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December 22nd, 1989. A popular uprising topples Eastern Europe’s last hardline communist ruler, Nicolae Ceauşescu of Romania. Days later, Ceauşescu and his wife are tried and convicted by a military tribunal, then [-----1-----] .

2001. Richard Reid tries to set off explosives in his tennis shoes, aboard an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami. But flight attendants and Reed’s fellow passengers subdue him, Reid later [-----2-----] and receives a life sentence in prison.

1894. Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army officer is convicted of treason in a court martial, but the case against Dreyfus who is Jewish triggers worldwide [-----3-----] . Dreyfus who insists he is innocent is eventually vindicated years later.

And 2000. [-----4-----] ring for the Material Girl as pop-star Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie marry in Scotland.

Today in history, December 22nd, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.
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