1825 – Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins [O.S. 14 December]
1877 – Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention
1878 – 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
1972 – Ballon d’Or: Bayern Munich defender Franz Beckenbauer wins award for best European football player ahead of tied fellow German duo of Gerd Müller and Günter Netzer
1976 – AFC Championship, Oakland Coliseum: Oakland Raiders beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-7
1988 – Anti African student rebellion in Nanjing, China
1990 – Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
1991 – Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wounds 70 in India