All Events

Historical Events on December 21

  • Plymouth Colony

    1620

    Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • Nepal

    1923

    United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.

  • Apollo program

    1968

    Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.

  • Grumman F-14 Tomcat

    1970

    First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.

  • Pan Am Flight 103

    1988

    A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270.

  • Netherlands

    1992

    A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56.

  • Iraq War

    2004

    Iraq War: A suicide bomber killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.

  • 2012 phenomenon

    2012

    2012 phenomenon: this day was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, leading to widespread expectations of cataclysmic events]] (which failed to happen).

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Famous Deaths on December 21

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