Johann Georg Palitzsch sighted the return of Halley’s Comet.
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Paul McCartney and actress Jane Asher announced their engagement.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from his position as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union.
Cassini orbiter released the Huygens probe, which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan.
Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony forbade game playing on Christmas.
The play 'Why Marry?' opened at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
