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  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 this day in history.   

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  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 December - 22 bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths on a NYC subway train   

1984  Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks on December - 22.   

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

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

1987  On December - 22 alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies   

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

1988  On December - 22 south Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa   

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

1988  On December - 22 tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies   

1989  On December - 22 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  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  Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait on December - 22.   

1990  On December - 22 israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen   

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

1990  Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76 on December - 22.   

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

1992  On December - 22 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

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  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  On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

1550  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)