A plot to blow up Napoleon Bonaparte with a barrel of gunpowder failed.
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Walt Disney's 'Aristocats' was released.
The crew of NASA's Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter the Moon's orbit.
Unofficial ceasefires sprang up across World War I's Western Front.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
The first great fire of early San Francisco started on the east side of the Plaza.
