On this day: December 21
POSTED: 09:02 PM PST Dec 20, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 20, 2012
The Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock, the first crossword puzzle is published, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" premieres, Gen. Patton dies, and Elvis visits Nixon at the White House, all on this day.
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1925: Sergei Eisenstein's silent film "Battleship Potemkin" is first shown in Moscow, Russia. The film, which presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers of the Tsarist regime, has been called one of the most influential propaganda films of all time.
