1814 – Representatives of Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
1851 – Library of Congress burns.
1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed.
1914 – World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
1914 – John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838) dies.
1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.
1962 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer, co-founded Kate Spade New York is born.
1966 – A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
1967 – Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1913) dies.
1968 – Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.
1969 – The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea.
1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
1992 – Peyo, Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928) dies.
1999 – Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911) dies.
2000 – John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923) dies.
2012 – Jack Klugman, American actor (b. 1922) dies.
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