Several Confederate veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee.
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The Texas Seven held up a sports store.
The crew of NASA's Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter the Moon's orbit.
Jan van Riebeeck departed for Cape of Good Hope to found the first permanent European settlement.
James Cook visited Christmas Island.
Rudy Giuliani was named 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine.
