DECEMBER 21 Today's Historical Events
- 1163 Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
- 1561 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Archbishop of Mechelen, made Cardinal
- 1582 Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583
- 1598 Battle of Curalaba: the Mapuche people led by Pelentaru revolt and inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile
- 1620 103 Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [OS=Dec 11]
- 1650 Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht
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- 1788 Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam
- 1829 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore
- 1835 HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands, New Zealand
- 1844 The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
- 1849 1st US skating club formed (Philadelphia)
Victory in 
- 1866 Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre
- 1890 Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
- 1906 British Parliament pass two important pieces of social legislation: The Trades Disputes Bill, legalizing peaceful picketing, and The Workingmen's Compensation Act, broadening employers' liability for accidents
- 1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget
- 1909 1st junior high school established (Berkeley California)
- 1909 Clyde Fitch' "City" premieres in NYC
- 1909 Unitversity of Copenhagen rejects American Explorer Frederick A Cook's claim that he was 1st to North Pole
- 1910 Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies
- 1912 Denmark, Norway & Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war
- 1913 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in NY World
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- 1914 2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances
- 1915 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record)
- 1918 Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore & Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell & Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters & $15,000
- 1920 Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally" premieres in NYC
- 1921 Supreme Court rules labor injunctions & picketing unconstitutional
- 1923 Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation
- 1925 "Battleship Potemkin", Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov, premieres in Moscow
- 1925 Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against NZ
- 1926 Soccer team DOS Struggle forms
- 1929 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx)
Contract of 
- 1933 Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony of Great Britain
- 1937 O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW v South Aust
- 1941 Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
- 1941 Chicago bears win the NFL championship
- 1941 David Diamond's 1st Symphony premieres
- 1941 German submarine U-567 sinks
- 1942 US Supreme court declares Nevada separation legal
- 1944 Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP
- 1945 "Billion Dollar Baby" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 219 performances
- 1946 "If the Shoe Fits" closes at Century Theater NYC after 20 performances
- 1946 Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086
- 1946 Morton Gould's "Minstrel Show" premieres in Indianapolis
- 1948 O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place
- 1948 State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence
- 1948 1949 NFL Draft: Chuck Bednarik from University of Pennsylvania first pick by Philadelphia Eagles
- 1949 Dutch 1st Chamber accept sovereignty of Indonesia
- 1950 Cole Porte's musical "Out of this World" premieres at New Century Theater NYC for 157 performances
- 1952 Broadway Tunnel opens in SF
- 1952 WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1955 2nd National Film Awards (India): "Mirza Ghalib" wins the Golden Lotus
- 1957 Indonesia proclaims end to state of war
- 1968 David Crosby, Stephen Stills & Graham Nash premiere together in Calif
- 1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
- 1969 Vince Lombardi (Redskins) coaches his last football game
- 1970 WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1970 Oregon v. Mitchell Supreme Court case was decided, lowering the minimum voting age in U.S. federal elections to 18. The voting age for state and local elections was left to states discretion
- 1971 UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th Secretary-General
- 1971 A publican is killed as he tried to remove a bomb from his pub, Northern Ireland
- 1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
- 1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict
- 1973 3rd Fiesta Bowl: #10 Arizona State beats Pittsburgh, 28-7
- 1974 Raiders RB Clarence Davis somehow catches game-winning touchdown pass among "the sea of hands" of three Dolphins defenders with 24 seconds left in the game, eliminating Miami from the playoffs, 1st time in 3 years
- 1975 "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
- 1975 "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 307 performances
- 1975 1st NY Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)
- 1975 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2)
- 1975 Madagascar adopts constitution
- 1975 Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57
- 1976 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins
- 1976 Patricia R Harris named secretary of HUD
- 1976 UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child
- 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1978 "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC
Murder of 
- 1979 Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game
- 1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1979 New constitution for Zimbabwe agreed
- 1980 Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
- 1981 Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record)
- 1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
- 1983 NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak
- 1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
- 1984 Islander Kelly Hrudy's 1st shut-out win-Whalers 1-0
- 1984 USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come
- 1985 ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA
- 1985 Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
- 1985 Heart's "Heart" album goes #1
- 1986 Amy Alcott/Bob Charles wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
- 1987 3 white NY teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man
- 1987 Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
- 1987 Vladimir Titov & Musa Manarov launched
- 1988 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
- 1988 Vladimir Titov & Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien
- 1988 Lockerbie disaster: Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed mid air by a terrorist bomb killing all 258 on board over Scotland
- 1989 VP Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon
- 1989 New Zealand is the first country to set a formal inflation target (0-2%) for how much prices should rise each year. Similar targets are subsequently adopted by most developed countries.
- 1990 Steve & Mark Waugh complete 464* partnership for NSW v WA
- 1991 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
- 1991 El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane
- 1991 Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States
- 1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die
- 1993 "The Sign" single released in the US by Ace of Base (Billboard Song of the Year 1994)
- 1994 Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street NYC
- 1995 Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup
- 1995 SF Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000
- 1995 The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
- 1996 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning
- 2006 Puzzle Play aired to network Ten, replacing In the Box
- 2007 The Schengen Agreement area increases to include 9 European Union member states; Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia on land and sea borders.
- 2012 39 people are killed in violent clashes in Kenya
- 2012 The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar reaches the date 13.0.0.0.0
- 2012 "Gangnam Style" becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube
- 2012 The NHL announces a further cancellation of games until January 14 bringing the total number of cancelled games to 625
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