Benjamin Disraeli 1804 - Author, statesman: "No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition."
- 1620 - The "Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from England, landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.
- 1898 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
- 1913 - Arthur Wynne published a new "word-cross" puzzle in the "New York World" in England. The name was later changed to "crossword."
- 1937 - Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated feature in Hollywood, CA. The movie was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- 1988 - 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack.
- 1998 - A Chinese court sentenced two dissidents to long prison terms for attempting to organize an opposition party. A third man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on December 22, 1998.
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