Several Confederate veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee.
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Rudy Giuliani was named 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine.
The crew of NASA's Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter the Moon's orbit.
The first great fire of early San Francisco started on the east side of the Plaza.
Jan van Riebeeck departed for Cape of Good Hope to found the first permanent European settlement.
James Cook visited Christmas Island.
