1325 - Afonso IV succeeds Denis as King of Portugal 1862 - Romney Campaign: Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, West Virginia 1930 - French physicist Marguerite Perey discovers francium (Fr), the last naturally occurring element discovered 1955 - 20 year-old future world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson scores a 5th-round TKO of Willie Troy in a non-title super middleweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden 1968 - Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off 1973 - British Darts Organisation founded in North London 1995 - Limited run of Patrick Stewart's one-man show "A Christmas Carol", based on Charles Dickens' novel, closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 18 performances 2012 - Hot air balloon crashes in Carterton, New Zealand, killing 11 More Historical Events »

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