December 21: December solstice (16:28 UTC, 2017); Yule
Antonov An-225 carrying the Buran shuttle
- 1124 – Lamberto Scannabecchi was elected Pope and took the name Honorius II.
- 1826 – American settlers in Mexican Texas made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived Republic of Fredonia.
- 1937 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.
- 1988 – The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya (pictured), made its first flight.
- 2012 – Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.
Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany (d. 1001) · Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton (b. 1505) · Jane Fonda (b. 1937)
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