1783 William Pitt the Younger becomes the youngest ever British Prime Minister at age 24
1932 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) begins transmitting overseas.
1941 Adolf Hitler takes complete command of German Army.
1941 German submarine U-574 sinks.
1949 Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Gareloch, Scotland.
1950 General Eisenhower named NATO commander.
1958 First radio broadcast from space, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends a Christmas message "to all mankind, America's wish for peace on Earth and goodwill to men everywhere"
1960 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)
1975 The Red Hand Commandos, a very secretive Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, explode a no-warning car bomb in Dundalk, killing 2 civilians and wounding 20
1984 Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration to transfer Hong Kong back to China in 1997
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