Page 8: Historical Events In December - 22

1976  On this day in history olive Diefenbaker dies; wife of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.   

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

1977  On this day in history after only ten months as a professional jockey, sixteen-year-old Steve Cauthen won his 355th race and set a new earnings record.   

1977  On this day in history the Canadian government starts building first six new naval frigates; part of $1.5 billion naval program. (not nearly enough)   

1977  Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 on December - 22.   

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

1980  On this day in history 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  On this day in history dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47   

1984  Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths on a NYC subway train on December - 22.   

1984  On this day in history madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks   

1985  On December - 22 sTS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B   

1986  On December - 22 quebec Court of Appeal declares that Article 58 or Bill 101 making French the sole languageauthorized on commercial signs is unconstitutional.   

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

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

1987  Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies   

1988  2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ on December - 22.   

1988  South Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies   

1989  After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu on this day in history.   

1989  On December - 22 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   

1989  On this day in history samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83   

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 December - 22 iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait   

1990  Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president   

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

1991  Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1992  Frederick W Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99 on this day in history.   

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

1994  Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi resigns dec23 on this day in history.   

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

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

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on December - 22.   

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1419  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  On this day in history 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  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

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.