Historical Events
- New Zealand is the first country to set a formal inflation target (0-2%) for how much prices should rise each year. Similar targets are subsequently adopted by most developed countries.
- VP Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Explorer Edmund Hillary (70) weds June Mulgrew
Edmund Hillary
Famous Deaths
- Jan Cikker, Slovak composer, dies at 78