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<!-- Btn date --><btnDate><![CDATA[<span class="gn_date">December 11, 1936</span>]]></btnDate>
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<!-- Caption --><mainCap><![CDATA[<span class="gn14_white"><b>December 11, 1936:</b> Britain’s King Edward VII made a radio broadcast to the nation to inform the public of his decision to abdicate the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson<br/><br/><span class="gnPicCredit">Video: Getty Images</span></span>]]></mainCap>
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<!-- Caption --><mainCap><![CDATA[<span class="gn14_white"><b>December 12, 1901:</b> Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi successfully transmitted the first transatlatic radio signal between Poldhu in Cornwall, England, and St Johns, Newfoundland<br/><br/><span class="gnPicCredit">Picture: Getty Images</span></span>]]></mainCap>
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<!-- Caption --><mainCap><![CDATA[<span class="gn14_white"><b>December 13, 1981:</b> Martial law was imposed in Poland as the government took its strongest steps to date to stifle the Solidarity union’s unprecedented challenge against Communist rule<br/><br/><span class="gnPicCredit">Picture: Getty Images</span></span>]]></mainCap>
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<!-- Caption --><mainCap><![CDATA[<span class="gn14_white"><b>December 13, 1925:</b> U.S. entertainer Dick van Dyke, best known for his roles in popular musical films such as Mary Poppins and Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, was born<br/><br/><span class="gnPicCredit">Picture: Getty Images</span></span>]]></mainCap>
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<!-- Caption --><mainCap><![CDATA[<span class="gn14_white"><b>December 17, 1843:</b> Charles Dickens’ popular seasonal tale, A Christmas Carol, was published<br/><br/><span class="gnPicCredit">Picture: Getty Images</span></span>]]></mainCap>
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