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December 2, 2018 - December 8, 2018 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features the United Arab Emirates, Bhopal, Yemen, Nelson Mandela, the capital of Israel, the discovery of the jet stream, and the first heavyweight boxing champion.
December 2, 1971: The United Arab Emirates came into being, comprising the former Trucial states of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain and Fujairah
December 3, 1984: A toxic gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant near Bhopal, India, killed over 3,700 people. It remains the world’s worst industrial accident
December 4, 2017: Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was killed by Houthi forces in a roadside attack near Sanaa. His former Houthi allies accused him of treason
December 5, 2013: Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, died at age 95. An anti-apartheid icon, he led the transition from white-minority rule to democracy in 1994
December 6, 2017: U.S. President Donald Trump overturned decades of official American foreign policy by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
December 7, 1934: The jet stream, bands of strong winds high above the earth, was supposedly discovered by Wiley Post on a test flight into the stratosphere
December 8, 1863: English boxer Tom King defeated American John Heenan to become the world’s first heavyweight champion. The fight lasted 35 minutes and 25 rounds