1938 – Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire
1989 – Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello as president
1992 – “A Christmas Carol” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 22 performances
2007 – Republic of Lakotah asserts independence from the United States
2013 – Angela Merkel is elected Chancellor of Germany for a third term
2015 – Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals is arrested on fraud charges in New York by the FBI
2019 – Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death in absentia for high treason
2021 – Discovery of the first true millipede (Eumillipes persephone) with 1,000 legs found down a drill hole in Western Australia is published in “Scientific Reports”