Historical Events In December - 22

1976  Olive Diefenbaker dies; wife of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker on this day in history.  

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 December - 22 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  Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 22 pres-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior)  

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

1984  On this day in history bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths on a NYC subway train  

1984  On December - 22 madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks  

1985  On this day in history 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  On December - 22 celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84  

1987  On December - 22 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  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 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  On this day in history tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies  

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

1989  On this day in history 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 December - 22 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 December - 22.  

1990  Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait on this day in history.  

1990  Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen on December - 22.  

1990  Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president on December - 22.  

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  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 December - 22 italian Prime Minister Berlusconi resigns dec23  

1995  On this day in history quebec Lucien Bouchard announces that he is a candidate for the leadership of the Parti Québécois.  

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.  

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

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

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury  

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

1459  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54  

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

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

1550  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III  

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37  

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)  

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.