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December 21

3 sourced moments from December 21 in history: Snow White, the first full-length animated feature, premiered (1937); Apollo 8 went to the Moon in 1968 without a lunar module; and Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Lockerbie (1988).

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3 things happened on December 21

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1988 History · War & Conflict

Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Lockerbie

On December 21, 1988, a bomb tore apart Pan Am Flight 103 above Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people in one of history's deadliest terror attacks.

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1968 Space · Space Exploration

Apollo 8 went to the Moon in 1968 without a lunar module

Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968, on the first crewed Saturn V, and flew to the Moon carrying a dummy where the lander should be.

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1937 Culture & Arts · Film & TV

Snow White, the first full-length animated feature, premiered

On December 21, 1937, Disney's Snow White premiered to a starry Hollywood crowd as the first full-length cel-animated feature film.

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