Cassini orbiter released the Huygens probe, which successfully landed on Saturn’s moon Titan.
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Paul McCartney and actress Jane Asher announced their engagement.
Johann Georg Palitzsch sighted the return of Halley's Comet.
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched from the Guiana Space Center.
The show trial of Romanian Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu occurred.
Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony forbade game playing on Christmas.
