Adolf Hitler’s German military attacked Moscow.
The battle lasted until January 7, 1942, with over half a million Russians killed, missing, injured, or captured.
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EA Games' FIFA 10, the highest-rated FIFA game made, was released in Europe.
English Protestant author William Tyndale published 'The Obedience of a Christian Man' in Antwerp, Belgium.
Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris, France.
During the American Revolutionary War, John André, a British Army officer, was hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. was founded in Phoenix, Arizona.
