Finally Today

What is important about today besides being the first day of winter?

My husband asked me this morning what is important about today besides being the first day of winter. I know it is nothing personal as far as something special happend to us. He told me to find out before he got home tonight. Can anyone help me find out?

Public Comments

1. Today I was sickm from School
2. Pan Am Flight 103 Explodes (1988) Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed when a plastic explosive was detonated in its forward cargo hold. Two hundred and seventy people from 21 countries died, including 11 people on the ground.
3. I can gladly help you out. Today is Yule and the Winter Solstice for many religions. Pagans celebrate this day, as do others. The Winter Solstice is also the longest night of the whole year. To read more..see my source link.
4. maybe the answer is HE LOVES YOU
5. Here's a list of events on December 21 from Wikipedia. If not one of these, also check your local newspaper almanac "this day in history". Hope it helps!
6. * 69 - Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian becomes the fourth Emperor of Rome within a year. * 1620 - Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. * 1861 - Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. * 1872 - Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth. * 1913 - Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World. * 1937 - The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles. * 1958 - French presidential election, 1958: Charles de Gaulle is elected President of France as his Union des Démocrates pour la République party gain 78.5% of the vote. * 1962 - Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park. * 1968 - Project Apollo: Apollo 8, crewed by Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. * 1979 - Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Dr S C Mundawarara. * 1983 - Former U.S. President Gerald Ford appears as himself in the soap opera Dynasty. * 1987 - The passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing 1,565. * 1988 - A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, killing 270. * 1999 - The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives which ETA intend to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid. * 2001 - Japanese television personality Masashi Tashiro temporarily leads TIME's Person of the Year vote. * 2001 - Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002): President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa is forced out of office. Births * 1118 - Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170) * 1401 - Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) * 1596 - Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646) * 1603 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684) * 1714 - John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) * 1804 - Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1881) * 1805 - Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist (d. 1869) * 1811 - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1882) * 1815 - Thomas Couture French painter and teacher (d. 1879) * 1843 - Thomas Bracken, New Zealand writer (d. 1898) * 1850 - Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer (d. 1900) * 1859 - Gustave Kahn, French poet (d. 1936) * 1872 - Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (d. 1956) * 1872 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author (d. 1942) * 1876 - Jack Lang, Australian politician (d. 1975) * 1878 - Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956) * 1879 - Joseph Stalin, Leader of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1953 (d. 1953) * 1889 - Sewall Wright, American biologist (d. 1988) * 1890 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1967) * 1892 - Walter Hagen, American golfer (d. 1969) * 1892 - Rebecca West, American writer (d. 1983) * 1896 - Leroy Robertson, American composer (d. 1971) * 1914 - Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (d. 1992) * 1917 - Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) * 1918 - Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary (d. 2003) * 1918 - Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General * 1921 - Vampira, Finnish actress * 1921 - Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina * 1922 - Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist (d. 2005) * 1926 - Joe Paterno, American football coach * 1935 - John G. Avildsen, American film director and editor * 1935 - Yusuf Bey, Black Muslim leader 9d. 2003) * 1935 - Phil Donahue, American talk show host * 1937 - Jane Fonda, American actress and activist * 1940 - Frank Zappa, American composer, satirist and bandleader (d. 1993) * 1942 - Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China * 1942 - Reinhard Mey, German singer * 1942 - Carla Thomas, American singer * 1944 - Michael Tilson Thomas, American conductor * 1946 - Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1998) * 1947 - Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist * 1948 - Samuel L. Jackson, American actor * 1948 - Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician and cabaret artist * 1950 - Jeffrey Katzenberg, American producer * 1954 - Chris Evert, American tennis player * 1955 - Jane Kaczmarek, American actress * 1957 - Tom Henke, baseball player * 1957 - Ray Romano, American comedian and actor * 1959 - Florence Griffith Joyner, American runner (d. 1998) * 1961 - Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor * 1965 - Andy Dick, American actor and comedian * 1965 - Anke Engelke, German comedienne * 1966 - Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian actor * 1967 - Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia * 1969 - Julie Delpy, French actress * 1970 - Derek Murphy, Shtickless Hall of Famer * 1973 - Karmen Stavec, Slovenian singer * 1974 - Karrie Webb, Australian golfer * 1977 - Phil Strawser, American roboticist * 1978 - Mike Vitar, American actor * 1984 - Darren Potter, Irish footballer Deaths * 1295 - Marguerite Berenger of Provence, queen of Louis IX of France * 1308 - Henry I of Hesse (b. 1244) * 1375 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (b. 1313) * 1504 - Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) * 1549 - Marguerite of Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) * 1579 - Vicente Masip, Spanish painter * 1597 - Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (b. 1521) * 1807 - John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (b. 1725) * 1824 - James Parkinson, English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist (b. 1755) * 1873 - Francis Garnier, French explorer (b. 1839) * 1935 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and satirist (b. 1890) * 1937 - Frank B. Kellogg, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1856) * 1940 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (b. 1896) * 1945 - George S. Patton, U.S. general (b. 1885) * 1956 - Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (b. 1872) * 1957 - Eric Coates, English composer (b. 1886) * 1958 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German writer (b. 1884) * 1983 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (b. 1919) * 1988 - Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1907) * 1992 - Albert King, American musician (b. 1924) * 1992 - Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1903) * 2001 - Dick Schaap, American sports journalist (b. 1931) * 2004 - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (b. 1925) Holidays and observances * Roman festivals - Divalia in hounour of Angerona * R.C. Saints - Saint Petrus Canisius ; formerly feast day of Thomas the apostle * Also see December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * USA - Forefathers' Day: commemoration of the landing of the Mayflower in 1620 on this date in the Gregorian calendar (11 December Old Style) * The summer solstice (Southern Hemisphere) or winter solstice (Northern Hemisphere), sometimes known as Yule, occurs on or very close to this date. It is an important festival in the Chinese calendar.