Historical Events for 21st December 2022

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1900 - Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Michael Kramer" premieres in Berlin
1929 - 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx)
1944 - Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP
1949 - "Samson and Delilah", directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature, premieres in New York
1959 - Citizens of Deerfield Ill block building of interracial housing
1975 - Davis Cup Men's Tennis, Stockholm, Sweden: Home town hero Björn Borg beats Czech Jan Kodeš 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to give Sweden unassailable 3-1 lead; ends 3-2
1975 - "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 307 performances
1978 - Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "A Broadway Musical" opens and closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 1 performance
2005 - Civil Partnership Act comes into force in the UK, with singer Elton John and David Furnish one of the first couples to form a same-sex civil union
2020 - Governor of California Gavin Newson says there are now no intensive care beds left in Southern California or the San Joaquin Valley

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