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On this day 21 Dec
1582 Flanders adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days making the next day Jan 1, 1583
1829 First stone arch railroad bridge in the US is dedicated in Baltimore
1849 1st US skating club formed (Philadelphia)
1872 Phileas Fogg completes his round the world trip in 80 days, in Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days"
1891 First game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, is played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts, celebrated today as World Basketball Day
1898 Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium
1913 First crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in the newspaper New York World
2012 "Gangnam Style" by Psy becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube
Birthdays:
Emmanuel Macron 48th
Tim Sweeney 55th
Samuel L Jackson 77th
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