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What Happened on December 21st This Day in History

Year	Name
2020	A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623.
2004	Iraq War: A suicide bomber kills 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.
1999	The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
1999	Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
1995	The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
1992	A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56.
1988	A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270.
1988	The first flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.
1979	Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
1973	The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.
1970	First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.
1968	Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
1967	Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
1965	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
1963	"Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
1946	An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.
1941	World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
1936	First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
1934	Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.
1923	United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
1919	American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
1913	Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
1910	An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
1907	The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
1883	The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
1879	World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1872	Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
1861	Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
1844	The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
1832	Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
1826	American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
1620	Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land near what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1598	Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile.
1361	The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén resulting in a Castilian victory.
1237	The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan.
1140	After a siege of several weeks, the city of Weinsberg and its castle surrender to Conrad III of Germany.
1124	Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Celestine II.
69	The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors.

Famous People Born on December 21

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Year	Name
1950	Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
1935	Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (d. 2017)
1872	Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1956)
1977	Emmanuel Macron, President of France
1596	Peter Mohyla, Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan and saint (d. 1646)
1955	Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1961	Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
1952	Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (d. 2015)
1934	Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
1795	Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder (d. 1883)

Famous People Deaths On December 21

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Date	Name
1920	Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, leader of the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
1992	Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)
2014	Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934)
1983	Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)
1998	Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (b. 1904)
1952	Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
2009	Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1982	Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
1945	George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
0072	Thomas the Apostle, Roman martyr and saint (b. 1 AD)