Historical Events In December - 22

1995  Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at 84 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history 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  

1996  Hetta Empson, artist, dies at 81 on December - 22.  

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  Dawn Steel, producer/pres (Col TriStar), dies of brain tumor at 51 on December - 22.  

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  On this day in history 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  

1998  Microsoft was ordered to stop blocking holiday e-mail cards from Blue Mountain Arts on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history the Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two week mission to the International Space Station.  

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  Partial shutdown of US federal government begins on this day in history.  

2018  Tsunami hits Indonesia's Sunda Strait killing over 400 after part of Anak Krakatau volcano slips into the sea on December - 22.  

2018  A tsunami hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500 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  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 this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury  

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  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.  

1337  On December - 22 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  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  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)  

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.