6:00pm (AEDT) PM Anthony Albanese delivers Lowy Lecture 

Last day of Term 4 for public schools in NSW

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 – US President 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)