Daily Archives: December 21, 2021

‘Dirty Harry’ film premieres in San Francisco 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 21 1971)


Video: 'Dirty Harry' trailer

(Tuesday, December 21, 1971, 8:00 p.m. PST)Dirty Harry, an American neo-noir action-thriller film about a San Francisco cop with little regard for rules, but who always gets results, while tracking down a serial killer who snipes at random victims, premiered tonight at Loews Theaters’ Market Street Cinema in San Francisco. Continue reading ‘Dirty Harry’ film premieres in San Francisco 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 21 1971)

11 former Soviet republics declare end to USSR, form commonwealth 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 21 1991)


Video: 'ABC Nightly News December 21 1991 w/Commercials WHAS 11 Louisville KY'

(Saturday, December 21, 1991; during the Dissolution of the Soviet Union; part of the Cold War and the Revolutions of 1989) — Eleven of the 12 former republics of the Soviet Union formally constituted themselves today as the Commonwealth of Independent States, proclaiming the death of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Continue reading 11 former Soviet republics declare end to USSR, form commonwealth 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 21 1991)