Page 8: Historical Events In December - 22

1976  Olive Diefenbaker dies; wife of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker on December - 22.   

1977  36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes on December - 22.   

1977  After only ten months as a professional jockey, sixteen-year-old Steve Cauthen won his 355th race and set a new earnings record on December - 22.   

1977  On December - 22 the Canadian government starts building first six new naval frigates; part of $1.5 billion naval program. (not nearly enough)   

1977  On this day in history johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82   

1979  On December - 22 darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77   

1980  On December - 22 eisenhower returned to Norfolk, Virginia after a 251-day deployment, the longest underway deployment for a Navy ship since World War II. She had been underway for 152 continuous days   

1980  Pres-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior) on this day in history.   

1980  Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47 on this day in history.   

1984  Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths on a NYC subway train on this day in history.   

1984  Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks on this day in history.   

1985  STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B on this day in history.   

1986  Quebec Court of Appeal declares that Article 58 or Bill 101 making French the sole languageauthorized on commercial signs is unconstitutional on this day in history.   

1986  Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history canada beats Finland 4-1 to win first-ever gold medal at the annual Izvestia hockey tournament.   

1987  On December - 22 motley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin   

1987  Alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies on December - 22.   

1988  2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ on this day in history.   

1988  South Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa on December - 22.   

1988  On December - 22 tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast   

1988  Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies on December - 22.   

1989  On this day in history after 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu   

1989  Cold wave -4øF in Oklahoma City, -6øF in Tulsa, -12øF in Pittsburgh PA, -18øF in Denver CO, -23øF in Kansas City MO, -42øF in Scottsbluff NB, -47øF in Hardin MT and -60øF in Black Hills SD on this day in history.   

1989  Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1989  Cold wave: -4øF in Oklahoma City, -6øF in Tulsa, -12øF in Pittsburgh PA, -18øF in Denver CO, -23øF in Kansas City MO, -42øF in Scottsbluff NB, -47øF in Hardin MT and -60øF in Black Hills SD on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait   

1990  On this day in history israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen   

1990  On December - 22 lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president   

1990  On December - 22 cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76   

1991  On this day in history ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91   

1992  On this day in history frederick W Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99   

1993  Alexander Mackendrick, director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81 on December - 22.   

1994  On this day in history italian Prime Minister Berlusconi resigns dec23   

1995  Quebec Lucien Bouchard announces that he is a candidate for the leadership of the Parti Québécois on December - 22.   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.   

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.   

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1515  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.