Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 21
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[edit] Births
- 1118 - Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)
- 1937 - Jane Fonda, American actress and activist
- 1940 - Frank Zappa, American singer, guitarist and composer (d. 1993)(pictured)
- 1957 - Ray Romano, American comedian and actor
- 1959 - Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter, Olympic gold medalist and 100 m & 200 m world record holder (d. 1998)
- 1966 - Kiefer Sutherland, British-born Canadian actor
[edit] Deaths
- 1375 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (b. 1313)
- 1807 - John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (b. 1725)
- 1824 - James Parkinson, English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist (b. 1755)
- 1940 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (b. 1896)
- 1945 - George S. Patton, U.S. general (b. 1885)
