December 21

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on December 21. From 1900 until now. December 21 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Emmanuel Macron (1977), Jane Fonda (1937) and Samuel L Jackson (1948). Several movies were released around December 21 over the years, such as The General in 1926 directed by Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton and Andrei Rublev in 1966 directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
But much more happened on December 21 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Roman festivals - Divalia in honour of Angerona
R.C. Saints - Saint Petrus Canisius ; formerly feast day of Thomas the apostle
Also see December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The summer solstice (Southern Hemisphere) or winter solstice (Northern Hemisphere), sometimes known as Yule, occurs on or very close to this date. It is an important festival in the Chinese calendar.

Events

2018 Colombian conflict: Ecuadorian drug trafficker and FARC dissident Walter Arizala is killed in a joint police and military operation near Tumaco. Arízala was wanted for the murder of two Ecuadorian journalists earlier in the year. (BBC)
2017 December 2017 Melbourne car attack: Nineteen people are injured after a car crashes into pedestrians at the corner of Flinders Street and Elizabeth Street in Melbourne, Australia. The driver is arrested. Victoria Police believe that the incident was a "deliberate act" but not terrorism-related. (The Age) (The Observer)
2016 Terrorism in Indonesia: Indonesian police kill three people in a gunfight south of Jakarta after a bomb is found. Fourteen people are arrested in connection to alleged involvement in plans for suicide bomb attacks. (Reuters) (Reuters² via Free Malaysia Today)
2015 2015 Bagram suicide bombing: A suicide-bomb attack on a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan's Parwan Province, kills at least six U.S. soldiers and wounds another six. The Taliban's spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claims responsibility for the attack in a message on Twitter. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
2014 British singer-songwriter Elton John converts his domestic partnership with filmmaker David Furnish to marriage. (FOX News)
2013 Syrian Civil War:: Battle of Aleppo: Rebel forces capture the Al-Kindi hospital after a huge suicide truck bombing destroys part of the building. (BBC)
2012 The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the pre-Columbian Mayan civilization among others, completes a quotgreat cyclequot of thirteen ''b'ak'tuns'' (periods of 144,000 days each) since the mythical creation date of the calendar's current era.Susan Milbrath, Curator of Latin American Art and Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History, quoted in quotThe Sky Is Not Fallingquot ''New Wave'', Tulane University, June 25, 2008.
2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Syria's opposition urge the United Nations and Arab League to hold emergency meetings after an alleged massacre took place in the northwest of the country, before Arab League monitors enter the country. (''Straits Times'')
2010 The first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern winter solstice and Southern summer solstice since 1638 takes place. Lunar eclipse, winter solstice to coincide
2009 A police officer in Washington, D.C, draws a gun during a snowball fight. (BBC)
2008 Gwadar Port, Pakistan, becomes fully operational.ref name=quotThe_Dawnquot
2007 At least 50 people are killed by an explosion at a mosque in northern Pakistan. (CNN)
2006 Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is cleared of any involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings by the Supreme Court of Indonesia. (News Limited)
2005 The former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, claims in court that American officials tortured him. Part of his testimony is censored and the US strongly denies the accusations. (BBC)
2004 Iraq War: A suicide bomber killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.
2003 "The American Soldier" is named as TIME magazine's "Person of the Year". The periodical's editors chose the anonymous soldier to represent the 1.4 million men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces.
2002 In the Côte d'Ivoire, units of the French Foreign Legion, based at the city of Duekoue on Sassandra River have come into contact with rebels advancing southward from the city of Man. Colonel Emmanuel Maurin, commander of the French force, states ampquotBetween what we have here and the river, they shall not pass.ampquot
2000 The Falkirk West by-election in the UK, resulting from the resignation of Dennis Canavan, is won by Eric Joyce for Labour.
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.
1998 Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council members France, Germany and Russia call for sanctions to end against Iraq. The 3 Security Council members also call for UNSCOM to either be disbanded or for its role to be recast. The U.S. says it will veto any such proposal.
1997 Lexus Senior Golf Challenge
1996 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning.
1995 San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000.
1994 A homemade bomb goes off on the #4 train on Fulton Street in New York City.
1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die
1991 Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 Republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States
1989 US Vice-President Dan Quayle sends out 30,000 Christmas cards with word "beacon" spelled "beakon".
1988 New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die
1987 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man
1986 Amy Alcott / Bob Charles wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
1985 Alice Miller / Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
1983 Tap Dance Kid opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
1981 Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 overtimes (NCAA record).
1980 Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions.
1979 Zimbabwe adopts constitution.
1978 Broadway Musical opens / closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, New York City
1976 Patricia R Harris is named Secretary of HUD.
1975 Hello, Dolly closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US and USSR meet in Geneva, Switzerland.
1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany.
1970 WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, New York (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
1968 Apollo 8 (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders) is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the first manned Moon voyage.
1966 USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
1964 The James Bond film ''Goldfinger'' begins its run in U.S. theaters. It becomes one of the most successful and popular Bond films ever made.
1963 Cyprus Emergency: Inter-communal fighting erupts between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
1962 Angolin leaves Comecon
1961 Beatles record Sweet Georgia Brown andReady Teddy
1959 10th largest snowfall in NYC history (13.7)
1958 Charles De Gaulle wins seven-year term as first President of 5th Republic of France.
1957 Indonesia proclaims end to state of war.
1953 KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC / PBS) begins broadcasting
1952 WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 Out of This World opens at New Century Theater NYC for 157 performances
1948 State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence.
1946 If the Shoe Fits closes at Century Theater NYC after 20 performances
1945 Billion Dollar Baby opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 219 performances
1942 US Supreme court declares Nevada marriage separation legal.
1941 German submarine U-567 sinks
1940 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, author (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at age 44.
1937 1st feature-length color and sound cartoon premieres (Snow White)
1933 Dried human blood serum first prepared, University of Pennsylvania.
1932 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio)
1929 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx)
1928 The U.S. Congress approves the construction of Boulder Dam, later renamed Hoover Dam.
1926 Soccer team DOS Struggle forms
1925 Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against New Zealand in cricket.
1923 Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation.
1919 J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists / feminist Emma Goldman to Russia
1915 25.83 cm (10.17 inches) of rainfall, Glenora Oregon (state record).
1913 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World
1912 Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war
1910 Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies.
1909 1st junior high school established (Berkeley, California)
1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget.
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