Historical Events In December - 22

1976  On December - 22 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 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  On December - 22 johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82  

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  Pres-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior) on December - 22.  

1980  On December - 22 dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47  

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  STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B on December - 22.  

1986  On this day in history 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 this day in history canada beats Finland 4-1 to win first-ever gold medal at the annual Izvestia hockey tournament.  

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

1987  Alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 December - 22.  

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

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 December - 22.  

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 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  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 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  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  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

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 December - 22.  

1440  On this day in history death of bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.  

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

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.  

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