1862 – M Levy publishes Gustave Flaubert’s “Salammbo”
1923 – Radio Belgium’s 1st transmission
1926 – KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
1950 – US infantry division conquers Chonju Korea
1970 – 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
1985 – NBC miniseries “Mussolini: The Untold Story” starring George C. Scott premieres in the US
1989 – Sachin Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty aged 16 years 214 days, a record
1989 – Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
2012 – The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled
2016 – International research team publishes discovery of 1,500 new viruses found in invertebrates