December 21 History - December 21st Holiday

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Famous Quote Said On December 21
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1822

December 21 Birthdays

1948 - Samuel L. Jackson
1937 - Jane Fonda
1957 - Ray Romano
1984 - Jackson Rahtbone
1940 - Frank Zappa
1983 - Steven Yeun
1966 - Kiefer Sutherland
1926 - Joe Paterno
1942 - Hu Jintao
1965 - Andy Dick
1955 - Jane Kaczmarek
1959 - Florence Griffith Joyner
1935 - Phil Donahue
1954 - Chris Evert
1892 - Rebecca West
1922 - Paul Winchell
1948 - Dave Kingman
1804 - Benjamin Disraeli
1971 - Natalie Grant
1964 - Jack Noseworthy
1989 - Mark Ingram Jr.
- All December 21 Birthdays

December 21 History

2012 - The end of the Mayan calendar, on December 21, 2012.

1973 - Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva

1970 - Elvis Presley meets with President Richard Nixon to discuss the war on drugs.

1914 - First feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin)

1913 - The first crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World

This Day in Business
1884 - The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers opened a small grocery store, which started the food cooperative movement.

This Day in Entertainment
1937 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is released - first feature length animated film.

This Day in Geography
1803 - The Middlesex Canal opens to connect the Merrimack River with Boston Harbor.

This Day in Sports
1997 - Barry Sanders is third NFL player ever to rush for over 2000 yards in 1 season.

December 21st Holiday
Forefather's Day (Massachusetts) - Commemorates the arrival of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts on December 21, 1620.

Today's Famous Birthdays Trivia
The Dark Crystal was the first movie he ever co-directed with Jim Henson. Who is he?

Today's Birthday Horoscope
Learn about people born on this day by reading the December 21 Birthday Horoscope.

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