Today is Monday, December 21, the 355th day of 2009. There are 10 days left in the year.
1620 _ 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock
1898 _ Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium
1913 _ First crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World
1923 _ Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation
1925 _ Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow
1937 _ First feature-length color and sound cartoon premieres (Disney's Snow White)
1958 _ Charles De Gaulle wins 7-year term as first president of 5th Republic of France
1962 _ U.S. and Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive
1968 _ David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash premiere together in California
1991 _ Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States