Τι συνέβη στις 21 Δεκεμβρίου;

1. Τι συνέβη στις 21 Δεκεμβρίου;

• 2018 – Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.
• 2012 – Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.
• 1995 – In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority.
• 1994 – Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.
• 1988 – The world's heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, made its first flight.

2. Ποιος γεννήθηκε στις 21 Δεκεμβρίου;

• 2006 – Cooper Flagg, American basketball player
• 2002 – Clara Tauson, Danish tennis player
• 1997 – Madelyn Cline, American actress and model
• 1997 – Charlie McAvoy, American ice hockey player
• 1996 – Ben Chilwell, English footballer

3. Ποιος πέθανε στις 21 Δεκεμβρίου;

• 2024 – Michelle Botes, South African actress (born 1962)
• 2024 – Art Evans, American actor (born 1942)
• 2019 – Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (born 1938)
• 2017 – Bruce McCandless II, US astronaut who conducted the first untethered spacewalk (born 1937)
• 2014 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1934)

4. Τι γιορτάζεται στις 21 Δεκεμβρίου;

• Armed Forces Day (Philippines)
• Christian feast day: O Oriens
• Christian feast day: Peter Canisius
• Christian feast day: Thomas the Apostle
• Christian feast day: December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)