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December 17, 2014

On December 17, 2014, the United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961. The year's #1 song was "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton would arrive in the same year.

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2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.

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On December 17, 2014

  1. 2014 The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.

    Modern diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States are cold, stemming from historic conflict and divergent political ideologies. The two nations restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015, after relations had been severed in 1961 during the Cold War. S.

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Died on December 17, 2014

Dieter Grau American aerospace engineer
Richard C. Hottelet American broadcast journalist (1917-2014)
Oleh Lysheha Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator and intellectual (1949 – 2014)
Lowell Steward Tuskegee Airmen (1919–2014)
Ivan Vekić Croatian politician and lawyer

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Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger

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