December 21

This day in history:

• 1941 – World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.
• 2004 – Iraq War: A suicide bomber kills 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers in Iraq.
• 1907 – The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
• 1923 – United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

Births:

• 1985 – Tom Sturridge, English actor
• 1997 – Madelyn Cline, American actress and model
• 1973 – Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer and manager

Deaths:

• 1824 – James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
• 2010 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 1953 – Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)

Holidays:

• The first day of Pancha Ganapati, celebrated until December 25 (Saiva Siddhanta Church)
• Gravy Day (Australia), celebrated in honour of the song "How to Make Gravy" by Paul Kelly
• Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

Random Article of the day:

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Song of the Day December 21 2024

In honor of the birth of Samuel L. Jackson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Whaley and John Travolta - "Big Kahuna Burger" scene from "Pulp Fiction" (1994)

https://youtu.be/Mnb_3ibUp38?si=IuyW1jlNc-Fad8P2

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Song of the Day December 21 2024

In honor of the birth of Samuel L. Jackson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Whaley and John Travolta - "Big Kahuna Burger" scene from "Pulp Fiction" (1994)

https://youtu.be/Mnb_3ibUp38?si=IuyW1jlNc-Fad8P2

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #December21 #SamuelLJackson #PulpFiction #BigKahunaBurger #JohnTravolta #QuentinTarantino #FrankWhaley #MotionPicture #MovieScene #1990s

Imaginary Conversation Between Absent Friends

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