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December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 9 days remaining.
Events
- 1603 - Mehmed III Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Ahmed I .
- 1790 - Storm and capture Russian armies And. Century of Suvorov of a turkish fortress Izmail .
- 1807 - The Embargo Act , forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress , at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson .
- 1809 - The Non-Intercourse Act , lifting the Embargo Act except for the United Kingdom and France , passes the U.S. Congress .
- 1849 - The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is canceled at the last second.
- 1851 - The first Freight Train is operated in Roorkee in India .
- 1864 - Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman , concluding his " March To The Sea ".
- 1885 - Ito Hirobumi , a Samurai , became the first Prime Minister Of Japan .
- 1894 - The Dreyfus Affair begins, in France , when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of Treason , on Antisemitic grounds.
- 1920 - Opening of 8-th All-Russia congress of Advice in Moscow (on December, 29th). The statement of the GOELRO Plan .
- 1937 - The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City .
- 1944 - German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne , Belgium . See Battle Of The Bulge .
- 1944 - Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japan ese occupation of Vietnam .
- 1947 - The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves its Constitution .
- 1963 - Cruise Ship '' Lakonia '' burns 180 miles north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives.
- 1964 - Comedian Lenny Bruce is convicted of Obscenity .
- 1964 - First SR-71 (Blackbird) flight
- 1965 - In the United Kingdom , a 70mph Speed Limit is applied to all rural roads including Motorway s for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
- 1974 - Grande Comore , Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros . Mayotte remains under French administration.
- 1984 - Subway vigilante Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four African-American men on an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City .
- 1988 - Chico Mendes , a Brazil ian Rubber Tapper , Unionist and Environmental Activist , is Assassin ated.
- 1989 - After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania , ending Nicolae Ceauşescu 's Communist dictatorship.
- 1989 - Berlin 's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany .
- 1989 - Two tourist coaches collide on the Pacific Highway north of Kempsey NSW ( Kempsey Bus Crash ).
- 1990 - Lech Wałęsa is sworn in as President Of Poland .
- activists for Indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are Massacre d by Paramilitary forces.
- 1999 - The Spanish Civil Guard finds near Calatayud ( Zaragoza ) another van loaded by ETA with 750 kg of Explosives (see related event on December 21 1999 ).
- 1999 - Tandja Mamadou becomes President of Niger .
- 2001 - Burhanuddin Rabbani , political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance , hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai .
- 2001 - Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63 .
- 2001 - Cc The Cat , the first Cloned Pet , is born.
Births
- 1178 - Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185 )
- 1639 - Jean Racine , French dramatist (d. 1699 )
- 1666 - Guru Gobind Singh , (d. 1708 )
- 1694 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus , German philosopher and writer (b. 1768 )
- 1696 - James Oglethorpe , English general and founder of the state of Georgia (d. 1785 )
- 1723 - Karl Friedrich Abel , German composer (d. 1787 )
- 1805 - John Obadiah Westwood , British entomologist (d. 1893 )
- 1807 - Johann Sebastian Welhaven , Norwegian poet (d. 1873 )
- 1819 - Franz Wilhelm Abt , German composer (d. 1870 )
- 1853 - Teresa Carreño , Venezuelan pianist (d. 1917 )
- 1856 - Frank B. Kellogg , U.S. Secretary Of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1937 )
- 1858 - Giacomo Puccini , Italian composer (d. 1924 )
- 1860 - Austin Norman Palmer , American penmanship innovator (d. 1927 )
- 1862 - Connie Mack , baseball executive and manager (d. 1956 )
- 1869 - Edwin Arlington Robinson , American poet (d. 1935 )
- 1872 - Camille Guérin , French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961 )
- 1874 - Franz Schmidt , Austrian composer (d. 1939 )
- 1876 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti , Italian poet and editor (d. 1944 )
- 1883 - Edgard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965 )
- 1887 - Srinivasa Ramanujan , Indian mathematician (d. 1920 )
- 1888 - J. Arthur Rank , American producer (d. 1972 )
- 1898 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock , Russian physicist (d. 1974 )
- 1899 - Gustav Gründgens , German actor and director (d. 1963 )
- 1903 - Haldan Keffer Hartline , American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983 )
- 1905 - Kenneth Rexroth , American poet (d. 1982 )
- 1907 - Dame Peggy Ashcroft , English actress (d. 1991 )
- 1909 - Patricia Hayes , actress on 'Carry On' series, Mama The Turk in "Superbitch"(1973) (d. 1998 )
- 1912 - Lady Bird Johnson , First Lady Of The United States
- 1915 - Barbara Billingsley , American actress
- 1917 - Gene Rayburn , American game show host (d. 1999 )
- 1922 - Jack Brooks , American politician
- 1922 - Ruth Roman , American actress (d. 1999 )
- 1934 - David Pearson , NASCAR Driver 1960-1986
- 1937 - Eduard Uspensky , Russian writer
- 1939 - James Gurley , American musician
- 1943 - Paul Wolfowitz , American politician
- 1944 - Steve Carlton , baseball player
- 1945 - Diane Sawyer , American journalist
- 1946 - Rick Nielsen , American musician ( Cheap Trick )
- 1948 - Lynne Thigpen , American actress (d. 2003 )
- 1948 - Noel Edmonds , UK game show host
- 1948 - Patricia Hewitt , Senior British Labour Politician
- 1949 - Maurice Gibb , English musician ( The Bee Gees ) (d. 2003 )
- 1949 - Robin Gibb , English musician ( The Bee Gees )
- 1951 - Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor , Duke of Westminster
- 1953 - Ian Turnbull , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1957 - Carole James , Canadian politician
- 1958 - Frank Gambale , Australian guitarist
- 1958 - Mikael Nordfors , Swedish physician and author
- 1960 - Patrick Fitzgerald , US Attorney
- 1961 - Andrew Fastow , Enron CFO, convicted of fraud
- 1962 - Ralph Fiennes , English actor
- 1966 - Dmitry Bilozerchev , Soviet gymnast
- 1967 - Dan Petrescu , Romanian footballer
- 1967 - Richey James Edwards , Manic Street Preachers songwriter/guitarist, (missing since 1995)
- 1969 - Myriam Bédard , Canadian athlete
- 1975 - Stanislav Neckář , Czech ice hockey player
- 1977 - Steve Kariya , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Jennifer Hawkins , Miss Universe 2004
Deaths
- 1100 - Duke Bretislaus II Of Bohemia
- 1603 - Mehmed III , Ottoman Emperor (b. 1566 )
- 1646 - Peter Mogila , Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596 )
- 1660 - André Tacquet , Belgian mathematician (b. 1612 )
- 1681 - Richard Alleine , English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611 )
- 1708 - Hedwig Sophia, Duchess Of Holstein-Gottorp , Swedish writer (b. 1681 )
- 1738 - Constantia Jones , British prostitute (executed)
- 1767 - John Newbery , English publisher (b. 1713 )
- 1788 - Percivall Pott , English physician and surgeon (b. 1714 )
- 1806 - William Vernon , American merchant (b. 1719 )
- 1870 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer , Spanish poet and writer (b. 1836 )
- 1828 - William Hyde Wollaston , English chemist (b. 1766 )
- 1880 - George Eliot , English writer (b. 1819 )
- 1899 - Dwight L. Moody , American evangelist (b. 1837 )
- 1902 - Richard Von Krafft-Ebing , German psychiatrist (b. 1840 )
- 1936 - Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger , Croatian paleontologist (b. 1856 )
- 1939 - Ma Rainey , American singer (b. 1886 )
- 1940 - Nathanael West , American writer (b. 1903 )
- 1942 - Franz Boas , German anthropologist (b. 1858 )
- 1943 - Beatrix Potter , English writer (b. 1866 )
- 1947 - Hans Aumeier , German Nazi official and concentration camp commandant (b. 1906 )
- 1959 - Gilda Gray , Polish-born American dancer and actress (b. 1901 )
- 1965 - Richard Dimbleby , English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1913 )
- 1979 - Darryl F. Zanuck , American producer (b. 1902 )
- 1980 - Karl Dönitz , German politician and U-boat commander (b. 1891 )
- 1985 - D. Boon , American singer and guitarist ( The Minutemen ) (b. 1958 )
- 1988 - Chico Mendes , Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist, and environmental activist (assassinated) (b. 1944 )
- 1989 - Samuel Beckett , Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906 )
- 1995 - Butterfly McQueen , American actress (b. 1911 )
- 1995 - James Meade , English economists, Bank Of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1907 )
- 2002 - Desmond Hoyte , President Of Guyana (b. 1929 )
- 2002 - Joe Strummer , British musician ( The Clash ) (b. 1952 )
- 2003 - Dave Dudley , American singer (b. 1928 )
- 2004 - Doug Ault , baseball player (b. 1950 )
- 2005 - James Dungy , eldest son of Tony Dungy (b. 1987 )
Holidays and observances
External links
December 21 - December 23 - November 22 - January 22 -- Listing Of All Days
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