Page 9: Historical Events In December - 22
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
1995 Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at 84 on this day in history.
1996 Brett Hull becomes the 24th player in NHL history to score 500 goals when he notches a hat trick in the St. Louis Blues' 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on December - 22.
1996 On December - 22 hetta Empson, artist, dies at 81
1997 On December - 22 coca-Cola went Christmas shopping on this day and came home with a rather hefty present Orangina, the "sparkling" French beverage formerly owned by Pernod Richard
1997 On December - 22 dawn Steel, producer/pres (Col TriStar), dies of brain tumor at 51
1997 On December - 22 coca-Cola went Christmas shopping on this day and came home with a rather hefty present: Orangina, the "sparkling" French beverage formerly owned by Pernod Richard
1998 A particularly vicious virus invaded systems at MCI WorldCom. Unlike other viruses, the Remote Explorer bug was capable of damaging a system even if users did not download a file or open an e-mail attachment on December - 22.
1998 On December - 22 microsoft was ordered to stop blocking holiday e-mail cards from Blue Mountain Arts
2005 Industrial action by bus drivers in Tehran leads to the arrest of Mansour Osanlou and several other union activists on December - 22.
2005 The U.S. Census Bureau releases its population estimates for 205 on this day in history.
2006 The Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two week mission to the International Space Station on December - 22.
2012 On this day in history 6 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus
2017 UN Security Council votes 15 to 0 for additional sanctions on North Korea, including measures to slash the country's petrol imports by up to 90% on December - 22.
2017 On this day in history the UN Security Council votes 15-0 in favor of additional sanctions on North Korea, including measures to slash the country's petroleum imports by up to 90%.
2018 On this day in history partial shutdown of US federal government begins
2018 On December - 22 tsunami hits Indonesia's Sunda Strait killing over 400 after part of Anak Krakatau volcano slips into the sea
2018 A tsunami hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500 on December - 22.
2023 Israel–Hamas war: The death toll in Gaza is reported to have passed 20,000, almost 1 percent of its population and surpassing the casualties in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on December - 22.
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