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December 21
1620 - The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1861 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a congressional act authorizing the Navy Medal of Honor.
1864 - During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman concluded their "March to the Sea" as they captured Savannah, Georgia.
1898 - Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
1913 - The first crossword puzzle was printed in the New York World.
1914 - The U.S. government began requiring passport applicants to provide photographs of themselves.
1937 - Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first feature length color and sound cartoon, premiered.
1945 - U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton, age 60, died in Heidelberg, Germany, 12 days after being seriously injured in a car accident.
1948 - Ireland became an independent republic.
1967 - Louis Washkansky, the first human heart transplant recipient, died at a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, 18 days after receiving the donor organ.
1968 - Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.
1970 - Elvis Presley met with President Richard Nixon at the White House to discuss fighting drug use.
1971 - The U.N. Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as secretary-general.
1978 - Police in Des Plaines, Illinois arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys he was later convicted of murdering.
1988 - A terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pan Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
1991 - Eleven of the former Soviet republics formed the Commonwealth of Independent States and the official end of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
1995 - Palestinians took over control of the city of Bethlehem.
1996 - After two years of denials, House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted violating House ethics rules.
2009 - President Barack Obama hailed a crucial, early-morning test vote in the Senate on his health care overhaul, in which all 58 Democrats and two independents held together against unanimous Republican opposition.
2018 - The House and Senate adjourned without a deal on spending, guaranteeing that a partial government shutdown would begin at midnight; President Donald Trump continued to push for $5 billion in border wall funding, a proposal Democrats staunchly opposed.
2018 - In his annual Christmas speech, Pope Francis demanded that priests who had raped and molested children turn themselves in, and vowed that the Catholic Church would “never again” hide their crimes.
2018 - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery in New York to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the third time she had been treated for cancer since 1999.
Birthdays
23 - Kaitlyn Dever (actress)
27 - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (football player)
29 - Taylor Louderman (actress)
30 - Tamannaah Bhatia (actress)
36 - Steven Yeun (actor)
37 - Luke Stricklin (country singer)
37 - Mahira Khan (actress)
41 - Rutina Wesley (actress)
41 - Mike Vitar (actor)
45 - Karrie Webb (golfer)
48 - Glenn Fitzgerald (actor)
50 - Julie Delpy (actress)
51 - Khrystyne Haje (actress)
53 - Karri Turner (actress)
53 - Keifer Sutherland (actor)
53 - Michelle Hurd (actress)
54 - Andy Dick (actor/comedian)
62 - Ray Romano (actor/comedian)
64 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress)
65 - Chris Evert (tennis player)
67 - Dennis Boutsikaris (actor)
69 - Kay Robertson (reality star)
71 - Samuel L. Jackson (actor)
73 - Josh Mostel (actor)
81 - Larry Bryggman (actor)
82 - Jane Fonda (actress)
84 - Phil Donahue (talk show host)
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Today in Sports History - December 21
1891 - The first basketball game, invented at Springfield College in Massachusetts by James E. Naismith, was played.
1941 - Ray McLean (Chicago Bears) performed a drop kick for an extra point in the NFL. The next one would not happen until Doug Flutie performed on 61 years later.
1941 - The Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants 37-9 in the NFL Championship Game.
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from football.
1959 - Tom Landry accepted the position of head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Landry led the team to 22 consecutive winning seasons in his 29 years as coach.
1969 - Vince Lombardi coached his last football game as his team, the Washington Redskins, lost to the Dallas Cowboys, 20-10. The Redskins ended the season at 7-5-2, which was the first winning season for the franchise in 14 years.
1975 - George Blanda, in his final regular-season game, became the first professional football player to reach 2,000 points. His total was 2,002 points over a 26-year career.
1975 - The Buffalo Sabres scored eight goals in the third period against the Washington Capitals. The Sabres won the game 14-2.
1980 - Harold Carmichael ended his NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions.
1981 - Cincinnati defeated Bradley 75-73 in seven overtimes. The game was the longest collegiate basketball game in the history of NCAA Division I competition.
1983 - The NBA's Indiana Pacers ended a 28-game losing streak.
1997 - Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions becomes the third player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season, joining O.J. Simpson and Eric Dickerson.
2012 - The NHL announces a further cancellation of games until January 14 bringing the total number of cancelled games to 625
1620 - The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1861 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a congressional act authorizing the Navy Medal of Honor.
1864 - During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman concluded their "March to the Sea" as they captured Savannah, Georgia.
1898 - Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
1913 - The first crossword puzzle was printed in the New York World.
1914 - The U.S. government began requiring passport applicants to provide photographs of themselves.
1937 - Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first feature length color and sound cartoon, premiered.
1945 - U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton, age 60, died in Heidelberg, Germany, 12 days after being seriously injured in a car accident.
1948 - Ireland became an independent republic.
1967 - Louis Washkansky, the first human heart transplant recipient, died at a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, 18 days after receiving the donor organ.
1968 - Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.
1970 - Elvis Presley met with President Richard Nixon at the White House to discuss fighting drug use.
1971 - The U.N. Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as secretary-general.
1978 - Police in Des Plaines, Illinois arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys he was later convicted of murdering.
1988 - A terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pan Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
1991 - Eleven of the former Soviet republics formed the Commonwealth of Independent States and the official end of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
1995 - Palestinians took over control of the city of Bethlehem.
1996 - After two years of denials, House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted violating House ethics rules.
2009 - President Barack Obama hailed a crucial, early-morning test vote in the Senate on his health care overhaul, in which all 58 Democrats and two independents held together against unanimous Republican opposition.
2018 - The House and Senate adjourned without a deal on spending, guaranteeing that a partial government shutdown would begin at midnight; President Donald Trump continued to push for $5 billion in border wall funding, a proposal Democrats staunchly opposed.
2018 - In his annual Christmas speech, Pope Francis demanded that priests who had raped and molested children turn themselves in, and vowed that the Catholic Church would “never again” hide their crimes.
2018 - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery in New York to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the third time she had been treated for cancer since 1999.
Birthdays
23 - Kaitlyn Dever (actress)
27 - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (football player)
29 - Taylor Louderman (actress)
30 - Tamannaah Bhatia (actress)
36 - Steven Yeun (actor)
37 - Luke Stricklin (country singer)
37 - Mahira Khan (actress)
41 - Rutina Wesley (actress)
41 - Mike Vitar (actor)
45 - Karrie Webb (golfer)
48 - Glenn Fitzgerald (actor)
50 - Julie Delpy (actress)
51 - Khrystyne Haje (actress)
53 - Karri Turner (actress)
53 - Keifer Sutherland (actor)
53 - Michelle Hurd (actress)
54 - Andy Dick (actor/comedian)
62 - Ray Romano (actor/comedian)
64 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress)
65 - Chris Evert (tennis player)
67 - Dennis Boutsikaris (actor)
69 - Kay Robertson (reality star)
71 - Samuel L. Jackson (actor)
73 - Josh Mostel (actor)
81 - Larry Bryggman (actor)
82 - Jane Fonda (actress)
84 - Phil Donahue (talk show host)
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Today in Sports History - December 21
1891 - The first basketball game, invented at Springfield College in Massachusetts by James E. Naismith, was played.
1941 - Ray McLean (Chicago Bears) performed a drop kick for an extra point in the NFL. The next one would not happen until Doug Flutie performed on 61 years later.
1941 - The Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants 37-9 in the NFL Championship Game.
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from football.
1959 - Tom Landry accepted the position of head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Landry led the team to 22 consecutive winning seasons in his 29 years as coach.
1969 - Vince Lombardi coached his last football game as his team, the Washington Redskins, lost to the Dallas Cowboys, 20-10. The Redskins ended the season at 7-5-2, which was the first winning season for the franchise in 14 years.
1975 - George Blanda, in his final regular-season game, became the first professional football player to reach 2,000 points. His total was 2,002 points over a 26-year career.
1975 - The Buffalo Sabres scored eight goals in the third period against the Washington Capitals. The Sabres won the game 14-2.
1980 - Harold Carmichael ended his NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions.
1981 - Cincinnati defeated Bradley 75-73 in seven overtimes. The game was the longest collegiate basketball game in the history of NCAA Division I competition.
1983 - The NBA's Indiana Pacers ended a 28-game losing streak.
1997 - Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions becomes the third player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season, joining O.J. Simpson and Eric Dickerson.
2012 - The NHL announces a further cancellation of games until January 14 bringing the total number of cancelled games to 625