - 8 Ordinary National Assembly adopted the Law on Higher School, which introduced the principle of academic autonomy, burial faculties as structural units and position Dean. 1917 - Established the first Soviet secret police - an all-Russian Commission for Combating Counterrevolution and sabotage (Cheka), chaired by Felix Dzerzhinsky. burial 1927 - The government of Bulgaria ignores certain clauses Treaty of Neuilly and began restoration of regular and efficient Bulgarian Army. 1943 - World War II: British American aircraft carried four bombing of Sofia, in defense burial of which died Bulgarian pilot Dimitar Spisarevski. 1943 - partisan movement in Bulgaria: In the village Yastrebino were shot 18 partisans, including six yastrebincheta. 1944 - In Bulgaria began the meetings of the so-called People's Court. 1944 - Council of Ministers adopted Decree-Law trudovovazpitatelnite dormitories politically burial dangerous persons and Decree-Law trudovovazpitatelnite dormitories, which starts the creation of concentration camps in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. 1951 - In the United States put into operation the first nuclear power plant. 1960 - Forming a Viet Cong - the National Liberation Front of Vietnam. burial 1968 - Bulgarian Orthodox Church restored (after the termination in 1916) Revised Julian calendar, which was introduced on December 25 celebration of Christmas, on January 1 - Basil, January 6 - Epiphany (Epiphany), March 25 - Annunciation and others. 1973 - Basque terrorists kill Spanish Prime Minister Admiral Luis Carrero burial Blanco. 1977 - graduated from the first Bulgarian sailing around the world yacht Cor Caroli Captain Georgi Georgiev. 1987 - In the maritime disaster off the coast of the Philippines between a passenger burial ship and oil tanker, killing more than 1,500 people. 1989 - United States invasion of Panama: United States sent troops to Panama to remove the regime of General Manuel burial Noriega. 1990 - Bulgaria has formed burial a coalition government of Dimitar Popov. 1990 - was established Alpha Bank. 1995 - NATO begins peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. 1999 - The Supreme Court of Vermont decided that homosexual couples have the same civil rights as heterosexuals. 1999 - Portugal transmitted sovereignty of Macao to China after 442 years of colonial rule. 2000 - In the Netherlands, same-sex marriages are legal. 2000 - Parliament of the United Kingdom authorizes cloning for medical purposes. 2010 - BNT Sat changed his name to BNT World.
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