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Today in History: Monday, December\u00a0 21, 2015<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, including 11 on the ground.
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1620<\/td>\nPilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1879<\/td>\nSoviet dictator Josef Stalin was born Josef Dzhugashvili in Gori, Georgia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1898<\/td>\nScientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1913<\/td>\nThe first crossword puzzle was published, in the New York World.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1937<\/td>\nThe Disney animated feature film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” had its world premiere in Los Angeles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nIreland became an independent republic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nCharles de Gaulle was elected the first president of France’s Fifth Republic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nApollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nElvis Presley met with President Richard M. Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss fighting drugs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1971<\/td>\nThe U.N. Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as secretary-general.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nPolice in Des Plaines, Ill., arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys he was later convicted of murdering.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nEleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nThe city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nAfter two years of denials, House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted violating House ethics rules.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Samuel L. Jackson turns 67 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Phil Donahue<\/td>\nTalk show host<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane Fonda<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larry Bryggman<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albert Lee<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Tilson Thomas<\/td>\nConductor<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeffrey Katzenberg<\/td>\nMovie producer<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Evert<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane Kaczmarek<\/td>\nActress (“Malcolm in the Middle”)<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ray Romano<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Everybody Loves Raymond”)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andy Dick<\/td>\nActor, comedian<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kiefer Sutherland<\/td>\nActor (“24”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julie Delpy<\/td>\nActress, director<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karrie Webb<\/td>\nGolfer<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steven Yeun<\/td>\nActor (“The Walking Dead”)<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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