December 2001

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Events of the day

Sunday, December 2

  • Switzerland: referendum to abolish the army.
  • Enron, one of the largest U.S. energy companies, goes into bankruptcy. As a result, cases of massive accounting fraud and insider trading are revealed.

Saturday, December 8th

  • Oberhausen / Germany: Vitali Klitschko wins his boxing match against Ross Puritty at the Arena Oberhausen by technical knockout
  • Adoption of the " EU-Japan Action Plan ".

Tuesday, December 11

  • People's Republic of China: Accession to the World Trade Organization.

Friday, December 14th

  • France: First publication of the Euro - starter with a nominal value of 15.25 euros for the price of 100 French francs. You can pay with coins, but only from 1 January 2002.
  • Annular Solar Eclipse in Central America.

Sunday, December 16

Monday, December 17

  • Germany: Publication of the Euro - starter with a nominal value of 10.23 euros for the price of 20.00 German marks.

Thursday, December 20

  • Germany: The basic military service in the German army is shortened by the Federal Government from ten to nine months.

Saturday, December 22

  • Birth of the first cloned cat.
  • Berlin / Germany: The German Bundestag approves the deployment of German armed forces for the implementation of Resolution 1386 of the UN Security Council by a large majority.
  • Kabul / Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai was appointed head of the transitional government.

Sunday, December 23

  • Comoros: adoption of the new Constitution by referendum.

Thursday, December 27

Monday, December 31

  • 56 OSCE participating States
  • 12 partner countries
  • Latvia: OSCE observation is terminated.
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