1776 The British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War.
1941, Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress.
1972 Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, died in Kansas City, Mo., at age 88.
1996 Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colo. The slaying remains unsolved.
2004 A tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean left more than 216,000 people dead or missing, mostly in southern Asia.
2004 Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts broke Dan Marino's single-season touchdown pass record when he threw his 48th and 49th of the season in a victory over San Diego.
2006 Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 93. Not a good day in history for former presidents.
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