Events in History
- 1163 Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
- 1237 Mongolian forces take the Russian city of Ryazan after a five-day siege during their invasion of the Rus
- 1248 Earthquake in England causes Wells' cathedral roof to collapse
- 1561 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Archbishop of Mechelen, made Cardinal
- 1582 Flanders adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days making the next day Jan 1, 1583
- 1598 Battle of Curalaba: the Mapuche people led by Pelentaru revolt and inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile
- 1620 Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [OS: Dec 11] [some sources disagree, and OS/NS adds to confusion, could be +/- several days]
- 1650 Johan de Witt installed as Dutch Pensionary of Dordrecht
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Thomas Becket
Roger Williams
Benjamin Disraeli
Kurt Waldheim
Hu Jintao
Emmanuel MacronWeddings in History
- 1762 British Explorer Captain James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts
- 1886 Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA Juliette Gordon Low (26) weds William Mackay Low in Savannah, Georgia
- 1959 Shah of Persia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi marries Farah Pahlavi Diba
Divorces in History
- 1945 American "For Whom The Bell Tolls" novelist Ernest Hemingway (46) and American novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (36) divorce after 5 years of marriage.
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Frank Kellogg
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Franz Boas
George S. Patton
Marc Connelly
Al GrossDecember in History
Slavery Divide Triggers America’s Civil War
South Carolina voted to secede from the United States on this day. The move was quickly followed by other Southern states and led to the American Civil War.
December 20, 1860
Elvis Meets Nixon
Richad Nixon meets Elvis Presley at the White House, December 21, 1970
December 21, 1970
Lockerbie Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
The remains of the forward section of the Pan Am Boeing 747 named Clipper Maid of the Seas on Tundergarth Hill near Lockerbie
December 21, 1988
'Good Sport' in The Trenches
Prime Minister's son, Raymond Asquith tells his wife of life and death on the battlefront in World War I on this day in 1915.
December 21, 1915