December 21: December solstice (10:44 UTC, 2016), Yule
Emma Goldman
- 1124 – Lamberto Scannabecchi was elected Pope and took the name Honorius II.
- 1844 – The Rochdale Pioneers, usually considered the first successful co-operative enterprise, opened their store in Rochdale, England, and formed the basis for the modern co-operative movement.
- 1919 – After serving two years in prison for encouraging people to resist military conscription, anarchist Emma Goldman (pictured) was deported from the United States to Russia.
- 1923 – Nepal and the United Kingdom signed a treaty, the first to define the international status of Nepal as an independent and a sovereign nation.
- 1995 – In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, the city of Bethlehem was transferred from Israeli control to that of the Palestinian National Authority.
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