The popular Christmas comedy movie, Elf, was released in the USA.
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The Stoughton Musical Society, the oldest musical society in the US, was formed.
The opera company The Deutsche Opernhaus (now know as Deutsche Oper Berlin) was founded. They opened with a performance of The Deutsche Opernhaus.
John Austin became the last person to be publicly hanged on London's Tyburn Gallows.
The London Gazette published its first edition under the name The Oxford Gazette.
President Eisenhower won his second term with the most significant Republican win since Abraham Lincoln's in 1860.
