Today in History for 21st December 2025

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Historical Events

1948 - 1949 NFL Draft: University of Pennsylvania linebacker/center Chuck Bednarik is selected first by Philadelphia Eagles
1948 - O'Neil Place in the Bronx erroneously renamed O'Neill Place
1976 - Patricia R Harris named secretary of HUD
1983 - NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
1991 - El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane

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Famous Birthdays

1728 - Hermann Friedrich Raupach, German composer, born in Stralsund, kingdom of Sweden (d. 1778)
1914 - Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter, born in Hlebine, Croatia (d. 1992)
1942 - Carla Thomas, American soul and RandB singer ("Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)"; with Otis Redding - "Tramp"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1955 - Jane Kaczmarek, American actress (Lois in "Malcolm in the Middle"), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1982 - Mike Gansey, American basketball player, born in Olmsted Falls, Ohio

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Famous Deaths

1504 - Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)
1755 - Caspar Ruetz, German composer, dies at 47
1873 - Francis Garnier, French explorer, dies at 34
1937 - Ted Healy [Ernest Nash], American vaudeville, stage, and screen actor, comedian (Mad Love, San Francisco, Soup to Nuts), and developer of the Three Stooges, dies from complications of alcoholism at 41
2006 - Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey (b. 1914)

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