Tukuk-OS📅 December 21
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 21? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2018 — Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.
- 2012 — Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.
Maya civilization2012 phenomenonMesoamerican Long Count calendar
- 1995 — In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority.
- 1994 — Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.
- 1988 — The world's heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, made its first flight.
- 1988 — A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
- 1968 — Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit another celestial body.
- 1965 — The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member states have since signed.
United NationsInternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- 1963 — An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to 538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people.
- 1937 — Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (film)CelCarthay Circle Theatre
- 1934 — Lieutenant Kijé, the first film composition by Sergei Prokofiev (pictured), premiered.
- 1923 — Nepal and the United Kingdom signed the first treaty that defined the international status of Nepal as an independent and a sovereign nation.
- 1919 — After serving two years in prison for encouraging people to resist military conscription, anarchist Emma Goldman was deported from the United States to Russia.
- 1911 — Moscow's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was consecrated.
- 1879 — the fictional character of Nora Helmer is first portrayed by Betty Hennings (pictured) at a showing of A Doll's House at the Royal Danish Theatre.
- 1872 — HMS Challenger departed Portsmouth on a scientific expedition that laid the foundations of oceanography.
- 1844 — The Rochdale Pioneers opened their store (pictured) in Rochdale, England, forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement.
Rochdale Society of Equitable PioneersRochdaleHistory of the cooperative movement
- 1826 — Settlers from the United States in Mexican Texas made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived Republic of Fredonia.
- 1620 — The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to establish the Plymouth Colony.
- 1124 — Lamberto Scannabecchi was elected pope, taking the name Honorius II.
Births
- 2006 — Cooper Flagg, American basketball player
- 2002 — Clara Tauson, Danish tennis player
- 1997 — Madelyn Cline, American actress and model
- 1997 — Charlie McAvoy, American ice hockey player
- 1996 — Ben Chilwell, English footballer
- 1996 — Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
- 1994 — Luke Brooks, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 — Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, American football player
- 1992 — Jamie Oleksiak, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 — Nic Maddinson, Australian cricketer
- 1991 — Otis, American wrestler
- 1991 — Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Michelle Botes, South African actress (born 1962)
- 2024 — Art Evans, American actor (born 1942)
- 2019 — Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (born 1938)
- 2017 — Bruce McCandless II, US astronaut who conducted the first untethered spacewalk (born 1937)
- 2014 — Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1934)
- 2014 — Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (born 1923)
- 2014 — Billie Whitelaw, English actress (born 1932)
- 2013 — Edgar Bronfman Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
- 2013 — John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (born 1922)
John EisenhowerList of ambassadors of the United States to Belgium
- 2010 — Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (born 1927)
- 2009 — Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
- 2009 — Christos Lambrakis, Greek journalist and businessman (born 1934)
Observances & holidays
- Armed Forces Day (Philippines)
- Christian feast day: O Oriens
- Christian feast day: Peter Canisius
- Christian feast day: Thomas the Apostle
- Christian feast day: December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
- São Tomé Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Public holidays in São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe
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