December 21st in History

1620: The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts
1958: Charles de Gaulle elected President of France
1986: Over 50,000 students demonstrate in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China
1988: After a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut return to Earth

December 21st birthdays

1401: Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter
1804: Benjamin Disraeli, British politician
1879: Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader
1937: Jane Fonda, American actress