WHAT HAPPENED ON 23. DECEMBER
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World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta. (23. December 1940)

World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island. (23. December 1941)

The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. (23. December 1947)

Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. (23. December 1948)

First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray. (23. December 1954)

Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting iron tower. (23. December 1958)

The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea. (23. December 1968)

The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world. (23. December 1970)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a single-party state. (23. December 1970)

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000. (23. December 1972)

The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism. (23. December 1972)

Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital. (23. December 1979)

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri. (23. December 1982)

Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. (23. December 1986)

History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia. (23. December 1990)

An MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25. (23. December 2002)

PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234. (23. December 2003)

An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state. (23. December 2007)

A monsoonal trough crosses the northeastern coast of Australia from the Coral Sea, bringing mass flooding across Queensland. (23. December 2010)