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December 9: International Anti-Corruption Day

The first computer mouse

1688 – In the only substantial military action in England during the Glorious Revolution, forces loyal to William of Orange were decisively victorious in the Battle of Reading.
1897 – French actress, journalist and leading suffragette Marguerite Durand founded the feminist newspaper La Fronde.
1948 – The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Genocide Convention, which defines genocide in legal terms and advises its signatories to prevent and punish such actions.
1968 – Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse (pictured), hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
2008 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was arrested for a number of corruption crimes, including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat that was being vacated by then-President-elect Barack Obama.

Joseph Desha (b. 1768)
Fritz Haber (b. 1868)
Alister Murdoch (b. 1912)
Eliane Morissens (d. 2006)

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Why was my entry deleted? The Gwen Jacob court victory potentially affects the entire Canadian population. It was quoted by the Supreme Court of Canada in a later decision. It has influenced others around the world. It is far more impactful than a bridge in Ireland, a bomb in Moscow, or a plane crash in Mexico (all other events listed) naturist (talk) 18:39, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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1962 - Marcus Vasconcellos, engineer

Vanity. Lupo 11:09, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)