1154 – King Henry II of England crowned King of England
1562 – Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency and huguenots under Condé captured
1859 – Grading started for Market Street RR in San Francisco
1862 – Skirmish at Jackson, Salem Church, Tennessee (80 casualties)
1917 – Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game
1919 – American Meteorological Society found
1969 – Beatle’s 7th Christmas fan-club single is released
1980 – Mutual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater
2001 – Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires after Domingo Cavallo’s corralito measures restrict the withdrawal of cash from bank deposits.
2018 – First use of a drone to deliver vaccines – to island of Erromango, Vanuatu, by Unicef