1993
Death of Norman Vincent Peale, American writer, minister and public speaker (‘The Power of Positive Thinking’).
United States
1979
The first European rocket Ariane 1 was successfully launched
United States
1968
Apollo 8, with three American astronauts on board, became the first manned space mission to orbit the Moon.
United States
1867
Frederick Baker, murderer of sweet Fanny Adams, hanged.
Great Britain
1809
Birth of Kit Carson, American frontiersman, trapper, soldier and folk hero
United States