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Events on the 22nd of December in history

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22 Dec 2069 Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome.
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22 Dec 0401 St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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22 Dec 0795 Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I
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22 Dec 0880 Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
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22 Dec 1135 Stephen of Blois becomes King of England
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22 Dec 1135 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king
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22 Dec 1216 Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"
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22 Dec 1216 Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
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22 Dec 1465 Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik
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22 Dec 1536 English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal
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22 Dec 1596 Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die
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22 Dec 1622 Bucaramanga, Colombia is founded.
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22 Dec 1642 Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente
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22 Dec 1688 Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York
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22 Dec 1689 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck
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22 Dec 1715 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead
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22 Dec 1731 Dutch people revolt against meat tax
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22 Dec 1769 Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.
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22 Dec 1772 Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny
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22 Dec 1775 Continental navy organized with 7 ships
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22 Dec 1783 Washington resigns his military commission as US Army's commander-in-chief
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22 Dec 1788 Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
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22 Dec 1790 The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
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22 Dec 1790 Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks
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22 Dec 1807 The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
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22 Dec 1807 Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France
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22 Dec 1808 Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
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22 Dec 1810 British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480
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22 Dec 1815 Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jos
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22 Dec 1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands
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22 Dec 1851 India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
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22 Dec 1862 Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown KY
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22 Dec 1864 Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea".
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22 Dec 1870 Jules Janssen flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse
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22 Dec 1877 "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Massachusetts)
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22 Dec 1877 "American Bicycling Journal" first published (Boston MA)
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22 Dec 1882 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
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22 Dec 1883 August Strindberg's "Lycko-Pers Reja" premieres
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22 Dec 1885 Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
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22 Dec 1885 Pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee
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22 Dec 1886 1st national accountants' society in US formed (New York NY)
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22 Dec 1888 Heavyweight Boxing Champion John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain
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22 Dec 1890 Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
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22 Dec 1891 Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
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22 Dec 1894 United States Golf Association forms (NYC)
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22 Dec 1894 The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
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22 Dec 1894 French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)
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22 Dec 1894 United States Golf Association is formed (New York NY)
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22 Dec 1894 Debussy's "Pr
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22 Dec 1894 Dutch coast hit by hurricane
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22 Dec 1907 Saint-Sa
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22 Dec 1910 US postal savings stamps 1st issued
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22 Dec 1915 Federal Baseball League is dissolved
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22 Dec 1915 Organized baseball & Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati OH
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22 Dec 1917 Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack
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22 Dec 1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)
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22 Dec 1919 US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman
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22 Dec 1920 The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
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22 Dec 1922 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch University in Ghent
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22 Dec 1923 Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Victoria
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22 Dec 1924 Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2
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22 Dec 1924 Philip Barry's "Youngest" premieres in New York NY
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22 Dec 1930 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo
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22 Dec 1934 1st flight from Netherlands to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)
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22 Dec 1934 Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games
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22 Dec 1934 1st flight from Netherlands to Cura
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22 Dec 1935 Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura
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22 Dec 1936 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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22 Dec 1937 The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
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22 Dec 1937 Lincoln Tunnel (New York NY) opens to traffic
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22 Dec 1939 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany
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22 Dec 1939 99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany
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22 Dec 1939 Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.
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22 Dec 1939 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany; 99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany
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22 Dec 1939 Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 vs Queensland
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22 Dec 1939 Finnish counter offensive at Petsamo
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22 Dec 1940 World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.
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22 Dec 1941 Premier Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, DC
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22 Dec 1941 Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington DC for a wartime conference
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22 Dec 1941 Japan's invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines
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22 Dec 1941 Tito establishes 1st Proletarian Brigade in Yugoslavia
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22 Dec 1942 World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
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22 Dec 1943 WEB Du Bois elected 1st black member, National Institute of Arts & Letters
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22 Dec 1943 Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core
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22 Dec 1944 World War II: Battle of the Bulge – German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
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22 Dec 1944 World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
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22 Dec 1944 Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium
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22 Dec 1944 Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan
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22 Dec 1945 Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established
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22 Dec 1946 "Bal Negre" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 54 performances
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22 Dec 1946 Cleveland Browns beat the New York Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game
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22 Dec 1947 The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
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22 Dec 1947 Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution
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22 Dec 1948 KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Dec 1950 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77
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22 Dec 1951 The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
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22 Dec 1951 Australia cricket all out 82 vs West Indies at Adelaide
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22 Dec 1952 French government of Pinay, resigns
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22 Dec 1952 WSBA (now WPMT) TV channel 43 in York PA (IND) begins broadcasting
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22 Dec 1953 Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated St Louis Browns
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22 Dec 1956 "New Faces of 1956" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 performances
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22 Dec 1956 Colo, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity, is born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio.
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22 Dec 1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt
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22 Dec 1957 KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton WY (ABC) begins
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22 Dec 1958 "Chipmunk Song" reaches #1
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22 Dec 1958 "Whoop-Up" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 56 performances
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22 Dec 1958 "Chipmunk Song" reaches #1
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22 Dec 1958 2nd Dutch Beel government forms
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22 Dec 1959 New York Ranger goalie Marcel Paille wears a customized mask
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22 Dec 1959 Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Fort Worth
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22 Dec 1961 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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22 Dec 1962 Kinderman Place in the Bronx named
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22 Dec 1962 1,000,000th NBA point scored
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22 Dec 1962 Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s
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22 Dec 1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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22 Dec 1963 The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
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22 Dec 1963 Oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49)
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22 Dec 1963 Official 30-day mourning period for President John F Kennedy ends
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22 Dec 1964 The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
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22 Dec 1964 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)
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22 Dec 1965 In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
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22 Dec 1965 Radio Mil (Dominican Republic) transmitter blown up
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22 Dec 1965 Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine
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22 Dec 1965 Director David Lean's "Dr Zhivago" premieres
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22 Dec 1965 Great-Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH
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22 Dec 1966 WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Dec 1968 Julie Nixon weds Dwight David Eisenhower
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22 Dec 1969 Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots
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22 Dec 1970 Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment
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22 Dec 1970 SS Commander Franz Stangl of Treblinka, sentenced to life imprisonment
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22 Dec 1971 UN General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General
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22 Dec 1971 KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, Alaska (PBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Dec 1971 USSR performs underground nuclear test
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22 Dec 1972 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed
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22 Dec 1974 Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
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22 Dec 1974 The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
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22 Dec 1974 Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals
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22 Dec 1974 Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French
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22 Dec 1974 2nd cease-fire between IRA & British; lasts until approximately April 1975
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22 Dec 1976 German DR banishes singer Nina Hagen
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22 Dec 1976 35 Unification church couples wed in New York NY
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22 Dec 1976 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God" opens at Lyceum NYC for 429 performances
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22 Dec 1976 German Democratic Republic banishes singer Nina Hagen
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22 Dec 1977 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes
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22 Dec 1978 The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
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22 Dec 1978 Kenny Jones becomes The Who's new drummer
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22 Dec 1978 Thailand adopts constitution
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22 Dec 1980 President-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) & James Watt (Interior)
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22 Dec 1980 Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds
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22 Dec 1981 Argentine General Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president
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22 Dec 1981 Belgium's 5th government of Martens forms
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22 Dec 1982 William Mastrosimones "Extremities, " premieres in New York City
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22 Dec 1983 Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Capitals
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22 Dec 1983 Egyptian President Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
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22 Dec 1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York.
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22 Dec 1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths (muggers) on a NYC subway train
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22 Dec 1984 Madonna's "Like a Virgin" single goes #1 for 6 weeks
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22 Dec 1984 Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, vs West Indies at the MCG
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22 Dec 1985 "Wind in the Willows" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 performances
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22 Dec 1985 STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B
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22 Dec 1985 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)
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22 Dec 1986 India score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket
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22 Dec 1987 In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
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22 Dec 1987 M
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22 Dec 1988 Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast
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22 Dec 1988 Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, is assassinated.
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22 Dec 1988 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey
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22 Dec 1988 South Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa
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22 Dec 1988 Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 miles of Western Australia & British Columbia coast
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22 Dec 1989 Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest with a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
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22 Dec 1989 Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
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22 Dec 1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolae Ceausescu
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22 Dec 1989 Cold wave: -4
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22 Dec 1989 Chad adopts its Constitution
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22 Dec 1990 Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
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22 Dec 1990 The Croatian Parliament adopts the current Constitution of Croatia.
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22 Dec 1990 Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait
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22 Dec 1990 Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen
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22 Dec 1990 Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president
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22 Dec 1991 Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
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22 Dec 1992 The Archives of Terror are discovered.
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22 Dec 1992 Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die
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22 Dec 1994 "Christmas Carol" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 18 performances
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22 Dec 1994 Italian government of Berlusconi resigns
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22 Dec 1994 Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi resigns
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22 Dec 1995 David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees
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22 Dec 1996 Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD
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22 Dec 1996 Wendy's Three Tour Golf Challenge
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22 Dec 1996 Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England need 1 to win
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22 Dec 1997 Nancy Kerring and Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on February 5
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22 Dec 1997 Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
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22 Dec 1997 Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
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22 Dec 1997 Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract
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22 Dec 1997 Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA
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22 Dec 1999 Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members are killed.
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22 Dec 2001 Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
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22 Dec 2001 Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
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22 Dec 2008 An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of coal fly ash slurry.
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22 Dec 2010 The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
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