2.00am (AEDT) – Soccer – FIFA World Cup Third Place Playoff – Croatia v Morocco – Qatar

Hanukkah begins (until 26 December)

Qatar’s National Day

Republic Day in Niger

International Migrants Day

World Arabic Language Day

A birthday for rocker Keith Richards (1943), director Steven Spielberg (1946), actor Brad Pitt (1963) and pop megastar Billie Eilish (2001)

Anniversary of:
• the premiere of Peter Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite in St Petersburg, Russia (1892)
• the premiere of Avatar (2009)
• the US House of Representatives voting to impeach President Donald Trump (2019)