1. 1620: The Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
2. 1846: Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation by Dr. William Morton in Boston.
3. 1879: Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb and demonstrated it for the first time.
4. 1913: The first crossword puzzle was published in the New York World newspaper.
5. 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated feature film, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.
6. 1968: Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, was launched.
7. 1988: A bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
8. 1995: The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris, ending the Bosnian War and establishing the framework for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9. 2008: Bernard Madoff was arrested for operating the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
10. 2012: The Long Count of the Mayan calendar, often associated with predictions about the end of the world, reached its supposed end, but the world did not come to an end as predicted.
These events span a wide range of topics and significance, reflecting the diversity of historical occurrences on December 21.
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