Page 8: Historical Events In December - 22

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

1977  36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 on December - 22.   

1980  On this day in history 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  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 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  Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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  Alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history south Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa   

1988  On this day in history tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast   

1988  On December - 22 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 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  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   

1990  On December - 22 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 December - 22 ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91   

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 this day in history.   

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

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 22.   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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

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 December - 22.   

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  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on December - 22.   

1603  On December - 22 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  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)