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Historical Events

21 Dec 1163
Hurricane hits villages in HollandFriesland causing floods
21 Dec 1561
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle Archbishop of Mechelen made Cardinal
21 Dec 1582
Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar tomorrow is Jan 1 1583
21 Dec 1598
Battle of Curalaba the Mapuche people led by Pelentaru revolt and inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile
21 Dec 1620
102 Mayflower Pilgrims and about 30 crew land at Plymouth Rock Massachusetts [OSDec 11]
21 Dec 1650
Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht
21 Dec 1788
Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam
21 Dec 1829
1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated Baltimore
21 Dec 1835
HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands New Zealand
21 Dec 1844
The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale England starting the Cooperative movement.
21 Dec 1866
Fetterman Massacre Lakota Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians kill all 81 US Army soldiers in the worst military disaster ever suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains
21 Dec 1890
Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to Alvesteddetocht
21 Dec 1906
British Parliament pass two important pieces of social legislation The Trades Disputes Bill legalizing peaceful picketing and The Workingmens Compensation Act broadening employers liability for accidents
21 Dec 1907
Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget
21 Dec 1909
1st junior high school established (Berkeley California)
21 Dec 1909
Unitversity of Copenhagen rejects American Explorer Frederick A Cooks claim that he was 1st to North Pole
21 Dec 1910
Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England 344 mine workers dies
21 Dec 1912
Denmark Norway & Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war
21 Dec 1913
1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in NY World
21 Dec 1914
2800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances
21 Dec 1915
10.17 (25.83 cm) of rainfall Glenora Oregon (state record)
21 Dec 1918
Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard Ernie Shore & Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell & Slim Love Frank Gilhooey Al Walters & 15000
21 Dec 1920
Jerome KernBG DeSylvas musical Sally premieres in NYC
21 Dec 1921
Supreme Court rules labor injunctions & picketing unconstitutional
21 Dec 1923
Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation
21 Dec 1925
Battleship Potemkin Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein starring Aleksandr Antonov Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov premieres in Moscow
21 Dec 1925
Hunter Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against NZ
21 Dec 1929
1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx)
21 Dec 1932
Giants sign former outfielder Billy Southworth as a coach
21 Dec 1933
Dried human blood serum 1st prepared University of Pennsylvania
21 Dec 1933
Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony of Great Britain
21 Dec 1937
OReilly completes 14-98 for cricket match NSW v South Aust
21 Dec 1937
Chicago Black Hawks left wing Paul Thompson becomes first player in NHL history to score a goal against his brother scores on bro Cecil of the Boston Bruins with just 9 seconds left in regulation Bruins win though 2-1
21 Dec 1941
Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
21 Dec 1942
US Supreme court declares Nevada separation legal
21 Dec 1945
Billion Dollar Baby opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 219 performances
21 Dec 1946
If the Shoe Fits closes at Century Theater NYC after 20 performances
21 Dec 1946
Morton Goulds Minstrel Show premieres in Indianapolis
21 Dec 1948
ONeil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed ONeill Place
21 Dec 1948
State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence
21 Dec 1948
1949 NFL Draft University of Pennsylvania linebackercenter Chuck Bednarik is selected first by Philadelphia Eagles
21 Dec 1949
Dutch 1st Chamber accept sovereignty of Indonesia
21 Dec 1950
Cole Portes musical Out of this World premieres at New Century Theater NYC for 157 performances
21 Dec 1952
WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
21 Dec 1953
KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia MO (NBCPBS) begins broadcasting
21 Dec 1955
2nd National Film Awards (India) Mirza Ghalib wins the Golden Lotus
21 Dec 1959
Citizens of Deerfield Ill block building of interracial housing
21 Dec 1961
Beatles record Sweet Georgia Brown & Ready Teddy
21 Dec 1961
US President Kennedy & British PM MacMillan meet in Bermuda
21 Dec 1962
US & Cuba accord releases bay of pigs captive
21 Dec 1966
USSR launches Luna 13 soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
21 Dec 1968
David Crosby Stephen Stills & Graham Nash (CSN) premiere together in California
21 Dec 1969
Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
21 Dec 1969
Vince Lombardi (Redskins) coaches his last football game
21 Dec 1970
WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo NY (IND) begins broadcasting
21 Dec 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
21 Dec 1971
UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th Secretary-General
21 Dec 1971
A publican is killed as he tried to remove a bomb from his pub Northern Ireland
21 Dec 1972
Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
21 Dec 1973
Israel Egypt Syria Jordan US & USSR meet in Geneva to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict
21 Dec 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
21 Dec 1975
Hello Dolly closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
21 Dec 1975
Very Good Eddie opens at Booth Theater NYC for 307 performances
21 Dec 1975
1st NY Jet to gain 1000 yards rushing (John Riggins)
21 Dec 1975
64th Davis Cup Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2)
21 Dec 1975
Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 457
21 Dec 1976
20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins
21 Dec 1976
UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child
21 Dec 1978
Broadway Musical openscloses at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC
21 Dec 1979
Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game
21 Dec 1979
Garry Ungers NHL record for consecutive games ends at 914 as his Atlanta Flames lose 5-1 to the St Louis Blues and he is benched by coach Al MacNeil record eventually broken by Doug Jarvis (964)
21 Dec 1980
Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
21 Dec 1981
Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record)
21 Dec 1983
Musical Tap Dance Kid opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
21 Dec 1983
NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak
21 Dec 1983
NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute mens basketball free throw rule
21 Dec 1984
Islander Kelly Hrudys 1st shut-out win-Whalers 1-0
21 Dec 1984
USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halleys Come
21 Dec 1985
ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles WA
21 Dec 1985
Alice MillerDon January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
21 Dec 1987
3 white NY teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man
21 Dec 1987
Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
21 Dec 1988
Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies pays a 650 million fine
21 Dec 1988
Vladimir Titov & Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien
21 Dec 1988
Lockerbie disaster Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed mid air by a terrorist bomb killing all 258 on board over Scotland
21 Dec 1989
VP Quayle sends out 30000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon
21 Dec 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.
21 Dec 1990
Steve & Mark Waugh complete 464 partnership for NSW v WA
21 Dec 1991
95 share in Madrid Spain 1.3 billion lottery (47996)
21 Dec 1991
El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane
21 Dec 1991
Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States
21 Dec 1992
Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal 56 die
21 Dec 1993
The Sign single released in the US by Ace of Base (Billboard Song of the Year 1994)
21 Dec 1994
Bomb goes off on 4 train on Fulton Street NYC
21 Dec 1995
Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup
21 Dec 1995
SF Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000
21 Dec 1995
The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
21 Dec 1996
Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning
21 Dec 1997
Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2000 yards in a season
21 Dec 1997
Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown knocked unconscious in game
21 Dec 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.
21 Dec 1999
Ballon dOr FC Barcelonas Brazilian midfielder Rivaldo is named best football player in Europe ahead of Manchester United midfielder David Beckham and Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko
21 Dec 2005
Civil Partnership Act comes into force in the UK with Elton John and David Furnish one of the first couples to form a same-sex civil union
21 Dec 2006
Puzzle Play aired to network Ten replacing In the Box
21 Dec 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.
21 Dec 2012
39 people are killed in violent clashes in Kenya
21 Dec 2012
The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar reaches the date 13.0.0.0.0
21 Dec 2012
Gangnam Style by Psy becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube
21 Dec 2012
The NHL announces a further cancellation of games until January 14 bringing the total number of cancelled games to 625
21 Dec 2017
UN General Assembly votes 128 to 9 to denounce US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israels capital
21 Dec 1951
Pioneering telenovela Sua Vida Me Pertence premieres in Brazil
21 Dec 1968
David Crosby Stephen Stills and Graham Nash (Crosby Stills & Nash) premiere together in California
21 Dec 2018
Tennis Australia announces a 10-point tie break to be implemented in Australian Open when deciding set reaches 6-6 takes place of 2-game advantage final sets
21 Dec 1620
Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore at in Plymouth Bay traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock Massachusetts [OSDec 11]
21 Dec 1925
Test batsman Hunter Stork Hendry scores career best unbeaten 325 for Victoria against New Zealand in drawn tour match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
21 Dec 1948
ONeil Place in the Bronx erroneously renamed ONeill Place
21 Dec 1984
Brigham Young University (BYU) beats Michigan 24-17 in the Holiday Bowl at Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego to remain undefeated and secure their first ever NCAA Division I-A football title
21 Dec 1969
Vince Lombardi (Washington Redskins) coaches his last football game a 20-10 loss to the Cowboys in Dallas for a 7-5-2 season and 105-35-6 career
21 Dec 1987
Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts - Vladimir Titov Musa Manarov and Anatoli Levchenko - to space station Mir. Titov and Manarov stay in space for just under 366 days setting a new spaceflight record
21 Dec 1988
Lockerbie disaster A terrorist bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 mid-air over Scotland kills all 259 passengers and crew on board and 11 people on the ground [1]
21 Dec 2005
Civil Partnership Act comes into force in the UK with singer Elton John and David Furnish one of the first couples to form a same-sex civil union
21 Dec 2020
Governor of California Gavin Newson says there are now no intensive care beds left in Southern California or the San Joaquin valley
21 Dec 2020
US begins vaccinating for COVID-19 using the Moderna vaccine
21 Dec 2020
United States attorney general announces charges against Libyan Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi accusing him of involvement in constructing the bomb that destroyed Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie Scotland on the 32nd anniversary of the disaster
21 Dec 1237
Mongolian forces take the Russian city of Ryazan after a five-day siege during their invasion of the Rus
21 Dec 1248
Earthquake in England causes Wells cathedral roof to collapse
21 Dec 1937
Chicago Black Hawks left wing Paul Thompson becomes first player in NHL history to score a goal against his brother scores on goaltender Cecil Thompson of the Boston Bruins with just 9 seconds left in regulation Bruins win though 2-1
21 Dec 1937
OReilly completes 14-98 for cricket match NSW v South Australia
21 Dec 1962
US & Cuba negotiate accord for Cuba to release Bay of Pigs captives in exchange for 23M worth of medicine and baby food [1]
21 Dec 1975
Revival of Hello Dolly closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
21 Dec 1978
Charles Strouse and Lee Adams musical A Broadway Musical opens and closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 1 performance
21 Dec 2020
Hawaiian vocalist Israel Kamakawiwooles official music video for his rendition of Harold Arlen and Yip Harburgs Over the Rainbow reaches a billion views on YouTube
21 Dec 2021
Major breakthrough in development of nuclear fission energy when experiment produces 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at JET Laboratory UK (reported Feb 2022) [1]
21 Dec 1605
Spanish Queirs Expedition departs Callao Peru led by Pedro Fernandes de Queirs in attempt to find Terra Australis (finds instead Espritu Santo and other Vanuatu islands) [1]
21 Dec 1866
Fetterman Massacre Lakota Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians kill all 81 US Army soldiers the worst military disaster suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains at the time
21 Dec 1937
Australian cricket spin bowler Bill OReilly takes 5-57 to complete match figures of 14-98 as NSW beats South Australia by 33 runs in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide
21 Dec 1941
David Diamonds 1st Symphony premieres with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
21 Dec 1975
Louis LaRusso IIs stage drama Lampost Reunion starring Danny Aiello closes at the Little Theatre NYC after 77 performances
21 Dec 1975
Revival of Jerry Hermans musical Hello Dolly starring Pearl Bailey closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
21 Dec 1991
Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming the Commonwealth of Independent States
21 Dec 2012
Rapper Flavor Flav opens Flavor Flavs Chicken & Ribs causal restaurant inSterling Heights Michigan - closes July 2013
21 Dec 1915
10.17 (25.83 cm) of rainfall Glenora Oregon (state record until 2006)
21 Dec 1921
Supreme Court rules Arizona statute protecting labor rights to picket and insulating disputes from court injunctions is unconstitutional
21 Dec 1937
Chicago Black Hawks left wing Paul Thompson becomes first player in NHL history to score against his brother Boston Bruins goaltender Cecil Thompson scores with just 9 seconds left in regulation as Bruins win 2-1
21 Dec 1978
Kaikoura Lights incident possible UFO sighting recorded and filmed off the coast of New Zealands South Island [1]
21 Dec 1163
Hurricane hits villages in Holland and Friesland causing flooding
21 Dec 1829
First stone arch railroad bridge in the US is dedicated in Baltimore
21 Dec 1900
Gerhart Hauptmanns play Michael Kramer premieres in Berlin
21 Dec 1909
Clyde Fitchs play The City premieres in NYC
21 Dec 1913
First crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in the newspaper New York World
21 Dec 1920
Jerome Kern and Buddy DeSylvas musical Sally premieres in NYC
21 Dec 1933
Dried human blood serum is first prepared at the University of Pennsylvania
21 Dec 1959
Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988)
21 Dec 1968
Glen Campbells album Wichita Lineman reaches 1 in the US
21 Dec 1991
Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign a treaty forming the Commonwealth of Independent States
21 Dec 1999
Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that Basque separatist group ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid
21 Dec 2005
Joe Sakic is named captain of the 2006 Team Canada Olympic team
21 Dec 2006
Puzzle Play airs on Network Ten replacing In the Box
21 Dec 2007
Schengen Agreement area expands to include nine European Union member states Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Malta Poland Slovakia and Slovenia at land and sea borders
21 Dec 2023
Caitlin Clark ties Elena Delle Donne as the fastest Division I womens player to reach 2000 career points in a game for Iowa against Dartmouth