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What happened in history on this day: December 22?
On December 22 in ...
- 1775 - Continental navy organized with seven ships.
- 1807 - Congress passes the Embargo Act, prohibiting all international trade to and from American ports.
- 1862 - Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA.
- 1882 - First string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison.
- 1886 - First national accountants' society in US formed (New York City, New York).
- 1913 - US House of Representatives and US Senate pass the combined version of the Glass-Owen bill (Federal Reserve Act).
- 1919 - US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman, to Russia.
- 1924 - Alvin Hall becomes director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
- 1936 - First common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton Pennsylvania.
- 1937 - Lincoln Tunnel (New York City, New York) opens to traffic.
- 1941 - Japan's invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines.
- 1941 - UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington DC for a wartime conference.
- 1944 - American forces in Bastogne, Belgium, are told by a German commanding officer to surrender or be annihilated. US General Anthony McAuliffe replies "NUTS!".
- 1950 - Two self-propelled trains of Long Island, New York, railroad collide, killing 77.
- 1956 - Birth of Cojo in Columbus, Ohio, USA; first gorilla born in captivity.
- 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1963 - Official 30-day mourning period for US President John F Kennedy ends.
- 1964 - Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet).
- 1977 - 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes.
- 1980 - US President-elect Ronald Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior).
- 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.
- 1988 - Two robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of US$3 million in New Jersey.
- 1989 - US cold wave:
- -4 degrees F in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
- -6 degrees F in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
- -12 degrees F in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
- -18 degrees F in Denver, Colorado,
- -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri,
- -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff, Nebraska,
- -47 degrees F in Hardin, Montana and
- -60 degrees F in Black Hills, South Dakota.
- 1990 - Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen.
- 1997 - Merck baldness pill for men approved by US Food and Drug Administration.
- 2001 - A flight from Paris, France to Miami, Florida is diverted to Boston, Massachusetts after passenger Richard Reid attempts to set his shoe, filled with explosives, on fire.
- 2003 - An earthquake shakes up California, killing two people.
- 2005 - US President George W. Bush signs the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 into law as Public-Law 109-145.
- 2006 - The NASA space shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
- 2008 - The American Environmental Protection Agency publishes a Clean Water Act General Permit that will allow cruise ships to dump unlimited quantities of untreated "graywater" into the ocean just a mile from U.S. shores.
- 2009 - The US White House appoints former eBay and Microsoft executive Howard Schmidt as its cybersecurity chief.
- 2018 - The United States government enters a second government shutdown, arising over a dispute over funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Births on December 22
- 1868 - Birth of John Nance in Garner, Texas, USA; American politician (Vice-President-Democrat-1933-41).
- 1874 - Birth of Herman Harrell Horne in Clayton, North Carolina, USA; philosopher (idealism).
- 1885 - Birth of Joseph Deems Taylor in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Peter Ibbetson).
- 1889 - Birth of Minor Watson in Marianna, Arkansas; actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid).
- 1909 - Birth of Alan Carney [David Boughal] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Zombies on Broadway).
- 1912 - Birth of Doris Duke in New York City, New York, USA; heiress (American Tobacco Company).
- 1917 - Birth of Gene Rayburn in Christopher, Illinois, USA; TV game show host (Match Game).
- 1918 - Birth of Frankie Darro in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men).
- 1921 - Birth of Hawkshaw Hawkins in Huntington, West Virginia, USA; country singer (Ozark Jubilee).
- 1922 - Birth of Barbara Billingsley in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (June - Leave it to Beaver).
- 1924 - Birth of Geraldine Page in Kirksville, Missouri, USA; actress (Interiors, Beguiled).
- 1926 - Birth of Peggy Castle in Appalachia, Virginia, USA; actress (Lily Merrill - Lawman).
- 1932 - Birth of Joe Clark in Los Angeles, California, USA; WLAF offensive coordinator coach (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1936 - Birth of Hector Elizondo in New York City, New York, USA; actor (American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love).
- 1945 - Birth of Diane Sawyer in Glasgow, Kentucky, USA; newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time).
- 1946 - Birth of Rick Nielsen in Rockford, Illinois, USA; rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick).
- 1948 - Birth of Lynne Thigpen in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (Nancy - Love Sidney).
- 1953 - Birth of Bernnadette Stanis in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Thelma - Good Times).
- 1956 - Birth of Cojo in Columbus, Ohio, USA; first gorilla born in captivity.
- 1957 - Birth of Lynne Thigpen in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (Nancy - Love Sidney).
- 1958 - Birth of Lenny Von Dohlen in Augusta, Georgia, USA; actor (Love Kills, Electric Dreams).
- 1960 - Birth of Tyrell Biggs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1961 - Birth of Catherine Oxenberg in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Amanda - Dynasty).
- 1964 - Birth of Mike Jackson in Houston, Texas, USA; pitcher (Seattle Mariners).
- 1968 - Birth of Lauralee "Bug" Bell in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Cricket - The Young and the Restless).
- 1969 - Birth of Marcie Aguilar in Tucson, Arizona, USA; female infielder (Colorado Silver Bullets).
- 1983 - Birth of Jennifer Hawkins; Australian television personality, crowned Miss Universe in 2004.
- 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
- 1828 - Death of Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, spouse of (future US President) Andrew Jackson, at age 61.
- 1863 - Michael Corcoran, USA Brigadier-General, dies at age 36.
- 1917 - Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at age 67.
- 1939 - Ma Rainey "Mother of the Blues", American blues singer/composer, dies at age 53.
- 1940 - Nathanael West [Weinstein], American writer (Cool Million), dies at age 37.
- 1944 - Harry Langdon, US comic/director (Heart Trouble), dies at age 60.
- 1958 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German/US philosopher (Jüdische Krieg, Der falsche Nero), dies at age 74.
- 1979 - Death of Darryl F. Zanuck at age 77, American film producer (20th Century Fox) (born 1902).
- 1993 - Don DeFore, actor (George Baxter - Hazel), dies of cardiac arrest at age 76.
- 1995 - Death of Bill Cottrell in Los Angeles, California, USA; cameraman at Walt Disney Company on animation films, first recognized for 50 years service, helped plan and build Disneyland, named a Disney Legend in 1994.
- 1997 - Dawn Steel producer/president (Columbia TriStar), dies of brain tumor at age 51.
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