Here is what happened today in history.
December 21st……
1988- Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland
1891- First Basketball game played
2012- “Gangnam Style” becomes the first YouTube video to reach one billion views
1996- “Curious George” co-creator Margret Rey dies
1967- “The Graduate” opens in New York
1958- Charles de Gaulle elected president of France
1968- Apollo 8 departs for lunar orbit
1945- General George S. Patton dies
1970- President Nixon meets Elvis Presley
1866- Native Americans kill 81 soldiers
1980 Socialite Sunny von Bulow is found comatose
To read more about any of these events visit https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
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