A plot to blow up Napoleon Bonaparte with a barrel of gunpowder failed.
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Eleven kindergarten children were killed after a minivan plunged into a roadside pond in Jiangxi, China.
James Cook visited Christmas Island.
The first great fire of early San Francisco started on the east side of the Plaza.
The Treaty of Ghent was signed, which ended the War of 1812 between the US, the UK, and their allies.
Rudy Giuliani was named 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine.
