3.00pm (AEDT) – Cricket – 2nd Ashes Test – Australia v England – Adelaide

Hong Kong legislative election

Saint Nicholas Day in Eastern Christian countries

Jake Gyllenhaal’s birthday (1980)

Anniversary of:
• the release of Charles Dickens’ Yuletide tale A Christmas Carol in Britain (1843)
• the death of Emily Brontë (1848)
• the first radio broadcast from space, where US President Dwight D Eisenhower sent a Christmas message (1958)
• the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration to transfer Hong Kong back to China in 1997 (1984)
• the impeachment of US President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice (1998)

And it’s 6 days until Christmas…