Page 6: Historical Events In December - 21

1962  Angolin leaves Comecon on December - 21.   

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 December - 21.   

1967  On this day in history louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55   

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  Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage on December - 21.   

1969  On December - 21 diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)   

1970  WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history uN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary general   

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 this day in history.   

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

1974  On this day in history richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47   

1975  First New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins) on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 21 "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances   

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  20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins on December - 21.   

1976  Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies on December - 21.   

1978  On this day in history 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 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 December - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1987  Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies on this day in history.   

1988  After a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut return to Earth on this day in history.   

1988  On December - 21 drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine   

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1117  On this day in history birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on December - 21.   

1518  On December - 21 birth of mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on this day in history.   

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

1603  On December - 21 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  Death of Thomas the Apostle on this day in history.   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on this day in history.   

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on this day in history.   

1308  Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies on this day in history.   

1375  On this day in history giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on this day in history.   

1549  On December - 21 death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)   

1579  On December - 21 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter