The Treaty of Ghent was signed, which ended the War of 1812 between the US, the UK, and their allies.
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Several Confederate veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee.
James Cook visited Christmas Island.
The first great fire of early San Francisco started on the east side of the Plaza.
The Texas Seven held up a sports store.
The Christmas carol 'Silent Night' composed by Franz Xaver Gruber was first sung at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria.
