A plot to blow up Napoleon Bonaparte with a barrel of gunpowder failed.
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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 first great fire of early San Francisco started on the east side of the Plaza.
Jan van Riebeeck departed for Cape of Good Hope to found the first permanent European settlement.
The crew of NASA's Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter the Moon's orbit.
Walt Disney's 'Aristocats' was released.
