Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. Norman Vincent Peale
Last episode of Larry King Live was aired
After 25 years of being on TV, the last episode of Larry King Live, one of CNN’s most watched TV program was aired on this day in 2010. While the official end date for the talk show was December 16, an episode on cancer was aired two days later on December 18. It was replaced by Piers Morgan Tonight.
Kazakhstan gained independence
The Central Asian country was the last Soviet republic to declare its independence in 1991.
End of Indo-Pakistani War
The third major conflict between the two countries was fought because of India’s support of Bangladesh’s War of Liberation. The war ended only after 13 days and with the creation of the independent state of Bangladesh.
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Boston Tea Party
Considered as one of the key events in the American Revolution, the Tea Party occurred when protesters in Boston, a territory controlled by the British, dumped heavily taxed British tea into Boston Harbor in 1773.
Last eruption of Mount Fuji
The highest volcano in Japan erupted for the last time in what is known as the Hōei Eruption. The eruption lasted for 17 days in 1707.
