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On December 14, 1819, Alabama became the 22nd state of these United States.

On the same December date in 1918, Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounced the Finnish throne.

In 1939, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland and starting the Winter War.

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