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December 9, 2016

On December 9, 2016, president Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. The year's #1 song was "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber. The Rizzler, Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Prince Oscar would arrive in the same year.

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2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.

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On December 9, 2016

  1. 2016 President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal.

    President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017

    Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until her removal from office in 2017. A member of then Saenuri Party and the eldest daughter of the third president, Park Chung Hee, she was the first woman in the country and the first in East Asia to be elected as head of state. Park previously served as the first lady of South Korea under her father's presidency from 1974 until her father's assassination in 1979.

  2. 2016 At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.

    LGA and town in Adamawa State, Nigeria

    Madagali or Madagli is a town and local government area in Adamawa State, Nigeria, adjacent to the border with Cameroon.

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The Rizzler 2016– American internet personality
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck 2016– Bhutanese prince
Prince Oscar 2016– Duke of Skåne
The Rizzler 2016– American internet personality
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck 2016– Bhutanese prince
Prince Oscar 2016– Duke of Skåne

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