HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Dec-21)

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Dec 21, 2006 :: SAPARMURAT Niyazov :: Died this day, he was the President of .

Dec 21, 1971 :: Kurt WALDHEIM :: On this day, the United Nations Security Council chose him to succeed U Thant as .

Dec 21, 1968 :: APOLLO 8 :: The first to the moon, was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The crew performed the first ever manned and became the first humans to leave the Earth's gravity field.

Dec 21, 1967 :: Louis WASHKANSKY :: The first man to undergo a , died this day in Cape Town, South Africa, after living for 18 days.

Dec 21, 1967 :: Mikhail SAAKASHVILI :: Born this day, he is the Soviet-born President of .

Dec 21, 1963 :: GOVINDA :: Born this day, he is an Indian actor.

Dec 21, 1959 :: Krishnamachari SRIKKANTH :: Born this day, he is the former Indian .

Dec 21, 1958 :: CHARLES de GAULLE :: On this day, he was elected President of .

Dec 21, 1942 :: HU JINTAO :: Born this day, he is the former president.

Dec 21, 1937 :: FRANK B. KELLOGG :: Died this day, he was a United States and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Dec 21, 1934 :: PRATIBHA PATIL :: Born this day, she was the of India.

Dec 21, 1918 :: Kurt WALDHEIM :: Born this day, he was an Austrian United Nations Secretary-General and Federal of Austria.

Dec 21, 1913 :: WORD-CROSS :: Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the , was published in the New York World on this day.

Dec 21, 1873 :: Francis GARNIER :: died this day, he was a French .

Dec 21, 1804 :: Benjamin DISRAELI :: Born onthis day, he was a Prime Minister of the .