Historical Events
- Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes" premieres in NYC
- Pope Leo XIII, at his annual Christmas reception, endorses the Christian Democratic movement now emerging in Europe as an attempt to offer an alternative to more radical movements
Famous Birthdays
- Barton Maclane, American actor (The Quaterback, I Dream of Jeannie), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 1969)