1814 Treaty of Ghent signed, ending the War of 1812 between the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies.
1939 World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
1941 First ships of admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan.
1942 First powered flight of V-1 'buzz bomb', Peenemunde, Germany.
1943 US President FDR appoints General Eisenhower Supreme Commander of the Allied forces.
1946 US General MacNarney gives 800,000 "minor Nazis" amnesty.
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