French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain
The magnitude 8.7-9.2 Cascadia earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records
Minor earthquake in London
Free African American community of Philadelphia petitions US Congress to abolish the slave trade
British blockade Piraeus, Greece, to enforce mercantile claims
Émile Berliner begins manufacturing 7-inch single-sided records in Montreal
4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington, D.C.
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A 42-year old American army veteran plows through New Year's Eve celebration on Bourbon Street in New Orleans in a rented pick-up truck; 14 people die and dozens injured, driver is killed in shoot-out with police [1]