The first Negro Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, was ordained in the US.
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Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was presumed dead after being swept out to sea by a riptide.
A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published.
Stanley Kubrick's X-rated film 'A Clockwork Orange' premiered, which was based on the book by Anthony Burgess.
William Pitt the Younger became the youngest British Prime Minister ever at age 24.
The US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton, forwarding the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial.
