Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
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1 January 1989
The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
31 December 1994
The Russian army began a New Year’s storm of Grozny during the first Chechen war.
30 December 1066
A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
29 December 1778
The British army under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
27 December 2007
The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
26 December 1972
During the Vietnam War, as part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attack Hanoi.
25 December 1950
The Stone of Scone, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students.