In a December 21but in 1989, the East German border guards began the demolition of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate.
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1471.- The Portuguese discover the island of Sao Tomé.
1879.- The ‘New York Herald’ announces on a full page that Thomas Edison has invented electric lighting.
1937.- Premiere of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’, Walt Disney’s first animated feature film, in Los Angeles (California).
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1944.- Juan José Arévalo is elected president of Guatemala.
1958.- Charles De Gaulle, elected president of France by a large majority.
1968.- ‘Apollo 8’ leaves for the Moon from Cape Canaveral, the first space trip manned by Frank Borman, James A. Lovell (Jr.) and William A. Anders.
1984.- The singer Madonna achieves her first number one in the United States, with ‘Like a Virgin’.
1989.- East German border guards begin the demolition of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate.
1992.- Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary create a free trade area, effective from the following March 1.
2007.- The Europe without borders of the Schengen area extends from 15 to 24 countries, with the incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta.
2011.- The European Central Bank lends 489,191 million euros to 523 banks, in its first three-year auction.
2012.- Mario Monti resigns as Italian Prime Minister and the next day elections are called for February.
2017.- The Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia says goodbye after 24 years of trials.
2023.- Willis Gibson, a 13-year-old American teenager, becomes the first person to beat the popular Tetris video game by reaching level 157 or the final ‘death screen’.
2023.- European justice rules in favor of the Super League against UEFA and FIFA.
BIRTH
1639.- Jean Baptiste Racine, French playwright.
1872.- Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer.
1879.- Josif Stalin, top leader of the USSR.
1888.- Jean Bouin, French athlete.
1920.- Alicia Alonso, Cuban dancer.
1937.- Jane Fonda, American actress.
1946.- Jesús del Pozo, Spanish fashion designer.
1947.- Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist.
1954.- Chris Evert, American tennis player.
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1959.- Florence Griffith-Joyner, American athlete.
1960.- Manuel Tena, Spanish singer, composer and lyricist.
1960.- José María Sanz, ‘Loquillo’, Spanish rock singer.
1975.- Charles Michel, former Belgian Prime Minister.
1977.- Emmanuel Macron, president of France.
DEATHS
1375.- Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian humanist.
1781.- Gregorio Mayáns y Siscar, Spanish scholar.
1933.- Knud Rasmussen, Danish explorer.
2002.- José Hierro, Spanish poet.
2003.- Prince Alfonso de Hohenlohe, Spanish aristocrat and promoter of the Costa del Sol.
2008.- Dale Wasserman, American playwright.
2017.- Bruce McCandless, American, first astronaut to float untethered in space.
2019.- Emanuel Ungaro, French designer of Italian origin.
2022.- Alberto Asor Rosa, writer and intellectual of the Italian left.
