December 21st - This Day in History

Did you know in this day in US History the following happened?

1620  The Pilgrims land at or near Plymouth Rock

1862 The US Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Navy personnel who have distinguished themselves by their gallantry in action.

1945  General George S. Patton died in a car accident at 60 years old.

1986 500K Chinese Students gathered in Shanghai's People's Square calling for democratic reforms which included freedom of the press.

1988 Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, an hour after departure. All 259 passengers were killed in the explosion cause by a bomb hidden inside a cassette player, which detonated inside the cargo area when the plane was at a 31K feet altitude. A shower of airplane parts falling from the sky also killed 11 Lockerbie residents.

1995 The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.

2004 A suicide bomber attacks the forward operating base next to the US military airfield at Mosul, Iraq which killed 22 people. It is the deadliest suicide attack on US soldiers during the Iraq War

Learn some history today...

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