Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

Radio City Music Hall, “Showplace of the Nation”, opens in New York City.

Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.

First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.

LANSA Flight 508 is struck by lighting and crashes in the Puerto Inca District in the Department of Huánuco in Peru, killing 91

The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.

The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns

The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.

Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.

Start of the First Indochina War.