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* 10 December - John Robert Vane wins
the Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine jointly with Sune Bergstrom
and Bengt I. Samuelsson "for their
discoveries concerning prostaglandins
and related biologically active
substances".
* 12 December - Greenham Common
Women's Peace Camp: 30,000 women hold
hands and form a human chain around
the 14.5 km (9 mi) perimeter fence.
* 13 December - An earthquake (Richter
Scale 6.0 magnitude) in Dhamar,
northern Yemen, kills at least 1,507.
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