BITS OF HISTORY

1948: Hideki Tojo, the Japanese general who was prime minister when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to begin its war against the United States, was hanged as a war criminal.

1950: Pope Pius XII announced that Saint Peter's tomb had been found under the Vatican.

2007: World's first twin panda birth in winter season.

2016: United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.