Historical Events
- College Football National Championship, AT&T Stadium, Arlington: #4 Ohio State beats #2 Oregon, 42-20
Football Awards
FIFA Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid & Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins for a 2nd consecutive time; his 3rd award overall; VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Nadine Keßler is women's award winner
Cristiano Ronaldo
Famous Deaths
- Clifford Adams, American trombone player, dies at 62
- John Bayley, English academic and writer (Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch), dies at 89