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21 December, 1999

The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid.

21 December, 1995

The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.

21 December, 1994

A homemade bomb goes off on the # 4 train on Fulton Street in New York City.

21 December, 1992

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

21 December, 1991

Charilaos Florakis is elected honorary president of the Communist Party of Greece.

21 December, 1988

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

21 December, 1987

The passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing 1,565.

21 December, 1979

Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Dr S C Mundawarara.

21 December, 1973

The Geneva Conference on the Arab-Israeli conflict opens.

21 December, 1971

The United Nations Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as Secretary-General.

21 December, 1970

Elvis Presley meets with President Richard Nixon to discuss the war on drugs.

21 December, 1970

The F-14 Tomcat flies for the first time.

21 December, 1968

Apollo program: Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At 2h:50m:37s Mission elapsed time (MES), the crew performs the first ever manned Trans Lunar Injection and become the first humans to leave the Earths gravity field.

21 December, 1967

Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, after living for 18 days.

21 December, 1962

Rondane National Park is established as Norways first national park.

21 December, 1958

French presidential election, 1958: Charles de Gaulle is elected President of France as his Union des Démocrates pour la République party gain 78.5% of the vote.

21 December, 1937

The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles.

21 December, 1936

First flight of the Junkers JU-88 bomber prototype.

21 December, 1917

Meiji Dairies, a Japanese dairy industry company, is founded.

21 December, 1913

Arthur Wynnes "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

21 December, 1912

The movie Das Mirakel premiered in Germany.

21 December, 1883

The first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army are formed: The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment

21 December, 1872

Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth.

21 December, 1865

Kappa Alpha Order is founded under the name of Phi Kappa Chi at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia.

21 December, 1861

Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

21 December, 1844

The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.

21 December, 1620

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

21 December, 69

Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian becomes the fourth Emperor of Rome within a year.

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