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Today in History with the event on December 7, 1959 - Aceh was decided to be a Special Region.

Aceh, which was originally named as  Aceh Darussalam, had ever been  subsequently called as the Special Region of Aceh and Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam in 2001-2009.  Then, it  becomes the province of Aceh nowadays. Aceh is the westernmost province in Indonesia.  It has its own regulated autonomy, compared with  other provinces in Indonesia, for historical reasons. On 7 December 1959, the Government of Indonesia formally designated Aceh as a special region. At that time, the special status was granted to Aceh in accordance with the Prime Minister's Decree No. 1 / Missi / 1959 whose contents include privileges, religion, worship and education.

Next the Event on December 7, 1995- Galileo's spacecraft arrived in Jupiter.

Galileo is an unmanned spacecraft sent by NASA to study Jupiter and  moon. It was named based on  astronomer and pioneer of  Renaissance, Galileo Galilei; the aircraft was launched on August 18, 1989 by the Atlantis space shuttle with the STS-34 mission. Galileo arrived in Jupiter on December 7, 1995, six years from its launch, with the help of the gravitational trajectories of the Venus and Earth.

Last event  on 7 December 2017 - International Civil Aviation Day.

International Civil Aviation Day refers to the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1996, over the initiative of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which stipulated every 7 December as the day of International Civil Aviation.  Previously, ICAO had established International Civil Aviation Day since 1994, in commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the organization.

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