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*[[1879]] – World premiere of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[A Doll's House]]'' at the [[Royal Danish Theatre|Royal Theatre]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.
*[[1883]] – [[The Royal Canadian Dragoons]] and [[The Royal Canadian Regiment]], the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the [[Canadian Army]], are formed.
*[[1891]] – [[James Naismith]], a Canadian-American gym teacher at [[Springfield College]], publishes the first rules for the game now known as [[basketball]] and brings it to his class, which then plays the first game of basketball.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffiths |first=Sian |date=20 September 2019 |title=The Canadian who invented basketball |work=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-11348053 |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Naismith |first=James |title=Basketball: Its Origin and Development |publisher=Association Press |year=1941 |location=New York City |pages=53–59 |language=en}}</ref>
===1901–present===
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*[[1988]] – A bomb explodes on board [[Pan Am Flight 103]] over [[Lockerbie]], [[Dumfries and Galloway]], Scotland, killing 270.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63933837 |website=BBC News |access-date=11 December 2022 |date=11 December 2022}}</ref> This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur on British soil.
* 1988 – The first flight of [[Antonov An-225 Mriya]], the largest aircraft in the world.
*[[1991]] – [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union]]: The leaders of 11 now effectively autonomous Soviet republics sign the [[Alma-Ata Protocol]] establishing the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] in place of the collapsing [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fedor |first=Helen |title=Belarus and Moldova: Country Studies |publisher=[[Federal Research Division]] |year=1995 |isbn=0844408492 |edition=1st |location=Washington, D.C. |page=195 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1992]] – A [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|DC-10]], flight [[Martinair Flight 495|Martinair MP 495]], crashes at [[Faro Airport]], killing 56.
*[[1995]] – The city of [[Bethlehem]] passes from [[Israel]]i to [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian]] control.
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* 1999 – [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216]] overshoots the runway at [[La Aurora International Airport]], killing 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991221-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 F-GTDI Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>
*[[2004]] – [[Iraq War]]: A [[suicide attack|suicide bomber]] [[2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing|kills 22]] at the [[forward operating base]] next to the main U.S. military airfield at [[Mosul]], [[Iraq]], the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.
*[[2012]] – [[2012 phenomenon]]: Festivities are held in parts of Mesoamerica to commemorate the conclusion of b’ak’tun 13, a roughly 5,126-year-long cycle in the [[Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar]] whose passing many [[New Age]] spiritualists had earlier held to portend a variety of cataclysmic or transformative events.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alper |first=Alexandra |date=21 December 2012 |title=Celebrations in Mexico as world survives Maya "end of days" |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8BJ16Q/ |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[2020]] – A [[great conjunction]] of [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]] occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623.<ref>{{Cite web|title=See the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, 21 December 2020|url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/great-conjunction-jupiter-saturn|access-date=2020-11-29|website=BBC Sky at Night Magazine}}</ref>
*[[2023]] – 14 people are killed and 25 others injured during [[2023 Prague shooting|a mass shooting]] at [[Charles University]] in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]. The perpetrator, a student at the university, kills himself after police arrived; he also killed his father before the shooting.<ref>{{cite web |title=A lone gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 15 people and injuring 24 |url=https://apnews.com/article/prague-shooting-dead-injured-9a383bc6919c1b0d929cf06aa4818341 |website=AP News |date=21 December 2023 |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>
==Births==
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*[[1900]] – [[Luis Arturo González López]], Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (d. 1965)
===1901–present===
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▲* 1905 – [[Käte Fenchel]], German mathematician (d. 1983)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/30 30] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/30 }}</ref>
*[[1909]] – [[Seichō Matsumoto]], Japanese journalist and author (d. 1992)
*[[1911]] – [[Josh Gibson]], American baseball player (d. 1947)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 21: Tom Payne, Jane Fonda |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/21/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-21-Tom-Payne-Jane-Fonda/6231671587296/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=20 December 2023 |date=21 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1911]] – [[Josh Gibson]], American baseball player (d. 1947)▼
*[[1913]] – [[Arnold Friberg]], American illustrator and painter (d. 2010)
*[[1914]] – [[Frank Fenner]], Australian microbiologist and virologist (d. 2010)
*[[1917]] – [[Heinrich Böll]], German novelist and short story writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1985)
*[[1918]] – [[Donald Regan]], American colonel and politician, 11th [[White House Chief of Staff]] (d. 2003)
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* 1920 – [[Adele Goldstine]], American computer programmer (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite book | last=Henderson | first=Harry | title= A to Z of Computer Scientists | url=https://archive.org/details/tozcomputerscien00hend | url-access=limited | place=New York | publisher=Facts on File | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-8160-4531-0 | page=[https://archive.org/details/tozcomputerscien00hend/page/n111 99]}}</ref>
*[[1922]] – [[Itubwa Amram]], Nauruan pastor and politician (d. 1989)
* 1922 – [[Paul Winchell]], American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (d. 2005)▼
* 1922 – [[Cécile DeWitt-Morette]], French mathematician and physicist (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book | last=Oakes | first=Elizabeth H. | title=Encyclopedia of World Scientists | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaworl00oake | url-access=limited | place=New York | publisher=Facts on File | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-8160-6158-7 | page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaworl00oake/page/n195 179]}}</ref>
▲* 1922 – [[Paul Winchell]], American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (d. 2005)
*[[1923]] – [[
*[[1926]] – [[Arnošt Lustig]], Czech author and playwright (d. 2011)
* 1926 – [[Joe Paterno]], American football player and coach (d. 2012)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1930]] – [[Phil Roman]], American animator<ref name="el-paso">{{cite news|last=Renteria|first=Ramon|title=Art creates a life-come-true|date=January 29, 1998|newspaper=[[El Paso Times]]|page=1D}}</ref>
*[[1932]] – [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]], Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 2014)
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*[[1935]] – [[John G. Avildsen]], American director, producer, and cinematographer (d. 2017)
* 1935 – [[Lorenzo Bandini]], Italian racing driver (d. 1967)
* 1935 – [[Phil Donahue]], American talk show host and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1935 – [[Edward Schreyer]], Canadian academic and politician, [[Governor General of Canada]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |date=4 February 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-26490-2 |page=144 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA144 |language=en}}</ref>▼
* 1935 – [[Stela Popescu]], Romanian actress (d. 2017)
▲* 1935 – [[Edward Schreyer]], Canadian academic and politician, [[Governor General of Canada]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |date=4 February 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-26490-2 |page=144 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA144 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1937]] – [[Jane Fonda]], American actress and activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Fonda |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/jane-fonda |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=26 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1939]] – [[Lloyd Axworthy]], Canadian academic and politician, 2nd [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
* 1939 – [[Wafic Saïd]], Syrian-Saudi Arabian financier, businessman and philanthropist
*[[1940]] – [[Frank Zappa]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer (d. 1993)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1942]] – [[Hu Jintao]], Chinese engineer and politician, 5th [[Paramount leader]] of China<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*
*[[1943]] – [[Albert Lee]], English guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1943 – [[Walter Spanghero]], French rugby player
*[[1944]] – [[Michael Tilson Thomas]], American pianist, composer, and conductor
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*[[1945]] – [[Doug Walters]], Australian cricketer
*[[1946]] – [[Roy Karch]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1946 – [[Carl Wilson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1947]] – [[Paco de Lucía]], Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2014)
*[[1948]] – [[Barry Gordon]], American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988–95)
* 1948 – [[Samuel L. Jackson]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 21, 2022 includes celebrities Jane Fonda, Samuel L. Jackson |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-21-2022-includes-celebrities-jane-fonda-samuel-l-jackson.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=20 December 2023 |date=21 December 2022}}</ref>
* 1948 – [[Samuel L. Jackson]], American actor and producer▼
* 1948 – [[Dave Kingman]], American baseball player
*[[1949]] – [[Thomas Sankara]], Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th [[President of Burkina Faso]] (d. 1987)
* 1949 – [[Nikolaos Sifounakis]], Greek lawyer and politician
*[[1950]] – [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]], American screenwriter and producer, co-founded [[DreamWorks Animation]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1950 – [[Lillebjørn Nilsen]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist▼
* 1950 – [[Max Maven]], American magician and mentalist (d. 2022)
▲* 1950 – [[Lillebjørn Nilsen]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)
*[[1951]] – [[Steve Perryman]], English footballer and manager
*[[1952]] – [[Joaquín Andújar]], Dominican baseball player (d. 2015)
* 1952 – [[Dennis Boutsikaris]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1952 – [[Steve Furniss]], American swimmer
*[[1953]] – [[András Schiff]], Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
* 1953 – [[Betty Wright]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Betty Wright, Grammy-Winning R&B Singer, Dies at 66|url=https://www.thewrap.com/betty-wright-grammy-winning-rb-singer-dies-at-66/|last=Fuster|first=Jeremy|date=May 10, 2020|access-date=May 10, 2020|work=[[The Wrap]]}}</ref>
*[[1954]] – [[Chris Evert]], American tennis player and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Evert {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/50020/name |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1955]] – [[Jane Kaczmarek]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1955 – [[Kazuyuki Sekiguchi]], Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
*[[1956]] – [[Dave Laut]], American shot putter (d. 2009)
*[[1957]] – [[Ray Romano]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1957 – [[Tony Lewis (musician)|Tony Lewis]], English singer and songwriter (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tonylewismusic.com/news/2018/9/18/forbes-magazine-interview|title=Forbes Magazine Interview|website=Tony Lewis|date=18 September 2018 |access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[1958]] – [[Tamara Bykova]], Russian high jumper
*[[1959]] – [[Florence Griffith Joyner]], American sprinter and actress (d. 1998)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1959 – [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]], Indian cricketer
*[[1960]] – [[Sherry Rehman]], Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat, 25th [[Pakistan Ambassador to the United States]]
*[[1961]] – [[Ryuji Sasai]], Japanese bass player and composer
*[[1963]] – [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]], Indian actor, singer, and politician
*[[1964]] – [[
* 1964 – [[
*[[1965]] – [[Glenn Coleman (rugby league)|Glenn Coleman]], Australian rugby league player
* 1965 – [[Andy Dick]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Turning 50 in 2015 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/09/entertainment/celebs-turning-50/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=14 December 2022 |date=9 April 2015}}</ref>
* 1965 – [[Anke Engelke]], Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
*[[1966]] – [[
* 1966 – [[William Ruto]], 5th [[List of heads of state of Kenya|President of Kenya]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1966 – [[Kiefer Sutherland]], British-Canadian actor, director, and producer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Maxine Block|author2=Anna Herthe Rothe|author3=Marjorie Dent Candee|author4=Charles Moritz|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4sYAAAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=542}}</ref>
*[[1967]] – [[Terry Mills (basketball)|Terry Mills]], American basketball player and coach
* 1967 – [[Mikheil Saakashvili]], Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[President of Georgia]]<ref>{{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2008: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA502|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-74024-6|pages=502}}</ref>
*[[1969]] – [[Julie Delpy]], French model, actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1969 – [[Mihails Zemļinskis]], Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
*[[1971]] – [[Matthieu Chedid]], French singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1971 – [[Natalie Grant]], American singer-songwriter and author<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]], Indian Politician, 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
*[[1973]] – [[Irakli Alasania]], Georgian colonel and politician, [[Ministry of Defense of Georgia|Georgian Minister of Defense]]
* 1973 – [[Matías Almeyda]], Argentine footballer and manager
*[[1974]] – [[Karrie Webb]], Australian golfer
*[[1975]] – [[Paloma Herrera]],
*[[1977]] – [[
* 1977 – [[Corey Collymore]], Barbadian cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.middlesexccc.com/squads/hall-of-fame/corey-collymore|title=Corey Collymore|publisher=[[Middlesex County Cricket Club]]|website=middlesexccc.com}}</ref>
* 1977 – [[Leon MacDonald]], New Zealand rugby player
* 1977 – [[Emmanuel Macron]], French politician, 25th [[President of France]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Sophie Pedder|title=Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lhc0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT54|date=21 June 2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4729-4861-8|pages=54}}</ref>
* 1977 – [[Freddy Sanchez]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddy Sanchez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/freddy-sanchez-408108 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1978]] – [[Emiliano Brembilla]], Italian swimmer
* 1978 – [[Charles Dera]], American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
* 1978 – [[Shaun Morgan]], South African musician, singer, and guitarist
* 1978 – [[Rutina Wesley]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1979]] – [[Steve Montador]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
*[[1981]] – [[Marta Fernández (basketball)|Marta Fernández]], Spanish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marta Fernandez |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201037/marta-fernandez |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1981]] – [[Cristian Zaccardo]], Italian footballer▼
*
*[[1982]] – [[Primo Colón]], Puerto Rican wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Primo |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17174098/football/club |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=20 December 2023 |date=11 August 2016}}</ref>
▲*[[1983]] – [[Steven Yeun]], American actor
* 1982 – [[Tom Payne (actor)|Tom Payne]], English actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1983]] – [[Taylor Teagarden]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor Teagarden |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/taylor-teagarden-460003 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
▲*
*[[1985]] – [[Tom Sturridge]], English actor
*[[1987]] – [[Khris Davis]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Khris Davis |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/khris-davis-501981 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[Perri Shakes-Drayton]], English sprinter and hurdler▼
*[[1988]] – [[Danny Duffy]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Danny Duffy |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/danny-duffy-518633 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1989]] – [[Mark Ingram II]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Ingram II |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13981/mark-ingram-ii |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
* 1989 – [[Tamannaah]],
*[[1991]] – [[Nic Maddinson]], Australian cricketer<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/333780.html ESPNcricinfo</ref>
*
*[[1992]] – [[Ha Ha Clinton-Dix]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ha Ha Clinton-Dix |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16735/ha-ha-clintondix |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[Jamie Oleksiak]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamie Oleksiak |url=https://www.nhl.com/kraken/player/jamie-oleksiak-8476467 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1994]] – [[Luke Brooks]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/luke-brooks/summary.html|title=Luke Brooks - Career Stats & Summary|publisher=Rugby League Project|access-date=2016-03-14}}</ref>
*[[1996]] – [[Kaitlyn Dever]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1997]] – [[Madelyn Cline]], American actress and model<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1997 – [[Charlie McAvoy]], American ice hockey player <ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie McAvoy Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/charlie-mcavoy-8479325 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2002]] – [[Clara Tauson]], Danish tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clara Tauson {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/327793/clara-tauson |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
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*[[1983]] – [[Paul de Man]], Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)
*[[1988]] – [[Nikolaas Tinbergen]], Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1907)
*[[1992]] – [[Stella Adler]], American actress and educator (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stella Adler {{!}} American actress {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stella-Adler |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[Albert King]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
* 1992 – [[Nathan Milstein]], Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1903)
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* 2014 – [[Billie Whitelaw]], English actress (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=Billie Whitelaw obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/dec/22/billie-whitelaw |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 June 2020 |date=22 December 2014}}</ref>
*[[2017]] – [[Bruce McCandless II]], US astronaut who conducted the first untethered spacewalk (b. 1937)
*[[2019]] – [[Andrew Clennel Palmer]], British engineer (b. 1938)<ref>{{ cite journal | last = King | first = Roger Anthony | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2022.0015 | date = 27 July 2022 | title = Andrew Clennel Palmer. 26 May 1938—21 December 2019 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 73 | pages = 379–393 | s2cid = 251071307 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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**[[Thomas the Apostle]] ([[Anglicanism]])
**[[December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Forefathers' Day]] ([[Plymouth, Massachusetts]])
*[[Public holidays in São Tomé and Príncipe|São Tomé Day]] ([[São Tomé and Príncipe]])
*The first day of [[Pancha Ganapati]], celebrated until December 25 ([[Saiva Siddhanta Church]])
*Gravy Day ([[Australia]]), celebrated in honour of the song [[How to Make Gravy]] by [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everything You Need To Know About Gravy Day |url=https://www.triplem.com.au/story/everything-you-need-to-know-about-gravy-day-209841 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Triple M |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=21}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/21 Historical Events on December 21]
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