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| 69 - Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian becomes the fourth Emperor of Rome within a year. |
| 1620 - Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
| 1861 - Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. |
| 1872 - Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth. |
| 1913 - Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World. |
| 1917 - Meiji Dairies, a Japanese dairy industry company, is founded. |
| 1937 - The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles. |
| 1962 - Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park. |
| 1988 - A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, killing 270. |
| 1999 - The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives which ETA intend to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid. |
| 2012 - The Long Count of the Maya calendar recycles according to the most popular correlation. A minority argues it does so on December 23, 2012. |
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