Where was Gretta Thunberg born? » 3 Happy Facts + 1 Goodbye

Greta Thunberg was born in Sweden.

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The Swedish-born environmental activist celebrated her 18th birthday on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. In an interview for the Sunday Times magazine, she said her ideal birthday present would be replacement headlights for her bike, explaining: “In Sweden, it gets very dark in the winter.”

Nancy Pelosi is the only woman in U.S. history to serve as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Pelosi was narrowly re-elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. As House speaker, Pelosi, 80,  is second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice president.

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R.I.P Gerry Marsden, lead singer of the 1960s British group Gerry and the Pacemakers that had such hits as “Ferry Cross the Mersey” and the song that became the anthem of Liverpool Football Club, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” He was 78 when he passed away on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.

Wham!’s Last Christmas topped the UK singles chart for the first time on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, 36 years after its first release in December 1984. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s song now holds the record for the longest time it took a single to reach number one.