Historical Events In December - 21

1962  Angolin leaves Comecon on this day in history.   

1963  Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1965  Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74 on December - 21.   

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 December - 21.   

1968  On December - 21 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).   

1968  On December - 21 apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage   

1969  Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show) on December - 21.   

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  On this day in history horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70   

1973  On this day in history israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva   

1974  Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 21 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 this day in history william Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61   

1976  On this day in history 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  Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies on this day in history.   

1978  On December - 21 police in Des Plaines IL, arrested John W Gacy Jr for murder   

1979  On December - 21 gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game   

1979  On this day in history bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies   

1980  Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 21 loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan   

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  On this day in history aRCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA   

1986  Over 50,000 students demonstrate in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China on December - 21.   

1987  3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man on December - 21.   

1987  Soyuz TM-4 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir on this day in history.   

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 December - 21.   

1988  Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine on December - 21.   

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1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on December - 21.   

1401  On this day in history birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

1518  On this day in history birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  On this day in history birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)   

1596  On December - 21 birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

1603  On this day in history birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on this day in history.   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on this day in history.   

0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on December - 21.   

1295  On this day in history death of marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)   

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on December - 21.   

1375  On December - 21 giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1504  On this day in history death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)   

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.   

1579  On this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter