Historical Events In December - 21

1936  On December - 21 bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80  

1937  Snow White the first feature-length color and sound cartoon premiers on this day in history.  

1937  The birth of Jane Fonda, American actress on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history 1st feature-length color & sound cartoon premieres (Snow White)  

1937  Frank Kellog, US foreign minister (Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B"  

1940  On this day in history f Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44  

1941  HMS AUDACITY, sunk east of Azores by 3 torpedoes from German U-751 on December - 21.  

1941  On December - 21 chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point  

1942  US Supreme court declares Nevada separation legal on this day in history.  

1942  Leendert Round, sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at 63 on December - 21.  

1943  USS Grayling (SS-208) sinks fourth Japanese ship since 18 December on this day in history.  

1944  Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP on this day in history.  

1945  "Billion Dollar Baby" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 219 performances on December - 21.  

1945  On December - 21 george S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60  

1946  On this day in history "If the Shoe Fits" closes at Century Theater NYC after 20 performances  

1948  On this day in history o'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place  

1948  On December - 21 seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged  

1949  On December - 21 dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia  

1950  On this day in history cole Porte's musical "Out of this World" premieres at New Century Theater NYC for 157 perfs  

1951  On December - 21 first helicopter landing aboard a hospital ship, USS Consolation.  

1951  On December - 21 joe DiMaggio announces his retirement  

1952  On December - 21 broadway Tunnel opens in SF  

1953  On this day in history kOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting  

1954  On December - 21 dr Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime)  

1955  On December - 21 dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65  

1956  On this day in history lewis M Terman, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79  

1957  On December - 21 indonesia proclaims end to state of war  

1957  On December - 21 eric Coates, composer, dies at 71  

1958  Charles de Gaulle elected President of France on December - 21.  

1958  On this day in history charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st pres of 5th Rep of France  

1958  On this day in history h[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83  

1959  On this day in history 10th largest snowfall in NYC history (13.7")  

1961  On this day in history beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy"  

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1117  Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.  

1401  Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.  

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on December - 21.  

1537  On December - 21 birth of johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)  

1596  On this day in history 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  On December - 21 birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer  

1628  On December - 21 birth of samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer  

0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)  

1579  Death of Vicente Masip, Spanish painter on this day in history.