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On this day timelines December 21st

Events

1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.

• Apollo missions

Births

1401 – Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)

• Paintings by Masaccio

1905 – Anthony Powell, English author (d. 2000)

• Novels by Anthony Powell

1935 – John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer

• Films directed by John G. Avildsen

1946 – Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys) (d. 1998)

• Albums produced by Carl Wilson
• The Beach Boys albums

1947 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Paco de Lucía Sextet) (d. 2014)

• Paco de Lucía albums

• Bibliography
• Film
• Filmography
• painters
• science
• music
• Art
• literature
• space exploration