Jan van Riebeeck departed for Cape of Good Hope to found the first permanent European settlement.
Source
Rudy Giuliani was named 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
Unofficial ceasefires sprang up across World War I's Western Front.
The first great fire of early San Francisco started on the east side of the Plaza.
A plot to blow up Napoleon Bonaparte with a barrel of gunpowder failed.
