Event:
Author J.K. Rowling announces she is producing a play based on the life of her character Harry Potter; the play tells the previously untold story of life before the boy wizard goes to Hogwarts; the play will premiere in London's West End within the next two years
More Notable Events on December 21:
1997 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season
1991 U.S. actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner
1989 Dan Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon
1985 ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA
1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme on theEd Sullivan Show
