Page 6: 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  On December - 21 uSSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum   

1967  Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 on December - 21.   

1968  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) on December - 21.   

1968  Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage on December - 21.   

1969  On this day in history diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)   

1970  On December - 21 wUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting   

1971  UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary general on this day in history.   

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  Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva on this day in history.   

1974  Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47 on December - 21.   

1975  First New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins) on December - 21.   

1975  On this day in history "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances   

1975  William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1976  UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child on this day in history.   

1976  On December - 21 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins   

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

1978  On this day in history police in Des Plaines IL, arrested John W Gacy Jr for murder   

1979  On this day in history gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game   

1979  Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies on December - 21.   

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

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 December - 21.   

1987  On this day in history 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 December - 21.   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

1537  Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92) was born on December - 21.   

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  On this day in history birth of pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

1628  Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer was born on December - 21.   

0072  Death of Thomas the Apostle on December - 21.   

0918  On this day in history conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies   

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  Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies on this day in history.   

1504  Death of Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) on December - 21.   

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 December - 21.