The first Negro Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, was ordained in the US.
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A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published.
Dozens of people died after drinking bath lotion in Siberia.
The Supreme Court of Colorado ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to run again for President.
William Pitt the Younger became the youngest British Prime Minister ever at age 24.
The crew of the Union Star lost their lives along with all eight lifeboat volunteers who tried to save them.