Historical Events In December - 21
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1962 Angolin leaves Comecon on December - 21.
1963 On this day in history jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies
1965 Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1968 On this day in history apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show) on this day in history.
1970 On this day in history wUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 On this day in history uN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary general
1972 On December - 21 soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
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 Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47 on this day in history.
1975 On December - 21 first New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)
1975 "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances on December - 21.
1975 William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61 on this day in history.
1976 On December - 21 uN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child
1976 On this day in history 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins
1976 Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies on this day in history.
1978 Police in Des Plaines IL, arrested John W Gacy Jr for murder on this day in history.
1979 Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies
1980 Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1983 Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan on this day in history.
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 ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history over 50,000 students demonstrate in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China
1987 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man on December - 21.
1987 Soyuz TM-4 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir on December - 21.
1987 On December - 21 robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies
1988 After a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut return to Earth on December - 21.
1988 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine on December - 21.
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