Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama dies in Cochin India Vasco daGama Day Treaty of Ghent signed ending War of 1812 (This news did not arrive until after Battle of New Orleans) Silent Night composed by Franz Gruber sung next day Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash destroys 35 000 volumes Several Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski Tn Giuseppe Verdis `Aida premiere in Cairo at Suez canal opening 1st radio program broadcast in Brant Rock Mass Reginald A. Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250 000 people at Lottas Fountain Enrico Caruso gave his last public performance 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered Berkeley Ca FDR appoints Gen Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces Libya gains independence from Italy Luna 13 lands on moon Apollo 8 astronauts read Old Testament Book of Genesis passages Walt Disneys "The Aristocats" is released Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds
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Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama dies in Cochin India