Page 6: Historical Events In December - 21
Saturday, 15 February 2025
1962 On this day in history angolin leaves Comecon
1963 Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.
1965 On this day in history claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74
1966 USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary general on December - 21.
1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany on this day in history.
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 Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47 on December - 21.
1975 First New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins) on December - 21.
1975 "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances on this day in history.
1975 William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61 on December - 21.
1976 On December - 21 uN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child
1976 On December - 21 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins
1976 On December - 21 edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies
1978 Police in Des Plaines IL, arrested John W Gacy Jr for murder on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game
1979 On December - 21 bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies
1980 On December - 21 marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90
1983 Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan on December - 21.
1983 Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73 on this day in history.
1984 On December - 21 uSSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come
1985 ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA on this day in history.
1986 Over 50,000 students demonstrate in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China on this day in history.
1987 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man on this day in history.
1987 On December - 21 soyuz TM-4 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
1987 On December - 21 robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies
1988 On December - 21 after a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut return to Earth
1988 On December - 21 drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
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