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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 22
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Herman Harrell Horne in Clayton, North Carolina, USA; philosopher (idealism).
- 100th: 1924 - Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto Saint Patricks scores five goals in beating Boston Bruins 10-2.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Geraldine Page in Kirksville, Missouri, USA; actress (Interiors, Beguiled).
- 90th: 1934 - First flight from Netherlands to Curaçao (Christmas flight 1934).
- 90th: 1934 - Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Barry Jenkins; rocker (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Steve Carlton; Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher (Cy Young 1972, 1977, 1980, 1982).
- 80th: 1944 - American forces in Bastogne, Belgium, are told by a German commanding officer to surrender or be annihilated. US General Anthony McAuliffe replies "NUTS!".
- 80th: 1944 - Harry Langdon, US comic/director (Heart Trouble), dies at age 60.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Derick Parry; cricket player (West Indies off-spinner early 1980s).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jayaseelan Naidoo; South African worker's union leader.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mike Jackson in Houston, Texas, USA; pitcher (Seattle Mariners).
- 60th: 1964 - Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet).
- 50th: 1974 - Second cease-fire between Irish Republican Army and British.
- 50th: 1974 - Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins, becomes sixth NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 50th: 1974 - Referenda in Comoros: three islands vote for independence, one stays French.
- 40th: 1984 - Four youths board an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City. They attempt to rob Bernhard Goetz, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime.
- 40th: 1984 - In Malta, Prime Minister Dom Mintoff resigns.
- 40th: 1984 - Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, versus West Indies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 30th: 1994 - Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi resigns.
- 20th: 2004 - Universal releases the film Meet the Fockers to theaters.
- 20th: 2004 - Armed robbers in Northern Ireland steal over 22 million pounds sterling from the headquarters of the Northern Bank. Unionist politicians and the Police Service of Northern Ireland blame the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and stall the peace process.
- 15th: 2009 - The US White House appoints former eBay and Microsoft executive Howard Schmidt as its cybersecurity chief.
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