The popular Christmas comedy movie, Elf, was released in the USA.
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The London Gazette published its first edition under the name The Oxford Gazette.
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.
RedOctane released Guitar Hero for PlayStation 2 in North America.
The Ensisheim Meteorite – the oldest meteorite with an observed fall – struck the Earth in France.
