Eleven kindergarten children were killed after a minivan plunged into a roadside pond in Jiangxi, China.
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Walt Disney's 'Aristocats' was released.
Jan van Riebeeck departed for Cape of Good Hope to found the first permanent European settlement.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
The Treaty of Ghent was signed, which ended the War of 1812 between the US, the UK, and their allies.
James Cook visited Christmas Island.
