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What happened in history on this day: December 22?
On December 22 in ...
- 1976 - German Democratic Republic banishes singer Nina Hagen.
- 1991 - One month after Freddie Mercury's death, Queen's re-release of "Bohemian Rhapsody" returns to the top of the British singles charts, 16 years after the original version.
Births on December 22
- 1901 - Birth of André Kostelanetz in Saint Petersburg, Russia; conductor (Lincoln Portrait).
- 1921 - Birth of Hawkshaw Hawkins in Huntington, West Virginia, USA; country singer (Ozark Jubilee).
- 1944 - Birth of Barry Jenkins; rocker (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun").
- 1946 - Birth of Rick Nielsen in Rockford, Illinois, USA; rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick).
- 1949 - Birth of Michael Osborne; rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe).
- 1949 - Birth of Maurice Gibb in Manchester, England; rocker/twin of Robin (Bee Gees - "Saturday Night Fever").
- 1949 - Birth of Robin Gibb in Manchester, England; rocker/twin of Maurice (The Bee Gees - "Saturday Night Fever").
- 1950 - Birth of Rick Nielsen; guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist (Cheap Trick - "Surrender").
- 1957 - Birth of Ricky Ross; British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue - "Raintown").
- 1989 - Birth of Jordin Sparks; American singer (American Idol TV show winner).
- 1993 - Birth of Mark Klein; American singer (The Boogie Kings).
Deaths on December 22
- 1939 - Ma Rainey "Mother of the Blues", American blues singer/composer, dies at age 53.
- 1988 - Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool - West Side Story), dies.
- 2002 - Death of Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (born 1952).
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