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.
King George I established the Greek Presidential Guard as the royal escort.
Unofficial ceasefires sprang up across World War I's Western Front.
The Texas Seven held up a sports store.
Several Confederate veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee.
