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What Happened on December 22nd This Day in History

Year	Name
2018	A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more.
2018	The 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown, the longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins.
2017	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.
2017	President Donald Trump signs the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
2016	A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
2012	Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
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.
2008	An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry.
2001	Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
2001	Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
1999	Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.
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.
1997	Somali Civil War: 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.
1996	Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes near Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.
1992	During approach to Tripoli International Airport, a Boeing 727 operating as Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 collides in mid-air with a Libyan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, killing 157 people.
1990	Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland.
1990	Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
1989	Romanian Revolution: Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife Elena flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
1989	German reunification: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
1987	In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
1984	"Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on a 2 express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States.
1978	The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
1975	U.S. President Gerald Ford creates the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to the 1970s energy crisis.
1974	Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
1974	The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
1973	A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Tanger-Boukhalef Airport (now Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport) in Tangier, Morocco, killing 106.
1971	The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.
1968	Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
1965	In the United Kingdom, a 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
1964	The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) takes place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, United States.
1963	The cruise ship Lakonia burns 290 kilometres (180 mi) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
1948	Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.
1945	U.S. President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order giving World War II refugees precedence in visa applications under U.S. immigration quotas.
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!"
1944	World War II: The People's Army of Vietnam is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
1942	World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
1940	World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.
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.
1937	The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
1921	Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
1920	The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
1906	An Mw  7.9 earthquake strikes Xinjiang, China, killing at least 280.
1894	The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
1891	Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
1890	Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
1888	The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
1885	Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan.
1864	American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the Union's Army of the Tennessee, and General Sherman tells President Abraham Lincoln: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah".
1851	India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, to transport material for the construction of the Ganges Canal.
1851	The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.
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 and Choral Fantasy.
1807	The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
1790	The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
1788	Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
1769	Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with the Qing dynasty withdrawing from Burma forever.
1489	The forces of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, take control of Almería from the Nasrid ruler of Granada, Muhammad XIII.
1216	Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
1135	Three weeks after the death of King Henry I of England, Stephen of Blois claims the throne and is privately crowned King of England, beginning the English Anarchy.
880	Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
856	Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.
401	Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in the office.
69	Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.

Famous People Born on December 22

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Year	Name
1639	Jean Racine, French poet and playwright (d. 1699)
1956	Jane Lighting, English businesswoman
1953	Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
1805	John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1893)
1978	Danny Ahn, South Korean singer
1666	Guru Gobind Singh, Indian guru and poet (d. 1708)
1949	Ray Guy, American football player (d. 2022)
1883	Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (d. 1965)
1936	Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director
1965	Urszula Włodarczyk, Polish heptathlete and triple jumper

Famous People Deaths On December 22

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Date	Name
2012	Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (b. 1916)
1996	Jack Hamm, American cartoonist and television host (b. 1916)
1940	Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
1992	Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907)
1603	Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1566)
2001	Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981)
2007	Charles Court, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1911)
1646	Petro Mohyla, Ruthenian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)
2009	Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940)
1902	Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)