Historical Events In December - 21
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1962 On December - 21 angolin leaves Comecon
1963 Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies on December - 21.
1965 Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74 on December - 21.
1966 On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
1967 Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1968 Launch of Apollo 8 with Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. as Command Module Pilot. During the mission Lovell was one of the first two people to see the far side of the moon. The mission lasted 6 days and 3 hours, and included 10 moon orbits. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Yorktown (CVS-10) on this day in history.
1968 Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage on December - 21.
1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show) on this day in history.
1970 On this day in history wUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 On this day in history uN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary general
1972 On this day in history soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
1972 Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70 on December - 21.
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva on December - 21.
1974 On this day in history richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47
1975 On this day in history first New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)
1975 "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances on December - 21.
1975 On December - 21 william Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61
1976 UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child on this day in history.
1976 On this day in history 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins
1976 On this day in history edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies
1978 On this day in history police in Des Plaines IL, arrested John W Gacy Jr for murder
1979 Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game on this day in history.
1979 Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies on this day in history.
1980 On December - 21 marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90
1983 On December - 21 loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan
1983 Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73 on December - 21.
1984 On December - 21 uSSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come
1985 On December - 21 aRCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA
1986 On December - 21 over 50,000 students demonstrate in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China
1987 On December - 21 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man
1987 On December - 21 soyuz TM-4 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
1987 On this day in history robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies
1988 After a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut return to Earth on this day in history.
1988 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine on December - 21.
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