in Florence Italian Renaissance novelist Giovanni Boccaccio dies. His most famous work is a collection of short stories entitled Decameron.

In 1913, in the newspaper New York World the first crossword is published.

In 1933 in Copenhagen Danish Arctic explorer and ethnographer Knud Rasmussen dies. He founded a trading post in Thule, where the Eskimos could exchange goods for goods from the Western civilization.

In 1937 the U.S. the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres.

In 1937 actress Jane Fonda is born.

In 1948 actor Samuel L. Jackson is born.

In 1966 actor Kiefer Sutherland is born.

In 1974 in Kostanjevica na Krki the well-known Gallery Božidar Jakac opens. Today it is the centre of art and music in the region of Doljenska.

MUSIC HISTORY
1974 - Mud is at the top of the British charts with the song 'Lonely This Christmas'.
1985 – in the No.1 spot on the American charts is Lionel Richie with 'Say You, Say Me'.
1991 - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' takes the group Queen to the No.1 spot on the British charts.

BORN ON THIS DAY
1940 - Frank Zappa, multi instrumentalist ('Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar).'
1953 – American singer Betty Wright ('Clean Up Woman').