Walt Disney’s “Aristocats” was released.
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The Christmas carol 'Silent Night' composed by Franz Xaver Gruber was first sung at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria.
The crew of NASA's Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter the Moon's orbit.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
The Treaty of Ghent was signed, which ended the War of 1812 between the US, the UK, and their allies.
Eleven kindergarten children were killed after a minivan plunged into a roadside pond in Jiangxi, China.
