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- 1922 – Northren Ireland ceases tae be pairt o the Erse Free State.
- 1941 – Warld War II: U.S. Preses Franklin D. Roosevelt declares 7 December tae be "a date which will live in infamy", efter that the U.S. declares war on Japan (picturt).
- 1941 – Warld War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai Internaitional Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, an the Dutch East Indies.
- 1955 – The Banner o Europe is adoptit bi Cooncil o Europe.
- 1980 – Umwhile Beatle John Lennon is murthert bi Mark David Chapman in front o The Dakota in New York Ceety.
Mary, Queen o Scots (b. 1542) · Jim Morrison (b. 1943) · John Lennon (d. 1980)