Events
of the day
1066
– Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal
palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph
ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish
population of the city.
1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor
of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege
of St. Augustine.
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between
the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa,
and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
1825 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between
the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys
land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building
in the Southwest.
1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José
Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in
Manila, Philippines.
1897 – The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago,
Illinois kills at least 605.
1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg
is assassinated at the front gate of his home
in Caldwell.
1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded
in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which
later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed
for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
1919 – Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first
female bar student.
1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
is formed.
1924 – Edwin Hubble announces the existence of
other galaxies.
1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in
Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its
first sit-down strike.
1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of
Indian independence at Port Blair.
1944 – King George II of Greece declares a regency,
leaving the throne vacant.
1947 – King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate
by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government
of Romania.
1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss
Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New
Century Theatre and becomes the first show to
win the Best Musical Tony Award.
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the
Philippines.
1972 – Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy
bombing of North Vietnam.
1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes
from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1981 – In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season
Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on
the year setting a new NHL record previously held
by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier
had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic
relations.
1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger
train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu
spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down
services across Israel.
1997 – In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency,
the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from
four villages are killed.
2000 – Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode
in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines
within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and
injuring about a hundred.
2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub
in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic
Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical
cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
2006 – Madrid Barajas International Airport is
bombed.
2006 – The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati
Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least
400 deaths.
2009 – A segment of Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha
product oil pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China,
and approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of
diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally
reaching the Yellow River.
2011 – Due to a change of time zone the day is
skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Roger of Cannae
Anysia of Salonika
Ecgwine of Worcester
Pope Felix I
Liberius of Ravenna
Ralph of Vaucelles
Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent
Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
Freedom Day (Church of Scientology)
Rizal Day (Philippines)
The sixth day of Christmas. (Western Christianity)
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