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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 21 DéCEMBRE

Chilean Army

Année: 1907

The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

James Naismith

Année: 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.

Royal Canadian Dragoons

Année: 1883

The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

Henrik Ibsen

Année: 1879

World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Pretoria Pit disaster

Année: 1910

An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Nepal

Année: 1923

United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

2023 Prague shootings

Année: 2023

Fourteen people are killed and 25 others injured during 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.

Junkers Ju 88

Année: 1936

First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.

Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)

Année: 1934

Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.

Challenger expedition

Année: 1872

Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

NAISSANCES DU 21 DéCEMBRE

Iris Cummings

Année de naissance: 1920

Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (died 2025)

Donald Regan

Année de naissance: 1918

Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (died 2003)

Kurt Waldheim

Année de naissance: 1918

Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel and politician; 9th President of Austria (died 2007)

Heinrich Böll

Année de naissance: 1917

Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)

Alicia Alonso

Année de naissance: 1920

Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, founded the Cuban National Ballet (died 2019)

Paul Winchell

Année de naissance: 1922

Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (died 2005)

Joe Paterno

Année de naissance: 1926

Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (died 2012)

Wat Misaka

Année de naissance: 1923

Wat Misaka, American basketball player (died 2019)

Cécile DeWitt-Morette

Année de naissance: 1922

Cécile DeWitt-Morette, French mathematician and physicist (died 2017)

Frank Fenner

Année de naissance: 1914

Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist (died 2010)

DéCèS DU 21 DéCEMBRE

I. L. Patterson

Année de décès: 1929

I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (born 1859)

Knud Rasmussen

Année de décès: 1933

Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (born 1879)

Muḥammad ibn 'Abdallāh Hassan

Année de décès: 1920

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, leader of the Dervish movement (born 1856)

Friedrich August von Quenstedt

Année de décès: 1889

Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (born 1809)

James Parkinson

Année de décès: 1824

James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (born 1755)

Francis Garnier

Année de décès: 1873

Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (born 1839)

Kurt Tucholsky

Année de décès: 1935

Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (born 1890)

Frank B. Kellogg

Année de décès: 1937

Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)

Michelle Botes

Année de décès: 2024

Michelle Botes, South African actress (born 1962)

Kenneth Edwards (golfer)

Année de décès: 1952

Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (born 1886)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 21 DéCEMBRE

December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces Day (Philippines)

Thomas the Apostle

Christian feast day: Thomas the Apostle

Peter Canisius

Christian feast day: Peter Canisius

O Antiphons

Christian feast day: O Oriens

Public holidays in São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Forefathers' Day

Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

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