December 21: This Day in History

Today in History Featured Fact, 1937:
The first full-length animated feature film, Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, opens in Los Angeles.

Also Today:
1620: The Pilgrims land at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1898: Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium.
1913: The first crossword puzzle is printed in the New York World.
1988: Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people aboard and 11 residents on the ground.

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