Joe Paterno, Snow White and Rain

1. On Dec. 21, 1913, the first crossword puzzle was printed in the New York World. 

2. On this day in 1937, Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Hollywood. Disney pulled out all the stops. The first-ever full length cartoon film was made on a $1.5 million budget.

Movie stars at the premiere included Marlene Detrich, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, John Barrymore, Ginger Rogers, Jack Benny, Judy Garland and Mary Pickford. 

3. Tragedy struck on Dec. 21, 1988. A bomb on Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, and all 270 passengers and crew were killed. Pieces of the jumbo jet also killed 11 people when they landed on the small town.

Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi was later found guilty by a panel of three Scottish judges, and, in 2001, was sentenced to life in prison. Scotland freed Megrahi in 2009, after doctors reported he was dying of prostate cancer. He now lives in a villa in Tripoli.

4. Former Penn State Football coach Joe Paterno turns 85 today. Other famous birthdays include British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), American talk show host Phil Donahue (b.1935), two-time Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda (b.1937), American actor Samuel L. Jackson (b.1948), American tennis pro Chris Evert (b.1954), American comedian Ray Romano (b. 1957), Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland (b.1966) and French actress Julie Delpy (b.1966). 

5. What will that wine snob of a friend of yours like for the holidays? We can help you with that. Click here for our "Gifts For the Drinkmaster" guide. 

6. Expect a warm 61 degree high today, with rain before 1:00 p.m. and thunderstorms until about 4:00 p.m. In the evening, expect some more rain with a low temperature of about 45 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.