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22 Dec 1135
Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king
22 Dec 1216
Pope Honorius III delegates degree Religiosam vitam eligentibus
22 Dec 1465
Peace of St Truiden Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Lige
22 Dec 1536
English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal
22 Dec 1642
Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente
22 Dec 1715
English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead
22 Dec 1772
Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny
22 Dec 1790
Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (178792)
22 Dec 1810
British frigate HMS Minotaur sinks killing 480
22 Dec 1814
Samuel Marsden of the Church Missionary Society arrives in the Bay of Islands New Zealand to establish the countrys first mission station Sheep cattle horses and poultry are introduced
22 Dec 1851
The first freight train is operated in Roorkee India.
22 Dec 1862
-Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgans Bardstown to Elizabethtown KY
22 Dec 1870
Jules Janssen flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse
22 Dec 1877
American Bicycling Journal begins publishing (Boston Mass)
22 Dec 1882
1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
22 Dec 1883
August Strindbergs Lycko-Pers Reja premieres
22 Dec 1885
It Hirobumi a samurai becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan
22 Dec 1886
1st national accountants society in US formed (NYC)
22 Dec 1888
Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain
22 Dec 1890
Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville Nova Scotia.
22 Dec 1894
United States Golf Association forms in New York
22 Dec 1894
French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)
22 Dec 1905
Arrest of St Petersburg Soviet members leads to an uprising of Moscow workers and fighting in the street
22 Dec 1907
Saint-SansFokines ballet Le Cygne premieres in St Petersburg
22 Dec 1915
Organized baseball & Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati
22 Dec 1917
Flanders declares its independence under Pieter Tack
22 Dec 1917
In the NHLs first official week of play 3 players score hat tricks in the same game for the same team Corb Denneny Reg Noble & Harry Meeking each score 3 for the Toronto Arenas in an 11-4 win over the Ottawa Senators
22 Dec 1919
US deports 250 alien radicals including anarchist Emma Goldman
22 Dec 1922
Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent
22 Dec 1923
Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict
22 Dec 1924
Babe Dye of NHLs Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2
22 Dec 1930
Convention of Economic RapprochementOslo Agreesments signed between some European countries in response to the Great Depression
22 Dec 1932
The Mummy directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff is released in the US - 1st Mummy horror film
22 Dec 1934
1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight )
22 Dec 1934
Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games
22 Dec 1935
Yaeko Iwasaki student of D S Harada Roshi 1st awakening in Kamakura
22 Dec 1936
1st common carrier license issued by ICC Scranton Pa
22 Dec 1939
99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany
22 Dec 1940
World War II Himar is captured by the Greek army.
22 Dec 1941
Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon Philippines
22 Dec 1941
Tito establishes 1st Proletarian Brigade in Yugoslavia
22 Dec 1941
1942 NFL Draft Bill Dudley from University of Virginia first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
22 Dec 1943
Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core
22 Dec 1944
Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne Belgium
22 Dec 1945
Utrecht Catholic Peoples party (KVP) established
22 Dec 1969
Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots
22 Dec 1970
Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment
22 Dec 1971
KUAC TV channel 9 in FairbanksCollege AK (PBS) begins broadcasting
22 Dec 1971
UN General Assembly ratifies former Austrian President Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General
22 Dec 1972
6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua 12000 killed
22 Dec 1973
OPEC Gulf Six decides to raise the posted price of marker crude from 5.12 to 11.65 per barrel effective January 1 1974
22 Dec 1974
2nd cease-fire between IRA & British lasts until approx April 1975
22 Dec 1946
Bal Negre closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 54 performances
22 Dec 1946
Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game
22 Dec 1947
Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution
22 Dec 1948
KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco California (CBS) begins broadcasting
22 Dec 1950
2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide killing 77
22 Dec 1951
Australia cricket all out 82 v West Indies at Adelaide
22 Dec 1952
WSBA (now WPMT) TV channel 43 in York PA (IND) begins broadcasting
22 Dec 1953
Jack Dunn III owner of Balt Orioles in Intl League turns name over to newly relocated St Louis Browns
22 Dec 1956
New Faces of closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 performances
22 Dec 1956
Colo is born the first gorilla to be bred in captivity at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Columbus Ohio
22 Dec 1957
KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton WY (ABC) begins
22 Dec 1958
Whoop-Up opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 56 performances
22 Dec 1959
Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Fort Worth
22 Dec 1959
NY Ranger goalie Marcel Paille wears a customized mask
22 Dec 1962
Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s
22 Dec 1963
Oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49)
22 Dec 1963
Cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives
22 Dec 1964
First flight of the US aircraft Lockheed SR-71 reaches 3530 kph (record for a jet)
22 Dec 1964
American comedian Lenny Bruce is convicted of obscenity
22 Dec 1964
Ballon dOr Manchester United striker Denis Law wins award for best European football player beats Inter midfielder Luis Surez and Real Madrid winger Amancio Amaro first Scotsman to win the award
22 Dec 1965
Great Britain sets national maximum road speed at 70 miles per hour
22 Dec 1965
Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up
22 Dec 1966
WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
22 Dec 1974
Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence 1 stays French
22 Dec 1974
Iraq announces plans to increase its oil production capacity
22 Dec 1976
Your Arms Too Short... opens at Lyceum NYC for 429 performances
22 Dec 1977
36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes
22 Dec 1981
Argentine general Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president
22 Dec 1982
William Mastrosimones play Extremities premieres in NYC
22 Dec 1983
Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Caps
22 Dec 1984
Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on NYC subway train
22 Dec 1984
Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott v WI at the MCG
22 Dec 1985
Wind in the Willows closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 performances
22 Dec 1985
74th Davis Cup Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)
22 Dec 1986
India score 7-676 v Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket
22 Dec 1987
Motley Crues Nikki Sixx overdoses from heroin
22 Dec 1988
2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of 3 M in NJ
22 Dec 1988
South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa
22 Dec 1988
Tug hits oil barge spreads 231000 gal on 300 mi of WA & BC coast
22 Dec 1989
Cold wave -4F in Oklahoma City -6F in Tulsa -12F in Pittsburgh 18F in Denver -23F in KC Mo -42F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47F in Hardin Mont & -60F in Black Hills South Dakota
22 Dec 1990
Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen
22 Dec 1992
Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt 158 die
22 Dec 1992
Ballon dOr Milans Dutch striker Marco van Basten wins his 3rd title as best football player in Europe ahead of Barcelona forward Hristo Stoichkov and Ajax forward Dennis Bergkamp
22 Dec 1994
Christmas Carol opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 18 performances
22 Dec 1994
Italian government of Silvio Berlusconi resigns
22 Dec 1995
David Cone signs 19.5 million 3 year contract with NY Yankees
22 Dec 1996
Steelers Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD
22 Dec 1996
Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England needing 1 run to win
22 Dec 1996
St Louis Blues right wing Brett Hull scores his 26th NHL career hat trick to reach 500 career goals in a 7-4 win over the LA Kings with father Bobby Hull first fatherson combo to each record 500 goals
22 Dec 1997
Hunter Tylo awarded 4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract
22 Dec 1997
Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on Feb 5
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.
22 Dec 1997
Scotty Bowmans Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 giving him 200 wins with Detroit and making him the first NHL coach to record 200 wins with 3 different teams also Montreal and Buffalo
22 Dec 1998
Ballon dOr Juventus French midfielder Zinedine Zidane is named best football player in Europe ahead of Real Madrid striker Davor uker and Inter forward Ronaldo
22 Dec 1999
The Spanish Civil Guard finds near Calatayud (Zaragoza) another van loaded by ETA with 750 kg of explosives (see related event on December 21 ).
22 Dec 2001
Burhanuddin Rabbani political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
22 Dec 2001
Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
22 Dec 2003
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits near San Simeon California.
22 Dec 2003
Ballon dOr Juventus Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvd is named best football player in Europe ahead of Arsenal forward Thierry Henry and Milan defender Paolo Maldini
22 Dec 2006
Australian archaeologist Sue OConnor finds first evidence of modern humans in Jerimalai cave near Lene Hara cave in East Timor
22 Dec 2012
8 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Peshawar Pakistan
22 Dec 2012
Tomasz Adamek outpoints Steve Cunningham in a split decision in the IBF heavyweight title eliminator at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem Pennsylvania
22 Dec 2016
Ebola vaccine VSV-EBOV is found to be 70-100% effective in a study published in The Lancet becoming the worlds first proven vaccine against Ebola
22 Dec 2017
UN Security Council votes 15 to 0 for additional sanctions on North Korea including measures to slash the countrys petrol imports by up to 90%
22 Dec 1666
The French Academy of Sciences founded by Louis XIV with Jean-Baptiste Colbert first meets in the Kings Library
22 Dec 1915
Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati Federal Baseball League dissolves
22 Dec 1953
Jack Dunn III owner of Baltimore Orioles in Intl League turns name over to newly relocated St Louis Browns
22 Dec 1983
Indiana Pacers win 133-132 in Denver to end a 28 NBA game losing streak on the road
22 Dec 2018
Partial shutdown of US federal government begins
22 Dec 2018
Tsunami hits Indonesias Sunda Strait killing over 400 after part of Anak Krakatau volcano slips into the sea
22 Dec 1870
Jules Janssen flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse
22 Dec 2019
New Orleans wide receiver Michael Thomas sets NFL record for most catches in a season with his 144th as Saints beat Tennessee 38-28 breaks 17-year old record held by Marvin Harrison (143)
22 Dec 1216
Pope Honorius III delegates decree Religiosam vitam eligentibus
22 Dec 1642
Pope Urbanus VIII publishes decree In eminente
22 Dec 1915
Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati Federal Baseball League dissolves
22 Dec 1937
Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River opens to traffic connecting Weehawken New Jersey to Midtown Manhattan New York City
22 Dec 1939
Genthin Germany rail disaster - 186 die in train wreck as an express has a rear-end collision with a train stopped at the station
22 Dec 1939
Freight train and passenger train head-on collision kills 101 at Markdorf Germany
22 Dec 1976
East Germany grants rock singer Nina Hagen her request to leave the country after refusing her stepfather re-entry
22 Dec 1980
MLB St. Louis Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds
22 Dec 1983
NHL NY Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Washington Capitols
22 Dec 1987
Mtley Cres Nikki Sixx overdoses from heroin
22 Dec 1989
Republic of Chad (Africa) adopts its Constitution
22 Dec 1989
Cold wave -6F in Tulsa Oklahoma -12F in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania -18F in Denver Colorado -23F in Kansas City Missouri -42F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47F in Hardin Montana and -60F in Black Hills South Dakota
22 Dec 1590
Army of Moroccan Pasha Ahmad al-Mansur begins its epic 135 day crossing of the Saharan desert on his way to defeat the Songhai Empire
22 Dec 1924
Philip Barrys play The Youngest premieres in NYC
22 Dec 1958
Christmas novelty single The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Dont Be Late) by David Seville and the Chipmunks reaches 1 - the only holiday chart-topper until Mariah Careys All I Want for Christmas Is You in 2019
22 Dec 1959
Baseballs new Continental League awards its 7thfranchise to Dallas-Fort Worth Texas
22 Dec 2022
American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades - 76.4 years according to new report by CDC biggest factors in the fall among many COVID-19 and drug overdoses [1]
22 Dec 2022
Major winter storm across the US causes widespread disruption prompting states of emergency to be issued in Wisconsin and New York [1]
22 Dec 2022
US Drug Enforcement Administration says it seized enough fentanyl in to kill every American more than 379 million doses of [1]
22 Dec 1135
Norman nobles recognize Stephen of Blois as King of England
22 Dec 1465
Peace of St Truiden Louis of Bourbon is restored as Prince-Bishop of Lige after a period of exile
22 Dec 2023
UN Security Council resolution votes to speed up delivery of desperately needed aid for Gaza 13-0 with Russia and the US abstaining [1]
22 Dec 1731
Dutch people revolt against a government tax on meat
22 Dec 1744
Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa expands her expulsion of Jews from Prague to include Bohemia and Moravia
22 Dec 1775
Continental Navy is organized with 7 ships Esek Hopkins is appointed the first commander
22 Dec 1958
Christmas novelty single The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Dont Be Late) by fictional characters David Seville and the Chipmunks reaches 1 the only holiday chart-topper until Mariah Careys All I Want for Christmas Is You in 2019
22 Dec 2022
US Drug Enforcement Administration says it seized enough fentanyl in to kill every American more than 379 million doses [1]