What Happened on December 21 - Tiny Fox Lab

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Today is Saturday, December 21, 2024. It's the 356 day of the year, and we're on week 51. What Happened on December 21 in History? Keep reading to find out!

2012

Psy's music video for 'Gangnam Style' surpassed one billion views on YouTube, becoming the first video to do so in the website's history.

2005

Elton John and his partner David Furnish registered their civil partnership at Windsor Town Hall on the first day civil partnerships could legally be performed in England.

1995

Israel gave control of the city of Bethlehem to Palestine.

1988

Antonov An-255 Mriya, the largest airplane in the world, flew for the first time.

1978

John Wayne Gacy was arrested.

1970

Elvis Presley met President Richard Nixon in the White House.

1968

The first manned Moon voyage, the Apollo 8, launched with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders.

1951

The groundbreaking TV soap opera 'Sua Vida Me Pertence' premiered in Brazil.

1937

The first full-length animated feature film, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' premiered.

1928

President Coolidge signed a bill authorizing The Boulder Canyon Project Act, which allowed for the construction of what is known today as the Hoover Dam.

1914

The first feature-length silent film comedy, 'Tillie's Punctured Romance,' was released, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, and Charlie Chaplin.

1913

The first crossword puzzle was printed.

1898

French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium.

1237

A Mongol horde led by Batu Khan conquered and sacked the Russian city of Ryazan.