The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published. Jane Austen’s Emma is a novel that centers on self-deception, growth, and the quiet complexities of…
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23 December 1893
The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is a captivating fusion of fairy…
23 December 1793
The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution. The Battle of Savenay took…
23 December 1972
The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders.
23 December 1972
The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.
23 December 1990
History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia’s overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
23 December 2007
An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming…
23 December 1972
The survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having reportedly survived by cannibalism. was a chartered flight that crashed on a…
23 December 1893
The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. Hansel and Gretel is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it…
23 December 1972
The survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days. They reportedly survived by cannibalism. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was a chartered…