Page 4: Historical Events In December - 21
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
1918 Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore & Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell & Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters & $15,000 on December - 21. 

1918 On this day in history donald Regan, White House staffer/US Secretary of Treasury (1981-85) 

1919 J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia on December - 21. 

1919 On this day in history gert Fredriksson, Sweden, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56) 

1920 On this day in history jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally," premieres in NYC 

1920 On December - 21 claude Tozer, cricketer (dashing NSW batsman, shot to death 

1921 On this day in history supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional 

1921 On December - 21 supreme Court rules labor injunctions & picketing unconstitutional 

1921 Alica Alonso, Havana, ballerina on December - 21. 

1921 P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84 on this day in history. 

1922 Paul Winchell, NYC, ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith) on this day in history. 

1923 Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation on December - 21. 

1923 Intizar Hussain, Urdu writer and columnist of Pakistan on this day in history. 

1924 On December - 21 joe Paterno, football coach (Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986) 

1925 On December - 21 eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow 

1926 On this day in history soccer team DOS Struggle forms 

1926 On this day in history john Herbert McDowell, composer 

1927 Michael Carreras, film director on December - 21. 

1927 Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies on December - 21. 

1928 On December - 21 ed Nelson, New Orleans La, actor (Peyton Place, A Long Came a Spider) 

1928 Harry Butt, cricketer (England wicket-keeper v S Africa 1895-96), dies on December - 21. 

1929 First group hospital insurance plan effected, Dallas TX on December - 21. 

1929 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx) on December - 21. 

1929 On this day in history jack Philip Cannon, composer 

1930 Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, secretary of Council of Churches on this day in history. 

1931 On December - 21 caroline Kaart, [Paterson Raitt], Dutch alto singer 

1932 SS Gateshead, sunk in a storm off Seaham Harbour, Durham after a collision with the Norwegian vessel Miranda. Most of the crew including the Captain, Matthew W. Hall lost their lives on December - 21. 

1932 On this day in history fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio) 

1932 On December - 21 ilja Zeljenka, composer 

1933 On this day in history dried human blood serum first prepared, University of Pennsylvania 

1933 Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony on this day in history. 

1933 Dried human blood serum 1st prepared, Univ of Pennsylvania on December - 21. 

1933 On this day in history knud J V Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54 

1935 Kurt Tucholsky, Ger journalist/writer (Panter, Tiger & Co), dies at 45 on this day in history. 

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