What Happened On December 21

What Happened On Dec 21 Events

1620 Dec 21 Landing Party Arrives at Site where Plymouth Settlement is Built, Beginning Difficult First Winter in New World
On December 21, 1620, the first landing party arrived at the site of what would become the settlement of Plymouth. Plans to immediately begin building houses, however, were delayed by inc...
1910 Dec 21 Pretoria Pit Disaster
The explosion occurred at 7.50am on 21 Dec 1910, originating at the west end of North Plodder No.2 coal face, some 640 yards (580m) NNW of No.3 Pit, under the fields north of Wood End Far...
1928 Dec 21 President Calvin Coolidge Signs The Boulder Canyon Project Act
On December 21, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Boulder Canyon Project Act intended to dam the fourteen hundred mile Colorado River and distribute its water for use in Arizona,...
1931 Dec 21
to 1932 Jan 3
 Chinchow Operation
While the other Japanese forces and collaborationist Manchurian troops spread out from their bases along the South Manchurian Railway rail lines to clear the countryside, from Mukden, the...
1937 Dec 21 'And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street' is Published
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" is a book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss and Robert Carington. Originally published in 1937, it was Seuss's first children's book. Ori...
1937 Dec 21 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is premiered
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated feature based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full length animated feature to be pro...
1940 Dec 21 Frank Zappa Is Born in Baltimore, Maryland
Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 21, 1940 to Francis Vincent Zappa (born in Partinico, Sicily) who was of Greek and Arab descent, and Rose Marie Colimore who was t...
1944 Dec 21 The Three Caballeros is premiered
The Three Caballeros is a 1944 animated feature film, produced by Walt Disney and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The seventh animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics seri...
1946 Dec 21 Louis Jordan's Single, "Let The Good Times Roll," Debuts
On December 21, 1946, Louis Jordan's single, "Let the Good Times Roll," debuted on the Rhythm and Blues charts. Over the next twenty-two weeks, the recording held fast to the chart, occup...
1949 Dec 21 The 'International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples' Is Created
In June 1948, however, the leader of the Soviet-Norwegian Friendship Society and Communist Party member, Christian Hilt, wrote a letter to Stalin in which he proposed to set up a Maxim Go...
1965 Dec 21 Thunderball (film) released
Thunderball (1965) is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series after Dr. No (1962), From Russia With Love (1963) and Goldfinger (1964), and the fourth to star Sean Connery as the fict...
1967 Dec 21 The Graduate is Released
The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams Colle...
1972 Dec 21 "Cries And Whispers" Is Released
Cries and Whispers (Swedish: Viskningar och rop, literally "Whispers and Cries") is a 1973 Swedish film about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed, torn between f...
1974 Dec 21 Cyclone Tracy
By world standards, Tracy was a small but intense tropical cyclone at landfall, the radius of gale force winds being only about 50 km. The central pressure of 950 hPa was close to the ave...
1978 Dec 21 Kaikoura Lights
For some time, there had been a spate of UFO sightings in the area, and an investigation was called for. As the Argosy soared over the Pacific Ocean, northeast of South Island, they had t...
1984 Dec 21 "The Flamingo Kid" Is Released
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, written by Marshall, Neal Marshall and Bo Goldman. It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo and Janet Jones...
1984 Dec 21 "Thing-Fish" by Frank Zappa Is Released
Thing-Fish is a 1984 album by Frank Zappa. Released as an "original cast recording," it is a concept album with strange characters and a bizarre story revolving around a government plot t...
1987 Dec 21 "A Garfield Christmas" Premieres
A Garfield Christmas is the sixth half-hour animated special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voice and music talent that is common in Garfield animated specials includi...
1988 Dec 21 Airflight Attack in Lockerbie, Scotland
A New York bound flight Pan Am Flight 103, exploded in flight from a terrorist's bomb and crashed into a Scottish village. Fatalities included all 259 on board and 11 on the ground. Libya...
1988 Dec 21 Lockerbie Bombing Kills 270
Pan Am Flight 103, also commonly referred to as the Lockerbie bombing, was the bombing of a Pan Am transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy Internat...
1988 Dec 21 Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103 was a transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport to JFK Internation Airport in New York City. The flight was taking place on Wednesday December 21, 1988 when a b...
1988 Dec 21 Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Airs
It's the wildest holiday ever when some V.I.P.'s (Very Important Persons) stop by to wish Pee-wee a V.M.C. (Very Merry Christmas)! Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon are off the beach a...
1991 Dec 21 MST3K Ep. 321 - "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"
In this children's movie, Martians abduct Santa and two children in hopes of bringing Christmas to their planet. Catchphrase: You're the laziest man on Mars!
1994 Dec 21 "Little Women" Is Released
Little Women is a 1994 American drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong. The screenplay by Robin Swicord is based on the Louisa May Alcott novel of the same name. It is the fifth feature...
1996 Dec 21 Fighters Megamix is Released
Fighters Megamix (ファイターズ メガミックス) is a 1996 fighting game developed by AM2 for the Sega Saturn and Game.com. It combines several characters from various Sega games, from the complete cast ...
1997 Dec 21 UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan (UFC 15.5)
UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan (also known as UFC 15.5) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 21, 1997, in Yokohama, Japan. The event was seen o...
1999 Dec 21 Destiny's Child releases "Bug a Boo" single
"Bug a Boo" is a song by Destiny's Child, which appears on their second album The Writing's on the Wall. It peaked at number thirty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the UK "Bug a ...
1999 Dec 21 "Everything Is Healing Nicely" by Frank Zappa Is Released
Everything Is Healing Nicely is an album by Frank Zappa, posthumously released through the Zappa Family Trust in December 1999. It features recordings made with the Ensemble Modern in pre...
2005 Dec 21
to 2006 Mar 7
 Sum 41 releases Go Chuck Yourself
Go Chuck Yourself (released as Happy Live Surprise in Japan) is a live album by Sum 41 recorded in London, Ontario in April 2005. It was first released on December 21, 2005, in Japan, and...
2007 Dec 21 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 107-82
The in box was loaded Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after the Celtics' first defeat at home. Where is the backup point guard? Why did Doc Rivers have an ice-cold Paul Pierce take t...
2007 Dec 21 "Charlie Wilson's War" Is Released
Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 biographical drama film based on the true story of Democratic Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, who conspired with "bare knuckle attitude" CIA operative Gus...
2008 Dec 21 Boston Bruins defeat St. Louis Blues, 6-3
What do Manny Legace, Vesa Toskala, and Ondrej Pavelec have in common? Within a 10-day span, all three goalies had to be pulled to prevent further scorching from the fiery Boston offen...
2008 Dec 21 Boston Celtics defeat New York Knicks, 124-105
Say hello, 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers and 1969-70 New York Knicks. How are you, 1981-82 Celtics? The Celtics are surrounded by so much history, it is difficult for them to contribute a...
2008 Dec 21 New England Patriots defeat Arizona Cardinals, 47-7
FOXBOROUGH - 'Tis the season for giving, and the Arizona Cardinals gave the Patriots exactly what they needed yesterday, a gift-wrapped win at wintry Gillette Stadium. But the Baltimore R...
2009 Dec 21 Boston Bruins defeat Ottawa Senators, 2-0
OTTAWA - Tim Thomas stopped all 29 pucks he saw. Zdeno Chara, in 26:17 of ice time, neutralized every offensive threat that came his way. Patrice Bergeron scored the game-winning goal. Ma...
2009 Dec 21 Colorado Avalanche defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-3
Maybe the hockey gods just have a cruel sense of humor. Wild coach Todd Richards couldn't offer any other explanation for his team's recent superiority over Colorado, noting that teams so...
2009 Dec 21 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Indiana Pacers, 84-81
Indianapolis — The Milwaukee Bucks weren't about to over-analyze their down-to-the-wire victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. It wasn't pretty as the B...
2009 Dec 21 New York Giants defeat Washington Redskins, 45-12
LANDOVER, Md. - Two years ago, long before their Super Bowl run could begin, the Giants made their most famous stand in Washington and saved their season. Monday night they may have do...
2009 Dec 21 New York Rangers defeat Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1
RALEIGH, N.C. - Brandon Dubinsky was playing for the first time Monday night without the hard cast that had been protecting his mended right hand, and he said that getting rid of it was l...
2009 Dec 21 President and First Lady Obama Get H1N1 Flu Shots
Declaring that the H1N1 vaccine is safe, President Obama says he and the First Lady got their swine flu shots on Sunday. If it wasn't safe, he said he would not have allowed daughters...
2010 Dec 21 David Nolan Dies
David Nolan, whose opposition to the Vietnam War and President Richard M. Nixon’s wage and price controls impelled him in 1971 to join with a few friends to found the Libertarian Party to...
2010 Dec 21 Lunar Eclipse - First One on Winter Solistice Since 1638
In 2010, for the first time since 1638, a total lunar eclipse falls on the winter solstice—a stargazing event almost anyone in North America will be able to see tonight, weather permittin...
2011 Dec 21 "99%" - New Documentary By Sotiris Danezis