Famous Birthdays
- 1966: Kiefer Sutherland - 24
- 1965: Andy Dick - Newsradio
- 1948: Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction
- 1937: Jane Fonda - Georgia Rule
- 1897: Joseph Stalin - Soviet Leader
Famous Deaths
- 1945: George S. Patton - WWII General
Music Chart Toppers
Top Box Office Movies
- 2007: National Treasure Book of Secrets - Nicolas Cage
- 2006: Rocky Balboa - Sylvester Stallone
- 2005: King Kong - Jack Black, Naomi Watts
- 2004: A Series of Unfortunate Events - Jim Carrey
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin
- 1998: You've Got Mail - Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts
More Days
The 2000s
- 2006: Four Marines are charged with murder for their role in the Haditha Killings in Iraq.
December 21 1988
1988: 270 people are killed after a Terrorist bomb explodes aboard Pan Am Flight 103 as it was flying over Scotland, 11 of the killed were people on the ground.
December 21 1978
1978: Serial Killer, John Wayne Gacy is arrested in Des Plaines Illinois and the bodies of 33 people are unearthed under his home.
The 1970s
- 1979: The U.S. Congress approves 1.5 Billion in "emergency loans" in an effort to save the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1978: Serial Killer, John Wayne Gacy is arrested in Des Plaines Illinois and the bodies of 33 people are unearthed under his home.
December 21 1970
The 1930s
- 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel linking New Jersey with Manhattan officially opens.
AP Today in History
December 21 Moment of Zen
The Daily Show: Santa is coming (1999)
The Daily Show: Steve Carell Flashback (2000)