The first Negro Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, was ordained in the US.
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The US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton, forwarding the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial.
A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published.
The Fellowship of the Ring, the first Lord of the Rings film, was released in theaters.
William Pitt the Younger became the youngest British Prime Minister ever at age 24.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
