December 21st in History
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
