Eleven kindergarten children were killed after a minivan plunged into a roadside pond in Jiangxi, China.
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The Christmas carol 'Silent Night' composed by Franz Xaver Gruber was first sung at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria.
A plot to blow up Napoleon Bonaparte with a barrel of gunpowder failed.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
Walt Disney's 'Aristocats' was released.
Jan van Riebeeck departed for Cape of Good Hope to found the first permanent European settlement.