Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22
Friday, 18 July 2025
1894 On this day in history french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)
1894 On this day in history french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany
1894 -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on this day in history.
1895 Wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand on this day in history.
1896 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet on December - 22.
1897 On this day in history bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels.
1899 On December - 22 dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies
1900 A new 35-horsepower car built by Daimler from a design by Emil Jellinek was completed. The car was named for Jellinek's daughter, Mercedes on this day in history.
1902 Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1907 On this day in history saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg
1908 On December - 22 marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44
1910 US postal savings stamps first issued on December - 22.
1910 On December - 22 uS postal savings stamps 1st issued
1913 On December - 22 menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69
1915 On December - 22 federal Baseball League disolved
1917 On December - 22 flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack
1917 Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1918 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history uS deports 250 alien radicals
1919 On December - 22 government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)
1922 Montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms on this day in history.
1922 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent on December - 22.
1923 On December - 22 bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict
1923 Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1924 Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 on this day in history.
1930 On this day in history 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo
1934 On December - 22 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)
1935 Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history the birth of James Burke, British writer
1936 The initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on December - 22.
1936 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on this day in history.
1937 Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic
1937 Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on this day in history.
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