Page 5: 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 December - 21.   

1937  The birth of Jane Fonda, American actress on December - 21.   

1937  1st feature-length color & sound cartoon premieres (Snow White) on December - 21.   

1937  Frank Kellog, US foreign minister (Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on December - 21.   

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

1940  On December - 21 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 this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point   

1942  On this day in history uS Supreme court declares Nevada separation legal   

1942  Leendert Round, sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1943  On December - 21 uSS Grayling (SS-208) sinks fourth Japanese ship since 18 December.   

1944  On this day in history cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP   

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

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

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

1948  O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place on this day in history.   

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

1949  Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 21 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  Broadway Tunnel opens in SF on this day in history.   

1953  KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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

1955  Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  Eric Coates, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1958  Charles de Gaulle elected President of France on this day in history.   

1958  Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st pres of 5th Rep of France on December - 21.   

1958  H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83 on December - 21.   

1959  On December - 21 10th largest snowfall in NYC history (13.7")   

1961  Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy" on December - 21.   

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1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

1401  On December - 21 birth of tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)   

1518  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician was born on this day in history.   

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

1596  Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) was born on December - 21.   

1603  On December - 21 birth of roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)   

1616  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer was born on December - 21.   

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

0072  On this day in history death of thomas the Apostle   

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 December - 21.   

1375  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on December - 21.   

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 this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter