Historical Events In December - 22

1959  On December - 22 continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft Worth   

1959  Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60 on December - 22.   

1960  On December - 22 helicopters of HS-3 and HU-2 from Valley Forge rescued 27 men from the oiler SS Pine Ridge as she was breaking up in heavy seas 100 miles off Cape Hatteras.   

1961  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history kinderman Place in the Bronx named   

1962  1,000,000th NBA point scored on this day in history.   

1963  Official 30-day mourning period for President John F Kennedy ends on this day in history.   

1963  Reginald Binette kills four parishioners of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Ottawa in robbery attempt on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49)   

1964  On this day in history lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)   

1964  On this day in history quebec- Opening of the Eastern Townships Autoroute.   

1964  Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1965  Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up on this day in history.   

1965  Belgian govt shuts 6 coal mine on December - 22.   

1965  Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62 on December - 22.   

1967  Then Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau tells the Commons that "There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation." on December - 22.   

1967  Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73   

1969  On this day in history anglican Church of Canada ordains first woman deacon.   

1969  John Lennon and Yoko Ono spend an hour with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and meet the Minister of Health, John Munro to discuss drug abuse on this day in history.   

1969  On December - 22 montreal Quebec FLQ terrorists explode bomb in a post office truck.   

1969  Myriam Bédard biathlon athlete and Olympic medalist, was born at Loretteville, Quebec, she took up biathlon while an army cadet at age 15 on this day in history.   

1969  Supreme Court rules 1968 Montreal lottery illegal; Quebec sets up provincial lottery corporation; first draw to take place March 14, 1970 on this day in history.   

1969  Donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 22 sS Commander Franz Stangl of Treblinka, sentenced to life in prison   

1971  On December - 22 uN General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as secretary-general   

1971  Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1972  Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell receives a gold record for her album, For the Roses; includes the single, You Turn Me on, I'm a Radio on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history pierre Berton quoted in Canadian Magazine as saying, "A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe."   

1973  On December - 22 domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87   

1974  On December - 22 referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French   

1974  Sault Ste Marie's Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins becomes the 6th NHLer to score 500 goals, in a 5-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings on December - 22.   

1974  Fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at 70 on December - 22.   

1976  On December - 22 35 Unification church couples wed in NYC   

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.   

1515  On December - 22 birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on this day in history.   

1100  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.   

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.   

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)