1163 - Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
1620 - William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1946 - Nankaidō earthquake; An 8.1 Mw earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroy over 38,000 homes.
1962 -Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park.
1968 - Apollo 8; launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
