Today in History for 21st December 2017:
Historical Events
1890 – Pim Mulier 1st and only trip to “Alvesteddetocht”
1941 – David Diamond’s 1st Symphony premieres
1945 – “Billion Dollar Baby” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 219 performances
1957 – Indonesia proclaims end to state of war
1958 – Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st President of 5th Rep of France
1987 – Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov launched
Famous Birthdays
1874 – Juan Bautista Sacasa, President of Nicaragua (1932-36)
1918 – Donald Regan, White House staffer/US Secretary of Treasury (1981-85)
1935 – John G. Avildsen, American film director (Rocky, The Karate Kid), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2017)
1937 – Jane Fonda, American actress (Barbarella, Klute, 9 to 5), born in NYC, New York
1946 – Carl Wilson, rock vocalist and guitarist (Beach Boys), born in Hawthorne California (d. 1998)
1957 – Lisa Gerritsen, American actress (Bess-The Mary Tyler Moore Show), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1824 – James Parkinson, English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist (b. 1755)
1914 – A O Jones, cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies
1937 – Frank Kellogg, US Secretary of State and Nobel laureate, dies at 80
1987 – Robert Paige, American actor, TV newscaster and political correspondent (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong, Colgate Comedy Hour), dies 77
1994 – Shauna McDonald Brown, British TV producer, dies at 37
2004 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (b. 1925)