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On this day in history - Today, December, 21

Today in History

  • 1995 Palestinians take control of Bethlehem

    Isreali troops withdrew from the city under the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Stri

  • 1988 Lockerbie Bombing

    A bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight number 103 on its way from Frankfurt, Germany, to Detroit, United S

  • 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination adopted

    The human rights convention was adopted by the United Nations' member states and was put into force

  • 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs released

    The movie made by Walt Disney Productions was the world's first full-length animated feature film an

  • 1872 Phileas Fogg wins his wager

    The fictional character created by French writer Jules Verne for his book, Around the World in Eight

Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
December, 21

  • 1982 Philip Humber

    American baseball player

  • 1966 Kiefer Sutherland

    English/Canadian actor, director, producer

  • 1940 Frank Zappa

    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

  • 1804 Benjamin Disraeli

    English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

  • 1118 Thomas Becket

    English archbishop

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Deaths On This Day,
December, 21

  • 1963 Jack Hobbs

    English cricketer

  • 1945 George S. Patton

    American general

  • 1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald

    American author

  • 1935 Kurt Tucholsky

    German journalist

  • 72 Thomas the Apostle