This Day In History
December 21
Patriot Robert Barnwell is born William Wordsworth moves into Dove Cottage Trent crisis escalates Indians massacre Fetterman and eighty soldiers Sir William Robertson is appointed chief of the Imperial General Staff Hobey Baker killed in plane crash "Old Blood and Guts" dies Earthquake sends tsunami toward Japan De Gaulle elected "The Graduate" opens in New York; makes Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider famous Apollo 8 departs for moon's orbit Thailand announces plans to withdraw troops Nixon meets Elvis Presley Defense Department reports eight B-52s lost during Linebacker II Carlos the Jackal attacks OPEC headquarters Sunny von Bulow is found comatose Harry Chapin earns a #1 hit with "Cat's In The Cradle" Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland Soviet republics proclaim the Commonwealth of Independent States Curious George co-creator Margret Rey dies Russell Crowe stars in A Beautiful Mind
Patriot Robert Barnwell is born William Wordsworth moves into Dove Cottage Trent crisis escalates Indians massacre Fetterman and eighty soldiers Sir William Robertson is appointed chief of the Imperial General Staff Hobey Baker killed in plane crash "Old Blood and Guts" dies Earthquake sends tsunami toward Japan De Gaulle elected "The Graduate" opens in New York; makes Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider famous Apollo 8 departs for moon's orbit Thailand announces plans to withdraw troops Nixon meets Elvis Presley Defense Department reports eight B-52s lost during Linebacker II Carlos the Jackal attacks OPEC headquarters Sunny von Bulow is found comatose Harry Chapin earns a #1 hit with "Cat's In The Cradle" Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland Soviet republics proclaim the Commonwealth of Independent States Curious George co-creator Margret Rey dies Russell Crowe stars in A Beautiful Mind
