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Memorial plaque to the victims of the massacre

The École Polytechnique massacre was an antifeminist mass shooting that occurred on December 6, 1989, at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada. Fourteen women were murdered; another ten women and four men were injured. The perpetrator, Marc Lépine, entered a mechanical engineering class and separated the male and female students, ordering the men to leave. He shot all nine women in the room, killing six. The shooter then moved throughout the building, killing eight more women and wounding students before fatally shooting himself. The massacre is regarded as misogynist terrorism and representative of wider societal violence against women. In response to the massacre, the Canadian parliament passed more stringent gun control laws. It also led to policy changes in emergency services protocols for shootings, such as police intervening immediately to reduce casualties. The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually as White Ribbon Day. (Full article...)

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Kang Ju-hyeok

... that Kang Ju-hyeok (pictured) became the youngest player in FC Seoul's history at the age of 17 years, 9 months, and 6 days?
... that the political opposition in Saint Kitts and Nevis has viewed the national broadcaster, ZIZ, as a government mouthpiece?
... that Richard Du Cann acted for the defence in the Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial and the trial of the MP John Stonehouse?
... that the funds from the sale of burial lots at Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia were used for the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul?
... that Mary Robertson was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science degree in medicine from the University of Cape Town?
... that Karl Amadeus Hartmann completed his Hungarian-influenced composition Kammerkonzert during his period of inner emigration after Hitler's seizure of power?
... that one Canadian football announcer refused to mention Tony Pajaczkowski in game broadcasts for several years?
... that Augustus Pugin called St John the Evangelist Church, Islington, a "deformity"?
... that residents of Port Mercer, New Jersey, profited from passing vessels by dragging their tow mules into the Delaware and Raritan Canal and having local boys "rescue" them for a fee?

In the news (from December 4)

Protesters in South Korea

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law (protests pictured) and lifts it hours later after a vote by the National Assembly.
Syrian opposition forces enter Aleppo in the first offensive since the 2020 ceasefire.
Israel and Lebanon agree to a 60-day ceasefire to halt the current hostilities.
In motorsport, Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe win the World Rally Championship.

On December 6

December 6: Saint Nicholas Day (Western Christianity); Independence Day in Finland (1917); White Ribbon Day in Canada (1991)

Béla I of Hungary

1060 – Béla I (pictured) was crowned King of Hungary in Székesfehérvár.
1846 – Mexican–American War: American and Mexican forces clashed at the Battle of San Pasqual, a series of skirmishes near San Diego, California.
1912 – The Nefertiti Bust, listed among the "Top 10 Plundered Artifacts" by Time, was found in Amarna, Egypt, before being taken to Germany.
1956 – At the Melbourne Olympics, 14-year-old swimmer Sandra Morgan became the youngest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
1988 – Self-government was granted to the Australian Capital Territory.

Nicholas Rowe (d. 1718)
Johann Palisa (b. 1848)
Hara Prasad Shastri (b. 1853)
Devan Nair (d. 2005)

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Great Yarmouth Town Hall is a municipal building in Hall Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building. It was designed by John Bond Pearce in the Queen Anne Revival style, with terracotta facings and a 110-foot-tall (34 m) clock tower with a lantern above. It was officially opened by the Prince of Wales Edward VII on 31 May 1882. The building served as the headquarters of Great Yarmouth County Borough Council for much of the 20th century and has continued to operate as the local seat of government following the formation of the enlarged Great Yarmouth Borough Council in 1974. This hand-colored photochrom shows the Town Hall in the 1890s.Photograph credit: Detroit Publishing Company; restored by Adam Cuerden

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