SomeFacts | December 21

On this day - December 21

69 — The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in ...

1124 — Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the ...

1140 — After a siege of several weeks, the city of Weinsberg and its ...

1237 — The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan.

1361 — The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish ...

1598 — Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique ...

1620 — Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims ...

1826 — American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their ...

1832 — Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat ...

1844 — The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business ...

1861 — Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision ...

1872 — Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain ...

1879 — the fictional character of Nora Helmer is first portrayed by ...

1883 — The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, ...

1907 — The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking ...

1910 — An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit ...

1919 — American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

1923 — United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of ...

1934 — Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known ...

1941 — World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.

1946 — An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, ...

1963 — "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately ...

1965 — International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of ...

1967 — Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human ...

1968 — Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space ...

1973 — The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.

1979 — Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for ...

1988 — A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, ...

1991 — Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The leaders of 11 now ...

1992 — A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro ...

1995 — The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian ...

1999 — Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La ...

1999 — The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of ...

2004 — Iraq War: A suicide bomber kills 22 at the forward operating ...

2012 — 2012 phenomenon: Festivities are held in parts of Mesoamerica ...

2020 — A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two ...

2023 — Fourteen people are killed and 25 others injured during a mass ...