Page 6: Historical Events In December - 21

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 December - 21.   

1966  USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum on December - 21.   

1967  Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1968  On December - 21 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).   

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

1969  On December - 21 diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)   

1970  WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting on December - 21.   

1971  UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary general on December - 21.   

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  On this day in history first New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)   

1975  On December - 21 "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 this day in history 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  Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game on December - 21.   

1979  On December - 21 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 December - 21.   

1983  On December - 21 rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73   

1984  On December - 21 uSSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come   

1985  On December - 21 aRCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA   

1986  On this day in history over 50,000 students demonstrate in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history 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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1117  On December - 21 birth of thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury   

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

1596  On December - 21 birth of petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)   

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 this day in history.   

0072  On December - 21 death of thomas the Apostle   

0918  Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies on December - 21.   

1295  Death of Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) on December - 21.   

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

1549  Death of Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) on December - 21.   

1579  On this day in history death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter