What happend on 21st December

20.12
22.12
1958

Charles de Gaulle is elected as the first President and establishes the Fifth Republic

1935

First screening of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first feature-length animated movie.

1933

Newfoundland becomes a crown colony

1923

Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent state

1919

Municipal elections held in Senegal (First round, second round is held December 28). The multiracial lists of the Independent Socialist Republican Party (PRSI) wins in all four municipalities.

1914

First feature-length silent film comedy, Tillie's Punctured Romance, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin, is released

1913

First crossword puzzle published

1898

Marie and Pierre Curie discover radium

1891

First basketball game played

1880

Isle of Man becomes first political entity that allows women to vote