This week in history
December 21st.
Nothing landed on December 21 exactly, but 36 stories fall within the surrounding week and month.
The surrounding week
16 stories within seven days of 21 December
December 14, 1995Wikipedia · "Dayton Agreement"Dayton Accords Agreement Signedsomewhere in Bosnia and Herzegovina
December 14, 1918Wikipedia · "1918 United Kingdom general election"1919 British General Electionsomewhere in the United Kingdom
December 14, 1918Wikipedia · "1918 United Kingdom general election in Ireland"Irish General Electionsomewhere in Ireland
December 16, 1944Wikipedia · "Battle of the Bulge"Battle of the Bulgesomewhere in Belgium
December 16, 1773Wikipedia · "Boston Tea Party"Boston Tea Partysomewhere in the United States
December 17, 2010Wikipedia · "Arab Spring"Arab Spring Protests Beginsomewhere in Tunisia
December 17, 1903Wikipedia · "Wright Brothers National Memorial"Wright Brothers' First Flightsomewhere in the United States
December 25, 1979Wikipedia · "CIA activities in Afghanistan"Soviet Invasion of Afghanistansomewhere in Afghanistan
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- December 25, 1979Soviet-Afghan War Beginssomewhere in Afghanistan
December 25, 1914Wikipedia · "Christmas truce"Christmas Truce (1914)somewhere in Belgium
December 26, 2004Wikipedia · "2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami"2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and TsunamiCoordinates
December 26, 2003Wikipedia · "2003 Bam earthquake"Bam Earthquake & Ancient City DestroyedIran
December 26, 1991Wikipedia · "Dissolution of the Soviet Union"Dissolution of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
December 27, 2007Wikipedia · "Crisis"Kenya Post-Election Violence & CrisisKenya
December 27, 2007Wikipedia · "Assassination of Benazir Bhutto"Benazir Bhutto Assassination in Pakistansomewhere in Pakistan
December 28, 1879Wikipedia · "Tay Bridge disaster"Tay Bridge Disastersomewhere in the United Kingdom
Elsewhere in December
18 stories
December 2, 1804Wikipedia · "Coronation of Napoleon"Coronation of Napoleonsomewhere in France
December 3, 1984Bhopal Medical Appeal · via WikipediaBhopal Gas Disaster—Correction Neededsomewhere in India
December 5, 1952Great Britain Committee on Air Pollution · via WikipediaGreat Smog of Londonsomewhere in the United Kingdom
December 7, 1941Wikipedia · "Attack on Pearl Harbor"Pearl Harbor Attacksomewhere in the United States
December 8, 1941Wikipedia · "Philippines campaign (1941–1942)"Fall of the Philippines to Japansomewhere in the Philippines
December 8, 1914Wikipedia · "Battle of the Falkland Islands"Battle of the Falkland Islandssomewhere in the United Kingdom
December 9, 1902Wikipedia · "Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903"Venezuelan Blockade Crisissomewhere in Venezuela
December 9, 1824Wikipedia · "Battle of Ayacucho"Battle of Ayacuchosomewhere in Peru
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December 10, 1832Wikipedia · "1832 United Kingdom general election"British General Electionsomewhere in the United Kingdom
December 11, 1997Wikipedia · "Kyoto Protocol"Kyoto Protocol Adoptedsomewhere in Japan
December 11, 1994Wikipedia · "First Chechen War"First Chechen War Beginssomewhere in Russia
December 12, 2015Wikipedia · "Paris Agreement"Paris Climate Agreement Adoptedsomewhere in France
December 13, 2007Wikipedia · "Treaty of Lisbon"Lisbon Treaty Establishes EU Frameworksomewhere in European Union
December 13, 1937Wikipedia · "Nanjing Massacre"Nanking Massacre Beginssomewhere in China
December 29, 1895Wikipedia · "Jameson Raid"Jameson Raid & Boer Crisissomewhere in South Africa
December 29, 1890Wikipedia · "Wounded Knee Massacre"Wounded Knee Massacresomewhere in the United States
December 30, 1936Wikipedia · "Flint sit-down strike"General Motors Sit-Down Strikesomewhere in the United States
December 31, 1992Wikipedia · "Dissolution of Czechoslovakia"Dissolution of Czechoslovakiasomewhere in Czechoslovakia
Also in December
1 story we can place in December, but not on a day
