In 1915, The Allies were retreating from the Dardanelles.

In 1983, Yasser Arafat and around 4,000 followers retreated from Lebanon.

In 1989, the Lithuanian Communist Party voted to end its ties with the Soviet Comminist Party.

From the Telegraph & Argus of December 20th, 1977...

There is now no chance of ending the firemen's strike before Christmas. Today union leaders in West Yorkshire admitted "We don't know where we go from here". Disappointed strikers are now preparing for an even longer battle with their employers in their fight for a pay increase over ten per cent.

From the Telegraph & Argus of December 20th, 1952...

During the after-dinner speeches at a Yorkshire Electricity Board (Huddersfield section) dinner in the Co-operative Restaurant in Huddersfield last night, the lights went out. For an hour and a quarter, the company sat in candlelight, unaware that no one knew the cause of the failure. A hurried search for the fuse box was unsuccessful and it was not until today that a main fuse was found to have blown.