The first Negro Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, was ordained in the US.
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The Supreme Court of Colorado ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to run again for President.
The crew of the Union Star lost their lives along with all eight lifeboat volunteers who tried to save them.
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was presumed dead after being swept out to sea by a riptide.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published.