December 21
Today in America's Present Past
1603 | Cleric Roger Williams was born.
1620 | The day most historians believe the Pilgrims came ashore near Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1719 | The Revolution of 1719 in which South Carolina overthrew its Lords Proprietors.
1864 | Civil War: General Sherman and Union forces liberate Savannah, Georgia.
1866 | Indian Wars: The Fetterman Massacre.
1867 | Musician John Winter Thompson was born in Leelanau, Michigan.
1872 | General Ambrose R. Wright died.
1886 | Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low wed William Mackay Low.
1892 | Golfer Walter Hagen was born.
1919 | POTUS: Democrat President Wilson deports “249 alien radicals,” including anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman to Russia.
1921 | Publisher and politician Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback died.
1922 | SCOTUS: Justice Piece Butler was sworn in.
1935 | Director John G. Avildsen was born.
1937 | Film: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” debuted.
1937 | Actress Jane Fonda was born.
1937 | Diplomat Frank Kellogg died.
1940 | Musician Frank Zappa was born.
1940 | Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald died.
1945 | General George S. Patton died.
1948 | Actor Samuel L. Jackson was born.
1950 | Politician Hattie Wyatt Caraway died.
1954 | Tennis pro Chris Evert was born.
1956 | Psychologist Lewis Terman died.
1957 | Actor Ray Romano was born.
1966 | Actor Kiefer Sutherland was born.
1970 | POTUS: Republican President Nixon welcomes entertainer Elvis Presley to the White House.
1978 | Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was arrested.
1988 | War on Terror: 190 Americans were killed when Islamic terrorists bombed Pan Am Flight 103.
2000 | Inventor Al Gross died.
2023 | Economist Robert Solow died.