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December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 10 days remaining.
Events
- , Otho and Vitellius , Vespasian becomes the fourth Emperor Of Rome within a year.
- and the '' Mayflower '' Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts .
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- '', commanded by Captain George Nares , sails from Portsmouth .
- 1913 - Arthur Wynne 's "word-cross", the first Crossword Puzzle , is published in the '' New York World ''.
- 1917 - Meiji Dairies , a Japanese dairy industry company, is founded.
- 1937 - The film '' Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs '' is premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles .
- is elected President Of France as his Union Des Démocrates Pour La République party gain 78.5% of the vote.
- 1962 - Rondane National Park is established as Norway 's first National Park .
- '', crewed by Frank Borman , Jim Lovell and William Anders , is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida .
- is signed in London by Lord Carrington , Sir Ian Gilmour , Robert Mugabe , Joshua Nkomo , Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Dr S C Mundawarara.
- 1987 - The passenger ferry '' Doña Paz '' sinks after colliding with the oil tanker ''Vector 1'' in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines , killing 1,565.
- 1988 - A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie , Dumfries And Galloway , killing 270.
- 1999 - The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 Kg of explosives which ETA intend to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid .
- 2001 - Japan ese Television Personality Masashi Tashiro temporarily leads '' TIME '''s Person Of The Year vote.
- 2012 - Maya Calendar ends
Births
- 1118 - Thomas Becket , Lord Chancellor Of England and Archbishop Of Canterbury (d. 1170 )
- 1401 - Tommaso Masaccio , Italian painter (d. 1428 )
- 1596 - Petro Mohyla , Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646 )
- 1603 - Roger Williams , English theologian and colonist (d. 1684 )
- 1714 - John Bradstreet , Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774 )
- 1804 - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl Of Beaconsfield , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (d. 1881 )
- 1805 - Thomas Graham , British chemist (d. 1869 )
- 1811 - Archibald Campbell Tait , Archbishop Of Canterbury (d. 1882 )
- 1815 - Thomas Couture French painter and teacher (d. 1879 )
- 1843 - Thomas Bracken , Irish-born New Zealander poet (d. 1898 )
- 1850 - Zdeněk Fibich , Bohemian composer (d. 1900 )
- 1859 - Gustave Kahn , French poet (d. 1936 )
- 1872 - Don Lorenzo Perosi , Italian composer (d. 1956 )
- 1872 - Albert Payson Terhune , American author (d. 1942 )
- 1876 - Jack Lang (John Thomas Lang), Premier Of New South Wales (d. 1975 )
- 1878 - Jan Łukasiewicz , Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956 )
- 1879 - Joseph Stalin , Leader of the Russian Communist Party from from 1928 to 1953 (d. 1953 )
- 1889 - Sewall Wright , American biologist (d. 1988 )
- 1890 - Hermann Joseph Muller , American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967 )
- 1892 - Walter Hagen , American golfer (d. 1969 )
- 1892 - Rebecca West , American writer (d. 1983 )
- 1896 - Leroy Robertson , American composer (d. 1971 )
- 1914 - Ivan Generalić , Austro-Hungarian-born Croatian painter (d. 1992 )
- 1917 - Heinrich Böll , German writer and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985 )
- 1918 - Donald Regan , White House Chief Of Staff and United States Secretary Of The Treasury (d. 2003 )
- 1918 - Kurt Waldheim , Austrian United Nations Secretary-General and Federal President Of Austria
- 1921 - Vampira (Maila Nurmi), Finnish-born actress
- 1921 - Alicia Alonso (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martinez Hoya), Cuban ballerina
- 1922 - Paul Winchell , American ventriloquist (d. 2005 )
- 1926 - Joe Paterno , American Football coach
- 1935 - John G. Avildsen , American film director and editor
- 1935 - Yusuf Bey (Joseph Stephens), American activist and businessman (d. 2003 )
- 1935 - Phil Donahue , American talk show host
- 1937 - Jane Fonda , American actress and activist
- 1940 - Frank Zappa , American singer, guitarist and composer (d. 1993 )
- 1942 - Hu Jintao , President Of The People's Republic Of China
- 1942 - Reinhard Mey , German singer
- 1942 - Carla Thomas , American singer
- 1944 - Michael Tilson Thomas , American conductor
- 1946 - Carl Wilson , American singer and guitarist ( The Beach Boys ) (d. 1998 )
- 1947 - Paco De Lucía , Spanish guitarist
- 1947 - Bryan Hamilton , Northern Irish footballer and football manager
- 1948 - Samuel L. Jackson , American actor
- 1948 - Willi Resetarits , Austrian musician and cabaret artist
- 1950 - Jeffrey Katzenberg , American producer
- 1954 - Chris Evert , American tennis player
- 1955 - Jane Kaczmarek , American actress
- 1955 - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi , Japanese musician
- 1957 - Tom Henke , American baseball player
- 1957 - Ray Romano , American comedian and actor
- 1959 - Florence Griffith Joyner , American sprinter, Olympic gold medalist and 100 m & 200 m world record holder (d. 1998 )
- 1960 - Louis Demetrius Alvanis , London-based pianist
- 1961 - Francis Ng , Hong Kong actor
- 1965 - Andy Dick , American actor and comedian
- 1965 - Anke Engelke , German comedienne
- 1966 - Kiefer Sutherland , British-born Canadian actor
- 1967 - Mikhail Saakashvili , Soviet-born President Of Georgia
- 1969 - Julie Delpy , French actress
- 1969 - Mihails Zemļinskis , Latvian footballer
- 1971 - Brett Scallions , American singer ( Fuel )
- 1973 - Karmen Stavec , German-born Slovenian singer
- 1974 - Karrie Webb , Australian golfer
- 1977 - Jim Carson , American music producer and disc jockey
- 1978 - Mike Vitar , American actor
- 1980 - Lee Eun Ju , Korean actress (d. 2005)
- 1982 - Mike Gansey , American basketball player
- 1984 - Darren Potter , Irish international footballer
- 1985 - James Stewart Jr. , professional Motocross racer
Deaths
- 1295 - Marguerite Berenger Of Provence , wife of Louis IX Of France
- 1308 - Henry I Of Hesse (b. 1244 )
- 1375 - Giovanni Boccaccio , Italian writer (b. 1313 )
- 1504 - Bertold Von Henneberg-Römhild , German archbishop and elector (b. 1442 )
- 1549 - Marguerite Of Navarre , wife of Henry II Of Navarre (b. 1492 )
- 1579 - Vicente Masip , Spanish painter
- 1597 - Petrus Canisius , Dutch Jesuit (b. 1521 )
- 1807 - John Newton , English cleric and hymnist (b. 1725 )
- 1824 - James Parkinson , English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist (b. 1755 )
- 1873 - Francis Garnier , French explorer (b. 1839 )
- 1889 - Friedrich August Von Quenstedt , German geologist (b. 1809 )
- 1935 - Kurt Tucholsky , German journalist and satirist (b. 1890 )
- 1937 - Frank B. Kellogg , United States Secretary Of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1856 )
- 1940 - F. Scott Fitzgerald , American writer (b. 1896 )
- 1945 - George S. Patton , U.S. general (b. 1885 )
- 1957 - Eric Coates , English composer (b. 1886 )
- 1958 - Lion Feuchtwanger , German writer (b. 1884 )
- 1959 - Rosanjin , Japanese Calligrapher , restauranteur and ceramicist (b. 1883 )
- 1983 - Paul De Man , Belgian-born literary critic (b. 1919 )
- 1974 - James Henry Govier , British artist (b. 1910 )
- 1988 - Nikolaas Tinbergen , Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1907 )
- 1992 - Albert King , American musician (b. 1924 )
- 1992 - Nathan Milstein , Ukrainian violinist (b. 1903 )
- 2001 - Dick Schaap , American sports journalist (b. 1931 )
- 2004 - Autar Singh Paintal , Indian medical scientist (b. 1925 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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