1941-1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14.

1988- Vanessa Hudgens, pop singer and actress, was born in Salinas, CA.

1995- Rob Harris, sky surfer, dies while skydiving at 28.

2004-  The Millau viaduct, the highest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.

2012– 28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.