21 December - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on December 21, the day number in a year is 355 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 356. December 21 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
December 21 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1620 | The Mayflower Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, establishing the Plymouth Colony. |
| 1784 | John j. Became America's first foreign minister. |
| 1784 | John Jay was elected the first US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs). |
| 1826 | American settlers in Mexican Texas made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived Republic of Fredonia. |
| 1844 | The Rochdale Pioneers usually considered the first successful cooperative enterprise, opened their store in Rochdale, England, and formed the basis for the modern co-operative movement. |
| 1847 | Amir Abdelkader surrendered and was imprisoned by the French. |
| 1849 | 1 US Skating Club was formed in Philadelphia). |
| 1879 | A Doll's House, a controversial play by Henrik Ibsen that challenged 19th-century marriage norms, premiered at the Royal Theatre Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1894 | Mackenzie Bowell became the fifth Prime Minister of Canada. |
| 1898 | French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium. |
| 1907 | Chilean soldiers set fire to mining staff at the Santa Maria School. |
| 1910 | In the second-worst mining accident in England, an underground explosion at the Fulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit killed 344 people. |
| 1911 | The first indigenous bank, Central Bank of India, was founded by Sorabji Pochkhanwala. |
| 1913 | Arthur Wayne's Word Cross, the world's first cross word puzzle, was published in the New York World. |
| 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. |
| 1923 | Nepal and the United Kingdom signed a treaty, the first to define the international status of Nepal as an independent and sovereign nation. |
| 1931 | James Skillin resigned as Australian Prime Minister. |
| 1937 | The first cartoon film with colorful illustrations and voices - Disney's Snow White was screened. |
| 1949 | The Portuguese rulers declared Indonesia as a sovereign nation. |
| 1952 | Saifuddin Kichlu became the first Indian to receive the Lenin Peace Prize of the then Soviet Union. |
| 1962 | Britain agreed to buy Polaris missiles from the US. |
| 1963 | Inter-sectarian fighting ensued between Greek and Turkish Cyprus. |
| 1965 | The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 87 member nations have since signed. |
| 1968 | From Kennedy Space Center, Apollo 8 was launched to orbit the moon. |
| 1971 | Kurt Waldheim became the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations Security Council. |
| 1974 | INS Satavahana, the country's first vessel to offer submarine training, was inducted into the ship fleet at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1975 | Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57. |
| 1988 | A total of 270 people were killed when a bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 exploded while the plane was in flight over Lockerbie, Scotland. |
| 1988 | A Pan Am's jumbo jet crashed in the town of Lockerbie near the Scottish border with 258 passengers. |
| 1994 | Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, beganerupting, and is now the nation's most active volcano. |
| 2004 | Iraqi rebels attacked an American military base in the city of Mosul, killing 22 people. |
| 2007 | First joint exercise between India and China commences at Kunming Military Academy in Southern Yunnan Province of China. |
| 2010 | The engagement of Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips to Mike Tindall, a Rugby Union player, is announced Commonwealth of Independent States. |
| 2011 | The death toll from Tropical Storm Washi in the Philippines reaches 1,002, and is expected to rise. |
| 2011 | Health authorities begin slaughtering 17,000 chickens after a carcass infected with H5N1 is found at a poultry market in Hong Kong. |
| 2011 | Noted nuclear physicist P.K. Iyengar died. |
| 2012 | Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting session on the highly charged constitutional referendum. |
| 2012 | Scientists studying the Sutter's Mill meteorite found near where the Sutter's Mill California Gold Rush site, determine it contains the oldest material in the Solar System. |
| 2012 | \ Gangnam Style became the first video to be viewed one billion times on YouTube. |
| 2013 | A series of spacewalks are made by two NASA astronauts in an effort to fix the faulty coolant pump on the International Space Station. |
| 2013 | Author J.K. Rowling announces she is producing a play based on the life of her character Harry Potter; the play tells the previously untold story of life before the boy wizard goes to Hogwarts; the play will premiere in London's West End within the next two years. |
| 2014 | The Battle of the Five Armies', the last film in 'The Hobbit' series, grossed over $90 million in its first five days of release, exceeding box office expectations of $75 million. |
| 2014 | South Korea bans poultry from the U.S. due to potential bird flu concerns; South Korea is working to contain the spread of the virus among its own avian population. |
Famous Birthdays of December 21:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1947 | Paco de Lucía / Writer / Spain |
| 1955 | Jane Kaczmarek / Actress / United States of America |
| 1926 | Joe Paterno / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1948 | Samuel L. Jackson / Actor / United States of America |
| 1945 | Doug Walters / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1979 | Steve Montador / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1952 | Steve Furniss / Swimmer / United States of America |
| 1872 | Lorenzo Perosi / Composer / Italy |
| 1933 | Robert Worcester / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1989 | Mark Ingram Jr. / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1988 | Shilpa Singh / Model / India |
| 1920 | Adele Goldstine / Programmer / United States of America |
| 1933 | Jackie Hendriks / Cricketer / Jamaica |
| 1932 | U. R. Ananthamurthy / Poet / India |
| 1935 | Phil Donahue / Producer / United States of America |
| 1954 | Chris Evert / Tennis Player / United States of America |
| 1843 | Thomas Bracken / Journalist / New Zealand |
| 1889 | Sewall Wright / Biologist / United States of America |
| 1989 | Tamanna Bhatia / Actress / India |
| 1949 | Thomas Sankara / Politician / Burkina Faso |
| 1859 | Gustave Kahn / Poet / France |
| 1940 | Frank Zappa / Writer / United States of America |
| 1946 | Carl Wilson / Writer / United States of America |
| 1905 | Anthony Powell / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1921 | Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwa / Lawyer / India |
| 1951 | Steve Perryman / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1872 | Trevor Kincaid / Academic / United States of America |
| 1873 | Blagoje Bersa / Educator / Croatia |
| 1967 | Terry Mills / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1804 | Benjamin Disraeli / Politician / United Kingdom |
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Read in Hindi : 21 दिसम्बर की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं