A plot to blow up Napoleon Bonaparte with a barrel of gunpowder failed.
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Rudy Giuliani was named 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine.
James Cook visited Christmas Island.
Jan van Riebeeck departed for Cape of Good Hope to found the first permanent European settlement.
The first great fire of early San Francisco started on the east side of the Plaza.
Walt Disney's 'Aristocats' was released.
