December 21
Today is the 356th day of 2016, there are 10 days left in the year.
1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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.
1879 - Joseph Stalin, the Soviet statesman who was leader of the Communist Party and dictator of the Soviet Union for 25 years, was born.
1898 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
1913 - The first crossword puzzle was published, in the New York World.
1937 - The Disney animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" had its world premiere in Los Angeles.
1940 - Author F. Scott Fitzgerald died in Hollywood, California, at age 44.
1945 - U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton, 60, died in Heidelberg, Germany, 12 days after being seriously injured in a car accident.
1948 - Ireland became an independent republic.
1958 - Charles de Gaulle was elected the first president of France's Fifth Republic.
1968 - Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.
1970 - Elvis Presley met with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss fighting drugs.
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 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1995 - The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.
1996 - After two years of denials, House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted to violating House ethics rules.
Birthdays
20 - Kaitlyn Dever (actress)
24 - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (football player)
27 - Tamannaah Bhatia (actress)
27 - Mark Ingram (football player)
33 - Steven Yeun (actor)
33 - Karishma Tanna (actress)
34 - Tom Payne (actor)
34 - Mahira Khan (actress)
45 - Natalie Grant (singer)
50 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor)
51 - Andy Dick (comedian)
59 - Ray Romano (actor)
61 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress)
66 - Kay Robertson (reality star)
68 - Samuel L. Jackson (actor)
79 - Jane Fonda (actress)
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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 - The Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants 37-9 to win the NFL Championship Game. In the game, Ray McLean scores an extra point on a drop kick, the next one occurs 61 years later and was converted by Doug Flutie.
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball.
1959 - Tom Landry accepts the head coaching position with the Dallas Cowboys, a position he would hold until 1988.
1969 - Vince Lombardi coaches his final football game in a loss for the Washington Redskins. Washington ended the season with a 7-5-2 record, their first winning campaign in 14 years.
1975 - Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Washington Capitals 14-2 scoring five goals versus Capitals in 4:57.
1981 - Cincinnati defeats Bradley 75-73 in seven overtimes, an NCAA men's basketball record.
1983 - The Indiana Pacers end a 28-game road losing streak.
1997 - Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders joins O.J. Simpson and Eric Dickerson as the third player in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season.
Today is the 356th day of 2016, there are 10 days left in the year.
1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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.
1879 - Joseph Stalin, the Soviet statesman who was leader of the Communist Party and dictator of the Soviet Union for 25 years, was born.
1898 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
1913 - The first crossword puzzle was published, in the New York World.
1937 - The Disney animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" had its world premiere in Los Angeles.
1940 - Author F. Scott Fitzgerald died in Hollywood, California, at age 44.
1945 - U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton, 60, died in Heidelberg, Germany, 12 days after being seriously injured in a car accident.
1948 - Ireland became an independent republic.
1958 - Charles de Gaulle was elected the first president of France's Fifth Republic.
1968 - Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.
1970 - Elvis Presley met with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss fighting drugs.
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 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1995 - The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.
1996 - After two years of denials, House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted to violating House ethics rules.
Birthdays
20 - Kaitlyn Dever (actress)
24 - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (football player)
27 - Tamannaah Bhatia (actress)
27 - Mark Ingram (football player)
33 - Steven Yeun (actor)
33 - Karishma Tanna (actress)
34 - Tom Payne (actor)
34 - Mahira Khan (actress)
45 - Natalie Grant (singer)
50 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor)
51 - Andy Dick (comedian)
59 - Ray Romano (actor)
61 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress)
66 - Kay Robertson (reality star)
68 - Samuel L. Jackson (actor)
79 - Jane Fonda (actress)
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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 - The Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants 37-9 to win the NFL Championship Game. In the game, Ray McLean scores an extra point on a drop kick, the next one occurs 61 years later and was converted by Doug Flutie.
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball.
1959 - Tom Landry accepts the head coaching position with the Dallas Cowboys, a position he would hold until 1988.
1969 - Vince Lombardi coaches his final football game in a loss for the Washington Redskins. Washington ended the season with a 7-5-2 record, their first winning campaign in 14 years.
1975 - Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Washington Capitals 14-2 scoring five goals versus Capitals in 4:57.
1981 - Cincinnati defeats Bradley 75-73 in seven overtimes, an NCAA men's basketball record.
1983 - The Indiana Pacers end a 28-game road losing streak.
1997 - Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders joins O.J. Simpson and Eric Dickerson as the third player in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season.
