Hellenic Parliament The Parliament of Greece fails to elect a new president in the first round of voting.
New England Compounding Center The U.S. attorney's office indicts Gregory Conigliaro and Barry Cadden, co-founders of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., along with 12 former employees, on federal racketeering for a fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people in seven states in the fall of 2012.
Communist party The Chinese Communist Party, through the Supreme People's Procuratorate, indicts former Nanjing mayor Ji Jianye on bribery and corruption.
American The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them 55 years ago. An American embassy will open in Havana and talks to lift the embargo will begin.
Repsol Spanish energy company Repsol acquires Canadian energy producer Talisman Energy for $13 billion including debt.
Sony Pictures Entertainment hack Sony cancels the release of "The Interview", originally scheduled for Christmas 2014.
Sony cancels the New York City sneak preview of the upcoming 2014 film "The Interview", originally scheduled for December 18, due to threatening messages by hackers.
War in North-West Pakistan Pakistan lifts the moratorium on the death penalty for terror-related cases following the Taliban's assault on a school in Peshawar on Tuesday that killed 141, including 132 children.