Born on December 21
December 21 birthdays & history
If you were born on December 21, you share a birthday with Emmanuel Macron, Jane Fonda and Heinrich Böll. December 21 babies are Sagittarius, with turquoise as their birthstone and the narcissus as their birth flower. December 21 is the 356th day of the year in leap years (355th in other years).
Famous people born on December 21
- 1977Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France
- 1937Jane Fonda, American actress and activist
- 1917Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer
- 1948Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
- 1401Masaccio, Italian painter
- 1966Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor, director, and producer
- 1795Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic
- 1954Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
- 1947Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
What happened on December 21
- 1124Lamberto Scannabecchi was elected pope, taking the name Honorius II.
- 1620The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to establish the Plymouth Colony.
- 1844The Rochdale Pioneers opened their store in Rochdale, England, forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement.
- 1879the fictional character of Nora Helmer is first portrayed by Betty Hennings at a showing of A Doll's House at the Royal Danish Theatre.
- 1911Moscow's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was consecrated.
- 1923Nepal and the United Kingdom signed the first treaty that defined the international status of Nepal as an independent and a sovereign nation.
- 1934Lieutenant Kijé, the first film composition by Sergei Prokofiev, premiered.
- 1937Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.
- 1965The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member states have since signed.
- 1988The world's heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, made its first flight.
- 2012Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.
- 2020A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623.
Also observed on December 21
- Armed Forces Day (Philippines)
- Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
- São Tomé Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Questions, answered
What star sign is December 21?
People born on December 21 are Sagittarius. Their birthstone is turquoise and their birth flower is the narcissus.
Which famous people were born on December 21?
Emmanuel Macron (1977), Jane Fonda (1937), Heinrich Böll (1917), Frank Zappa (1940), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Masaccio (1401) were all born on December 21.
What happened on December 21 in history?
Among other things: in 1988, The world's heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, made its first flight; in 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; in 2020, A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623.
Can I get a newspaper front page from December 21?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any December 21 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “December 21”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.