1) Historic Events; 2) Famous Stiffs; 3) Famous Birthdays; 4) Select List - Historic Events & Birthdays with Pics; Each pic has the Select List entry as description {Click on 5th photo & scroll right to see remaining photos} Historical Events on 21st December 1598 - Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s Pacification of Araucania. 1620 - 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11] 1784 - John Jay becomes 1st US Secretary of State (foreign affairs) 1788 - Hue Tay Son becomes Emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam 1829 - 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore 1835 - HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) 1844 - The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement. 1849 - 1st US skating club formed (Philadelphia) 1864 - General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia 1866 - Cheyennes, Araphos, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre 1898 - Scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discover radium 1909 - U of Coopenhagen rejects Cooks claim that he was 1st to North Pole 1912 - Denmark, Norway & Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war 1913 - 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in NY World 1914 - 1st feature-length silent film comedy Tillies Punctured Romance released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand & Charles Chaplin) 1919 - J. Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia. Attracted to anarchism after the Haymarket affair, Goldman became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, womens rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands. She and anarchist writer Alexander Berkman, her lover and lifelong friend, planned to assassinate industrialist and financier Henry Clay Frick as an act of propaganda of the deed. Although Frick survived the attempt on his life, Berkman was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Goldman was imprisoned several times in the years that followed, for inciting to riot and illegally distributing information about birth control. In 1906, Goldman founded the anarchist journal Mother Earth. In 1917, Goldman and Berkman were sentenced to two years in jail for conspiring to induce persons not to register for the newly instated draft. After their release from prison, they were arrested—along with hundreds of others—and deported to Russia. Initially supportive of that countrys Bolshevik revolution, Goldman reversed her opinion in the wake of the Kronstadt rebellion and denounced the Soviet Union for its violent repression of independent voices. 1921 - Supreme Court rules labor injunctions & picketing unconstitutional 1923 - Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation 1925 - Eisensteins movie Battleship Potemkin premieres in Moscow 1929 - 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Texas) 1933 - Fox Films signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract 1933 - Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony of Great Britain 1937 - The first full-length cel animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre 1939 - Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of Referat IV B 1942 - US Supreme court declares Nevada separation legal 1946 - Frank Capras Its a Wonderful Life premieres 1948 - State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence 1958 - Charles de Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st President of 5th Rep of France 1968 - Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage 1968 - David Crosby, Stephen Stills & Graham Nash premiere together in California 1969 - Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show) 1971 - UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary General 1972 - Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany 1974 - The Sea of Hands, Raiders RB Clarence Davis somehow catches game-winning touchdown pass among the sea of hands of three Dolphins defenders with 24 seconds left in the game, eliminating Miami from the playoffs after they had made it to the Super Bowl in each of the last 3 seasons 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1978 - Police in Des Plaines Ill, arrest John Wayne Gacy for murder 1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1988 - Lockerbie disaster: Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed midair by a terrorist bomb killing all 258 on board over Scotland 1989 - VP Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon 1991 - El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane 1991 - Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States 1994 - Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street NYC 1995 - The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control. 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. 2007 - The Schengen Agreement area increases to include 9 European Union member states; Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia on land and sea borders. 2012 - Gangnam Style becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube Happy Birthday to famous stiffs Frank Zappa, American musician, composer, songwriter, producer, and director whose debut album, Freak Out!, was a hit (74), Joe Paterno, legendary football coach of Penn State University from 1966 to 2011, commonly known as JoePa. He tallied a remarkable record of 298-136-3 during his tenure and led the team to National Titles in 1982 and 1986 (88), Florence Griffith Joyner, American track and field athlete nicknamed Flo-Jo, she won three gold medals at the 1988 Olympics, as well as two silver medals (55), Carl Wilson, guitarist and occasional lead vocalist who helped found the California surf and folk rock band The Beach Boys (68), Paul Winchell, puppeteer behind Jerry Mahoney who also provided the cartoon voice for Tigger in Winnie the Poo. He also invented an artificial heart (92), Benjamin Disraeli, former British Prime Minister who played an integral role in the formation of the modern Conservative Party. He was the first British Prime Minister of Jewish descent (210), Josh Gibson, the Black Babe Ruth was an unmatched power hitter in the Negro Leagues; tragically died three months before baseball was integrated; he followed his good friend Satchel Paige as the second Negro Leagues player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (103), Paco de Lucia, one of the first flamenco guitarists to find success in other genres and who advocated for the New Flamenco style (67), Heinrich Boll, acclaimed German author whose most famous works include Billiards at Half-past Nine, The Bread of Those Early Years, Group Portrait with Lady, and The Safety Net. He was the 1972 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (97), Joe Mantell, Academy Award-nominated actor who appeared in the 1987 film, The Untouchables, and played a role in the 1974 film, Chinatown. He appeared in the 1955 film, Marty, which earned a Best Picture Academy Award (99), Jack Nance, the star of David Lynch films who played the lead role in Eraserhead and played quirky supporting characters in other films. His other films include 1997s Lost Highway, 1984s Dune, and 1986s Blue Velvet (71) and Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and diplomat who served as 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981. He also served as President of Austria from 1986 to 1992; When he was running for President, his service as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II came to light and created controversy (96). Chris Collins, writer who is best known for his work on the iconic HBO series The Sopranos and The Wire (47), Samuel L. Jackson, actor, producer, and civil rights activist who won a BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Award for his role as Jules Winfield in the 1994 classic Pulp Fiction. He also played Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and had memorable roles in the films Sphere, The Negotiator, and Jackie Brown (66), Kiefer Sutherland, portrays secret agent and American hero Jack Bauer on the hit FOX series 24. He has also appeared in such films as Stand By Me, A Few Good Men, The Sentinal and The Lost Boys (48), Ray Romano, best known for his role as sportswriter, Ray Barone on the television show, Everybody Loves Raymond. He would later star in the critically loved but lesser known show Men of a Certain Age (57), Jane Fonda, legendary actress who became known for her Oscar-winning performance in Klute and for opposing the Vietnam War. Years after rising to stardom with her role in Cat Ballou, she took a 14-year hiatus from acting (77), Andy Dick, eccentric comedian who first gained notoriety as a cast member on the short-lived but influential Ben Stiller Show. He became known just as much for his wild and lewd behavior as for his comedic work on shows like NewsRadio and Less Than Perfect (49), Jane Kaczmarek, Emmy-nominated actress who played the frazzled mom, Lois Wilkerson, on the television series Malcolm in the Middle. She later played Pam in the series Us & Them (59), Chris Evert, tennis star who won a Grand Slam title every year from 1974 to 1986 (60), Millie Hughes, chemist who flew on the first Spacelab mission dedicated to biomedical studies (69), Phil Donahue, trailblazing talk show host who became known for marrying actress Marlo Thomas and had his own television show for twenty-six years (79), Hu Jintao, communist politician who was the 6th President of the Peoples Republic of China from 2003 to 2013. He was known of being a low-key leader who led China to a decade of steady economic growth. He is best known internationally for opening the 2008 Olympics (72), Jeffrey Katzenberg, producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He was the chairman of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 until 1994 (64) and Julie Delpy, French film actress, screenwriter, director, and singer who has appeared in over 30 films. After being discovered and cast in a film by Jean-Luc Godard, she went on to star in Bertrand Taverniers La Passion Béatrice as the lead (45) are celebrating because theyre not dead yet. Select list with photos: 1620 - 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11] 1784 - John Jay becomes 1st US Secretary of State (foreign affairs) 1804 - Benjamin Disraeli, former British Prime Minister who played an integral role in the formation of the modern Conservative Party, who was the first British Prime Minister of Jewish descent (210) 1864 - General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia 1898 - Scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discover radium 1911 - Josh Gibson, the Black Babe Ruth was an unmatched power hitter in the Negro Leagues; tragically died three months before baseball was integrated; he followed his good friend Satchel Paige as the second Negro Leagues player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (103) 1914 - 1st feature-length silent film comedy Tillies Punctured Romance released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand & Charles Chaplin) 1918 - Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and diplomat who served as 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981. He also served as President of Austria from 1986 to 1992; When he was running for President, his service as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II came to light and created controversy (96) 1919 - J. Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia. Attracted to anarchism after the Haymarket affair, Goldman became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, womens rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands. She and anarchist writer Alexander Berkman, her lover and lifelong friend, planned to assassinate industrialist and financier Henry Clay Frick as an act of propaganda of the deed. Although Frick survived the attempt on his life, Berkman was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Goldman was imprisoned several times in the years that followed, for inciting to riot and illegally distributing information about birth control. In 1906, Goldman founded the anarchist journal Mother Earth. In 1917, Goldman and Berkman were sentenced to two years in jail for conspiring to induce persons not to register for the newly instated draft. After their release from prison, they were arrested—along with hundreds of others—and deported to Russia. Initially supportive of that countrys Bolshevik revolution, Goldman reversed her opinion in the wake of the Kronstadt rebellion and denounced the Soviet Union for its violent repression of independent voices. 1922 - Paul Winchell, puppeteer behind Jerry Mahoney who also provided the cartoon voice for Tigger in Winnie the Poo. He also invented an artificial heart (92) 1933 - Fox Films signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract 1937 - Jane Fonda, legendary actress who became known for her Oscar-winning performance in Klute and for opposing the Vietnam War. Years after rising to stardom with her role in Cat Ballou, she took a 14-year hiatus from acting (77) 1940 - Frank Zappa, American musician, composer, songwriter, producer, and director whose debut album, Freak Out!, was a hit (74) 1946 - Carl Wilson, guitarist and occasional lead vocalist who helped found the California surf and folk rock band The Beach Boys (68) 1947 - Paco de Lucia, one of the first flamenco guitarists to find success in other genres and who advocated for the New Flamenco style (67) 1950 - Jeffrey Katzenberg, producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He was the chairman of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 until 1994 (64) 1955 - Jane Kaczmarek, Emmy-nominated actress who played the frazzled mom, Lois Wilkerson, on the television series Malcolm in the Middle. She later played Pam in the series Us & Them (59) 1959 - Florence Griffith Joyner, American track and field athlete nicknamed Flo-Jo, she won three gold medals at the 1988 Olympics, as well as two silver medals (55) 1988 - Lockerbie disaster: Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed midair by a terrorist bomb killing all 258 on board over Scotland 1989 - VP Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon
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