The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “1325 – Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal” and the most recent is “2010 – Muslim gunmen open fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after celebrating a midnight Christmas mass, killing eight of them as well as one Muslim bystander.”
A few other things that also took place on this day are:
1608 – The fort at Jamestown VA is almost completely destroyed by a fire.
1948 – A fighter plane from the Kentucky Air National Guard crashes and kills the pilot. His squadron was in pursuit of an unidentified flying object that had been observed in several states for the past two hours.
1999 – Impeachment trial against Pres Clinton begins.
Happy birthday to Nicolas Cage, Kathy Valentine, Katie Couric, Erin Gray, Jann Wenner, Kenny Loggins, and Paul Revere.