What Happened on December 21
Publish date: 2024-09-27
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- 1620 Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [OS: Dec 11] [some sources disagree, and OS/NS adds to confusion, could be +/- several days]
- 1898 Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium
- 1968 First manned Moon voyage launched with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders aboard Apollo 8
Dec 21 in Film & TV
- 1937 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the first full-length animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles
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Dec 21 in Sport
- 1891 First game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts
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"Gangnam Style" by Psy becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube
Fun Fact About December 21
1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in NY World
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