21st December: Today In History

Today is 21st December,  the 355 day of 2015. There are 10 days left in the year. Today's Highlight In History; Birthdays:   1401 Masaccio, 'Florentine' painter   1804 Benjamin Disraeli, British politician   1879 Joseph Stalin, Russian revolutionary leader   1935 Geoff Lewis, Former jockey turned trainer   1937 Jane Fonda, Actress; daughter of Henry Fonda & sister of Peter Fonda   1946 Carl Wilson, Of the Pop group 'The Beach Boys'   1954 Chris Evert, Wimbledon tennis champion of 1974 and 1981   1978 Greville Starkey (1939), English jockey and 'Derby' winner Events:   1620 The 'Pilgrim Fathers' historic landing took place at Plymouth, in Massachusetts, in the vessel Mayflower   1879 Ibsens classic play, 'The Dolls House', was first performed at the Royal Theatre, in Copenhagen   1913 The first ever crossword was published, in the weekend supplement of the 'New York World'   1937 Walt Disney's animation 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs' premiered in Los Angeles   1945 The US General George Patton died in Heidelberg, Germany, as the result of a road accident   1958 Charles de Gaulle was elected, as President of France   1986 Over 50,000 students demonstrated in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China   1988 After a record 365 days in space, two Russian and one French cosmonaut returned to Earth   1999 Nigeria Labour Congress President, Adams Oshiomole, leads thousands of workers to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa to protest proposed fuel price hike.