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 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 this day in history johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82   

1979  On this day in history 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  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  Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history sTS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B   

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

1987  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history 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  After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu on December - 22.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait   

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 this day in history cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

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

1428  On December - 22 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 December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

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

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

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

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