On This Day in History
A Christmas Carol is published
1843Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol, the novella about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after he is visited by ghosts. (A Christmas Carol)
Also on this day
- 1997 The film Titanic opens in the United States — The film Titanic was released in the United States; it later became one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
- 2013 The Gaia space observatory is launched — The European Space Agency launched the spacecraft Gaia, with the goal of building the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.
- 1776 Paine publishes the first American Crisis pamphlet — Thomas Paine published the first pamphlet in The American Crisis, opening with the line, "These are the times that try men's souls."