December 21st, 2040

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December 21st, 2018

Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.

December 21st, 2012

Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.

December 21st, 1995

In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority.

December 21st, 1994

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.

December 21st, 1988

A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

December 21st, 1970

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the primary fighter aircraft of the U.S. Navy for nearly 30 years, made its first flight.

December 21st, 1968

Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit another celestial body.

December 21st, 1965

The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member states have since signed.

December 21st, 1937

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

December 21st, 1934

Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.

December 21st, 1923

Nepal and the United Kingdom signed the first treaty that defined the international status of Nepal as an independent and a sovereign nation.

December 21st, 1919

After serving two years in prison for encouraging people to resist military conscription, anarchist Emma Goldman was deported from the United States to Russia.

December 21st, 1872

HMS Challenger departed Portsmouth on a scientific expedition that laid the foundations of oceanography.

December 21st, 1826

Settlers from the United States in Mexican Texas made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived Republic of Fredonia.

December 21st, 1620

The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to establish the Plymouth Colony.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 21st

Birthdays and future age on December 21st, 2040

63

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

71

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

74

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

103

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

53

Khris Davis

Baseball player from the United States

*December 21st, 1987, Lakewood

39

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

73

Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgian-Ukrainian politician, former President of Georgia and former Governor of Odesa

*December 21st, 1967, Tbilisi

98

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

65

Charles Michel

Belgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council

*December 21st, 1975, Namur

74

William Ruto

President of Kenya since 2022

*December 21st, 1966, Kamagut

92

Samuel L. Jackson

American actor (born 1948)

*December 21st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

96

Michael Tilson Thomas

American conductor, pianist and composer

*December 21st, 1944, Los Angeles

88

Dennis Boutsikaris

American actor

*December 21st, 1952, Newark

81

Corinne Touzet

French actress and television producer

*December 21st, 1959, Orthez

75

Cem Özdemir

German politician

*December 21st, 1965, Bad Urach

66

Karrie Webb

Australian golfer

*December 21st, 1974, Ayr

75

Andy Dick

American comedian and actor

*December 21st, 1965, Charleston

62

Alexander Wolf

German biathlete

*December 21st, 1978, Schmalkalden

54

Per Fredrik Åsly

Norwegian singer

*December 21st, 1986, Sandefjord Municipality

94

Josh Mostel

American actor

*December 21st, 1946, New York City

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