A plot to blow up Napoleon Bonaparte with a barrel of gunpowder failed.
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The Treaty of Ghent was signed, which ended the War of 1812 between the US, the UK, and their allies.
The crew of NASA's Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter the Moon's orbit.
Jan van Riebeeck departed for Cape of Good Hope to found the first permanent European settlement.
Eleven kindergarten children were killed after a minivan plunged into a roadside pond in Jiangxi, China.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
