21 December In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, on December 21, the day number in a year is 356 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 357. 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.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1620	The Meflwar pilgrims now landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts to establish the pilgrim 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 first made the first attempt to survive from Mexico, establishing the short -term republic Fredonia.
1844	Roshadel Pioneers, usually considered the first successful-co-operative venture, opened its store in Ruchdel, England and distorted the base for the modern cooperative movement.
1847	Amir Abdelkader surrendered and was imprisoned by the French.
1849	1 US Skating Club was formed in Philadelphia).
1879	The controversial drama by Henrik Ibsen, a doll house, was met by the 19th -century marriage criteria, which was premiered in Denmark's Royal Theater Copenhagen.
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 undergraduate in Halton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit killed 344 people.
1913	Arthur Wayne's Word Cross, the world's first cross word puzzle, was published in the New York World.
1919	After being admitted to jail to keep people in jail for two years, military anarchist Emma Goldman was sent from the United States to Russia.
1923	A treaty was signed by Nepal and the United Kingdom, which already determines 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.
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 Conference on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, which have 87 members since they were 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 Sabers scored 5 goals in 4–2 score of Washington Caps 14-2 NHL records 40 points.
1988	A total of 270 people were killed when Paan MPLight 103 was bombing a bomb blast, while the aircraft was flying in Laukery, Scotland.
1988	A Pan Am's jumbo jet crashed in the town of Lockerbie near the Scottish border with 258 passengers.
1994	The popochapetal volcano of Mexico is the passive, beginning, and now the most active volcano in the country.
2004	Iraqi rebels attacked an American military base in the city of Mosul, killing 22 people.
2010	Ragby Union player Mike Tyndal's queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Philips has been announced by the Commonwealth of independent states.
2011	Health officials started killing 17,000 chickens after the body infected with H5N1 was found in a poultry market in Hong Kong.
2011	Noted nuclear physicist P.K. Iyengar died.
2012	Voters in Alexandria, Egypt collide during the evening of the second polling current on a highly constitutional referendum.
2012	Scientists studying the meteorite of the Sutter mill found that near the California Gold Rush site of the Sutter, it determines that it has the oldest material of 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 attempt to fix the faulty coolant pump at the international space station.
2013	Author J.K. Rowling announced that she was producing a play based on her character Harry Potter's life; This drama tells the untold story of the earlier life before the boy goes to the magician Hogwarts; The play will be premiered within the next two years in West End, London.
2014	The Hobbit 'Series's last film' The Arm of the Five Armys' grossed over $ 90 million in the first five days of its release, more than an expectations of $ 75 million at the box office.
2014	South Korea banns poultry from the US due to concerns of potential bird flu; South Korea is working to prevent the spread of virus among its own avian population.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1911	The first indigenous bank, Central Bank of India, was founded by Sorabji Pochkhanwala.
1952	Saifuddin Kichlu became the first Indian to receive the Lenin Peace Prize of the then Soviet Union.
2007	First joint exercise between India and China commences at Kunming Military Academy in Southern Yunnan Province of China.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1921	Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwa / Lawyer / India
1932	U R. Ananthamurthy / Writer / India
1932	U. R. Ananthamurthy / Poet / India
1959	Krishnamachari Srikkanth / Cricketer / India
1963	Govinda / Actor / India
1972	Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy / Politician / India
1989	Tamanna Bhatia / Actress / India

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