Table of Contents
674 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Acteal, Acteal massacre, AD 69, Adolf Hitler, Adrian Cristobal, AFC Bournemouth, Airborne Express Flight 827, Ajeenkya Patil, Albert Scanlon, Alcides Ghiggia, Alexander Suvorov, Alfred Dreyfus, Alinne Moraes, All-Russian Congress of Soviets, AllMusic, Almería, Amelie Beese, American Airlines Flight 63 (2001), American Civil War, Anak Krakatoa, Anastasia of Sirmium, André Tacquet, Andre Kostelanetz, Anjouan, Anthony McAuliffe, Antipope John XXIII, Ardalion Ignatyev, Aristeidis Moraitinis (aviator), Armed Forces Day, Army of the Tennessee, Associated Press, ATP Tour, Attempts at reconciliation in Somalia (1991–2004), Awami National Party, Aya Takano, Étienne Martellange, Baha al-Dawla, Barack Obama, Barbara Billingsley, Barry Jenkins (musician), Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Basshunter, Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, BBC, Beatrix Potter, Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808, Belgium, Bernard Kouchner, ... Expand index (624 more) »
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
See December 22 and Abraham Lincoln
Acteal
Acteal is a small village in the municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 20 km north of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Acteal massacre
The Acteal massacre was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of Catholic indigenous townspeople, including a number of children and pregnant women, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas ("The Bees"), in the small village of Acteal in the municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
See December 22 and Acteal massacre
AD 69
AD 69 (LXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
See December 22 and Adolf Hitler
Adrian Cristobal
Adrian E. Cristobal (February 20, 1932 – December 22, 2007) was a Filipino writer who frequently touched on political and historical themes.
See December 22 and Adrian Cristobal
AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
See December 22 and AFC Bournemouth
Airborne Express Flight 827
Airborne Express Flight 827 was a functional evaluation flight (FEF) of an Airborne Express Douglas DC-8-63F (registration N827AX) that had undergone a major modification.
See December 22 and Airborne Express Flight 827
Ajeenkya Patil
Ajeenkya D Y Patil is an Indian educationist and economist.
See December 22 and Ajeenkya Patil
Albert Scanlon
Albert Joseph Scanlon (10 October 1935 – 22 December 2009) was an English footballer.
See December 22 and Albert Scanlon
Alcides Ghiggia
Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra (22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a Uruguayan-Italian football player, who played as a right winger.
See December 22 and Alcides Ghiggia
Alexander Suvorov
Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy (Kni͡az' Italiyskiy graf Aleksandr Vasil'yevič Suvorov-Rymnikskiy), was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.
See December 22 and Alexander Suvorov
Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Alsatian origin and Jewish ethnicity and faith.
See December 22 and Alfred Dreyfus
Alinne Moraes
Aline Cristine Dorelli de Magalhães e Morais (born 22 December 1982), known professionally as Alinne Moraes, is a Brazilian actress.
See December 22 and Alinne Moraes
All-Russian Congress of Soviets
The All-Russian Congress of Soviets evolved from 1917 to become the supreme governing body of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 until 1936, effectively.
See December 22 and All-Russian Congress of Soviets
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Almería
Almería is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia.
Amelie Beese
Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese (13 September 1886 – 22 December 1925), also known as Melli Beese, was the first female German pilot, and airplane engineer female aviator.
See December 22 and Amelie Beese
American Airlines Flight 63 (2001)
On December 22, 2001, a failed shoe bombing attempt occurred aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
See December 22 and American Airlines Flight 63 (2001)
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
See December 22 and American Civil War
Anak Krakatoa
Anak Krakatoa (Anak Krakatau)English translation and common name: Child of Krakatoa is a volcanic island in Indonesia.
See December 22 and Anak Krakatoa
Anastasia of Sirmium
Saint Anastasia (died December 25 A.D. 304) is a Christian saint and martyr who died at Sirmium in the Roman province of Pannonia Secunda (modern Serbia).
See December 22 and Anastasia of Sirmium
André Tacquet
André Tacquet (23 June 1612 Antwerp – 22 December 1660 Antwerp, also referred to by his Latinized name Andrea Tacquet) was a Brabantian mathematician and Jesuit priest.
See December 22 and André Tacquet
Andre Kostelanetz
Andre Kostelanetz (Абрам Наумович Костелянец; December 22, 1901 – January 13, 1980) was a Russian-American popular orchestral music conductor and arranger who was one of the major exponents of popular orchestra music.
See December 22 and Andre Kostelanetz
Anjouan
Anjouan is an autonomous volcanic island in the Comoro Islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean, part of the Union of the Comoros.
Anthony McAuliffe
General Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (July 2, 1898 – August 10, 1975) was a senior United States Army officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
See December 22 and Anthony McAuliffe
Antipope John XXIII
Baldassarre Cossa (1370 – 22 December 1419) was Pisan antipope John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism.
See December 22 and Antipope John XXIII
Ardalion Ignatyev
Ardalion Vasilyevich Ignatyev (Ардалион Васи́льевич Игна́тьев; November 24, 1930 – October 24, 1998) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.
See December 22 and Ardalion Ignatyev
Aristeidis Moraitinis (aviator)
Aristeidis Moraitinis (Αριστείδης Μωραϊτίνης, 1891–1918) was an officer of the Hellenic Navy and pioneer of naval aviation.
See December 22 and Aristeidis Moraitinis (aviator)
Armed Forces Day
An Armed Forces Day, alongside its branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's Day, is a holiday dedicated to honoring the armed forces, or one of their branches, of a sovereign state, including their personnel, history, achievements, and perceived sacrifices.
See December 22 and Armed Forces Day
Army of the Tennessee
The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River.
See December 22 and Army of the Tennessee
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
See December 22 and Associated Press
ATP Tour
The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix Circuit and WCT Circuit.
Attempts at reconciliation in Somalia (1991–2004)
Many factions opposed to Siad Barre set aside tribal and political differences to unite in purpose to overthrow his regime.
See December 22 and Attempts at reconciliation in Somalia (1991–2004)
Awami National Party
The Awami National Party (ANP; عوامی نيشنل پارٹی, عوامي نېشنل پارټي; lit. People's National Party) is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan.
See December 22 and Awami National Party
Aya Takano
is a Japanese painter, Superflat artist, manga artist, and science fiction essayist.
See December 22 and Aya Takano
Étienne Martellange
Étienne Martellange (22 December 1569 – 3 October 1641) was a French Jesuit architect and draftsman.
See December 22 and Étienne Martellange
Baha al-Dawla
Abu Nasr Firuz Kharshadh (أبو نصر فيروز خوارشاذ; died December 22, 1012), better known by his laqab of Baha al-Dawla (Splendour of the State) was the Buyid amir of Iraq (988–1012), along with Fars and Kerman (998–1012).
See December 22 and Baha al-Dawla
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
See December 22 and Barack Obama
Barbara Billingsley
Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes; December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010) was an American actress.
See December 22 and Barbara Billingsley
Barry Jenkins (musician)
Colin Ernest "Barry" Jenkins (22 December 1944 – 27 January 2024) was an English musician, best known for being a drummer for the Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations.
See December 22 and Barry Jenkins (musician)
Bashir Ahmad Bilour
Bashir Ahmad Bilour (بشیر احمد بلور; 1 August 1943 – 22 December 2012) was a Pakistani member of the provincial assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Senior Minister for Local Government and Rural Development of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
See December 22 and Bashir Ahmad Bilour
Basshunter
Jonas Erik Altberg (born 22 December 1984), known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ.
See December 22 and Basshunter
Bastogne
Bastogne (Bastenaken; Bastnach/Bastenach; Baaschtnech) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium.
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.
See December 22 and Battle of the Bulge
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.
See December 22 and Beatrix Potter
Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808
The Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808 was a benefit concert held for Ludwig van Beethoven at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna that featured the public premieres of Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the Fourth Piano Concerto and the Choral Fantasy.
See December 22 and Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Bernard Kouchner
Bernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician and doctor.
See December 22 and Bernard Kouchner
Bernard Stone
Bernard "Berny" L. Stone (November 24, 1927 – December 22, 2014) was alderman of the 50th Ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois from 1973 to 2011.
See December 22 and Bernard Stone
Bernd Schuster
Bernd Schuster (born 22 December 1959) is a German former professional footballer of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides FC Barcelona (1980–1987) and Real Madrid (1988–1990).
See December 22 and Bernd Schuster
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
See December 22 and Boeing 727
Brandenburg Gate
The Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin.
See December 22 and Brandenburg Gate
Bretislav II
Bretislaus II (– 22 December 1100) was the duke of Bohemia from 14 September 1092 until his death in 1100.
See December 22 and Bretislav II
Brian Daley
Brian Charles Daley (December 22, 1947 – February 11, 1996) was an American science fiction novelist.
See December 22 and Brian Daley
Brian McMillan
Brian Mervin McMillan (born 22 December 1963) played 38 Test matches and 78 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1991 to 1998.
See December 22 and Brian McMillan
Britta Heidemann
Britta Heidemann (born 22 December 1982) is a German épée fencer.
See December 22 and Britta Heidemann
Bucharest
Bucharest (București) is the capital and largest city of Romania.
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Burhānuddīn Rabbānī (برهانالدین ربانی; 20 September 1940 – 20 September 2011) was an Afghan politician and teacher who served as president of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, and again from November to December 2001 (in exile from 1996 to 2001).
See December 22 and Burhanuddin Rabbani
Butterfly McQueen
Butterfly McQueen (born Thelma McQueen; January 8, 1911December 22, 1995) was an American actress.
See December 22 and Butterfly McQueen
Buyid dynasty
The Buyid dynasty (Âl-i Bōya), also spelled Buwayhid (Al-Buwayhiyyah), was a Zaydi and, later, Twelver Shia dynasty of Daylamite origin, which mainly ruled over central and southern Iran and Iraq from 934 to 1062.
See December 22 and Buyid dynasty
C. Eugene Steuerle
C.
See December 22 and C. Eugene Steuerle
Cairo
Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.
Calendar of saints
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
See December 22 and Calendar of saints
Callan McKenna
Callan Thomas McKenna (born 22 December 2006) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Bournemouth.
See December 22 and Callan McKenna
Camila Osorio
María Camila Osorio Serrano (born 22 December 2001) is a Colombian professional tennis player.
See December 22 and Camila Osorio
Camille Guérin
Jean-Marie Camille Guérin (22 December 1872 – 9 June 1961) was a French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist who, together with Albert Calmette, developed the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis.
See December 22 and Camille Guérin
Carl Friedrich Abel
Carl Friedrich Abel (22 December 1723 – 20 June 1787) was a German composer of the pre-Classical era.
See December 22 and Carl Friedrich Abel
Carlos Graça
Carlos Alberto Monteiro Dias da Graça (22 December 1931 – 17 April 2013) served as the 6th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe.
See December 22 and Carlos Graça
Carole James
Carole Alison James (born December 22, 1957) is a Canadian politician and former public administrator, who represented Victoria-Beacon Hill in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020.
See December 22 and Carole James
Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud (born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player.
See December 22 and Casper Ruud
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
See December 22 and Catholic Church
Catholic Monarchs of Spain
The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose marriage and joint rule marked the de facto unification of Spain.
See December 22 and Catholic Monarchs of Spain
Cem Sultan
Cem Sultan (also spelled Djem or Jem) or Sultan Cem or Şehzade Cem (December 22, 1459 – February 25, 1495,; Cem sulṭān; Cem Sultan; Zizim), was a claimant to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century.
See December 22 and Cem Sultan
Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)
Cesare Cremonini (22 December 1550 – 19 July 1631), sometimes Cesare Cremonino, was an Italian professor of natural philosophy, working rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism.
See December 22 and Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)
Chad Robinson
Chad Damian Robinson (20 October 1980 – 26 November 2016) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer.
See December 22 and Chad Robinson
Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan (Mongolian script:; Čaɣatay; translit; چغتای, Čaġatāy; چاغاتاي خان, Chaghatay-Xan; 察合台, Chágětái; جغتای, Joghatây; 22 December 1183 – 1 July 1242) was the second son of Genghis Khan and Börte.
See December 22 and Chagatai Khan
Charles Court
Sir Charles Walter Michael Court (29 September 1911 – 22 December 2007) was an Australian politician who was the 21st premier of Western Australia from 1974 to 1982.
See December 22 and Charles Court
Charles de Lint
Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian writer.
See December 22 and Charles de Lint
Charles Sands
Charles Edward Sands (December 22, 1865 – August 9, 1945) was an American golfer, tennis and real tennis player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
See December 22 and Charles Sands
Charlotte Lamb
Sheila Holland, née Sheila Ann Mary Coates (in Dagenham, Essex, England – in Isle of Man) was best known under the pseudonym Charlotte Lamb as a prolific romantic novelist.
See December 22 and Charlotte Lamb
Chiapas
Chiapas (Tzotzil and Tzeltal: Chyapas), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas (Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico.
Chico Mendes
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (15 December 1944 – 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist.
See December 22 and Chico Mendes
Chinese economic reform
The Chinese economic reform or Chinese economic miracle, also known domestically as reform and opening-up, refers to a variety of economic reforms termed "socialism with Chinese characteristics" and "socialist market economy" in the People's Republic of China (PRC) that began in the late 20th century, after Mao Zedong's death in 1976.
See December 22 and Chinese economic reform
Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)
The Fantasy for piano, vocal soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra, Op. 80, usually called the Choral Fantasy, was composed in 1808 by then 38-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven.
See December 22 and Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)
Chris Carmack
Chris Carmack (born December 22) is an American actor, singer, and former fashion model.
See December 22 and Chris Carmack
Chris Old
Chris Old (born Christopher Middleton Old, 22 December 1948) is a former English cricketer, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1972 to 1981.
Christine Cavanaugh
Christine Josephine Cavanaugh (née Sandberg; August 16, 1963 – December 22, 2014) was an American actress, who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters.
See December 22 and Christine Cavanaugh
Christmas Meeting of 1888
The Christmas Meeting of 1888 (Faroese: Jólafundurin 1888) is considered to be the official start of the Faroese National Movement.
See December 22 and Christmas Meeting of 1888
Chuck Cherundolo
Charles James Cherundolo, Jr. (August 8, 1916 – December 22, 2012) was an American football player and coach.
See December 22 and Chuck Cherundolo
Cliff Osmond
Cliff Osmond (born Clifford Osman Ebrahim; February 26, 1937 – December 22, 2012) was an American character actor and television screenwriter.
See December 22 and Cliff Osmond
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
Coal combustion products
Coal combustion products (CCPs), also called coal combustion wastes (CCWs) or coal combustion residuals (CCRs), are categorized in four groups, each based on physical and chemical forms derived from coal combustion methods and emission controls.
See December 22 and Coal combustion products
Comics Buyer's Guide
Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG), established in 1971, was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry.
See December 22 and Comics Buyer's Guide
Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
Comoros
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean.
Connie Mack
Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner.
See December 22 and Connie Mack
Controlled-access highway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated.
See December 22 and Controlled-access highway
Cornwallis Valley Railway
The Cornwallis Valley Railway (CVR) was a historic Canadian railway in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.
See December 22 and Cornwallis Valley Railway
Cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.
See December 22 and Cruise ship
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
See December 22 and Cultural Revolution
Cynesige
Cynesige (died 22 December 1060) was a medieval English Archbishop of York between 1051 and 1060.
D. Boon
Dennes Dale Boon (April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985), also known as D. Boon, was an American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and songwriter of the punk rock trio Minutemen (formed by previous members of The Reactionaries).
DaBaby
Jonathan Lyndale Kirk (born December 22, 1991), known professionally as DaBaby (formerly Baby Jesus), is an American rapper from Cleveland, Ohio.
Damghan
Damghan (دامغان) is a city in the Central District of Damghan County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Dan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu (born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj.
See December 22 and Dan Petrescu
Danny Ahn
Danny Ahn (born December 22, 1978) is a South Korean-American entertainer best known as the main rapper of the South Korean pop music group g.o.d. He is notable for his unique rapping.
Danny O'Dea
Peter Anthony Joseph Daniel Wrenshall (22 December 1911 – 16 April 2003), better known by his stage name Danny O'Dea, was an English actor.
See December 22 and Danny O'Dea
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era.
See December 22 and Darryl F. Zanuck
David Heavener
David Brent Heavener (born December 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, director, actor, composer, producer and writer, specialising in low-budget features and direct-to-video action films.
See December 22 and David Heavener
David Pearson (racing driver)
David Gene Pearson (December 22, 1934 – November 12, 2018) was an American stock car driver, who raced from 1960 to 1986 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No.
See December 22 and David Pearson (racing driver)
David Penhaligon
David Charles Penhaligon (6 June 1944 – 22 December 1986) was a British politician from Cornwall who was Liberal Member of Parliament for Truro from 1974–86.
See December 22 and David Penhaligon
David S. Goyer
David Samuel Goyer (born December 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, novelist and comic book writer.
See December 22 and David S. Goyer
David Wright (politician)
David Wright (born 22 December 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford from 2001 until 2015.
See December 22 and David Wright (politician)
Day of Deliverance (India)
The "Day of Deliverance" (یومنجات|Youm-e-Nijat) was a celebration day marked by the All-India Muslim League and others on 22 December 1939 during the Indian independence movement.
See December 22 and Day of Deliverance (India)
December 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
December 21 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 23 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 4 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
See December 22 and December 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Deems Taylor
Joseph Deems Taylor (December 22, 1885 – July 3, 1966) was an American composer, radio commentator, music critic and author.
See December 22 and Deems Taylor
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989.
See December 22 and Deng Xiaoping
Dennis Armfield
Dennis Brett Armfield (born 22 December 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
See December 22 and Dennis Armfield
Der Spiegel
(stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.
See December 22 and Der Spiegel
Derick Parry
Derick Recaldo Parry (born 22 December 1954) is a former cricketer from St Kitts and Nevis who played 12 Tests and six One Day Internationals for the West Indies.
See December 22 and Derick Parry
Desmond Hoyte
Hugh Desmond Hoyte (9 March 1929 – 22 December 2002) was a Guyanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of Guyana from 1985 until 1992.
See December 22 and Desmond Hoyte
Destruction (band)
Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982.
See December 22 and Destruction (band)
Diane Sawyer
Lila Diane Sawyer (born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News.
See December 22 and Diane Sawyer
Dick Parry
Richard Parry (born 22 December 1942) is an English saxophonist.
See December 22 and Dick Parry
Dilip Doshi
Dilip Rasiklal Doshi (born 22 December 1947) is a former Indian cricketer from Bengal though his origin goes back to Gujarat.
See December 22 and Dilip Doshi
Dimitri Fampas
Dimitris Fampas (Δημήτρης Φάμπας, Dimitris Fabas) (22 December 1921 – 3 May 1996) was a Greek classical guitarist and composer.
See December 22 and Dimitri Fampas
Dina Meyer
Dina Meyer (born December 22, 1968) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in a recurring role on the Fox teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993–94), before landing a leading role opposite Keanu Reeves in the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic. Meyer has acted in the films Dragonheart (1996), Starship Troopers (1997), Bats (1999), D-Tox (2002), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
See December 22 and Dina Meyer
Diocletian
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Diokletianós; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305.
See December 22 and Diocletian
Diomedes Díaz
Diomedes Díaz Maestre (26 May 1957 – 22 December 2013) was a Colombian vallenato singer, songwriter, and composer.
See December 22 and Diomedes Díaz
Dmitri Egorov
Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov (Дми́трий Фёдорович Его́ров; December 22, 1869 – September 10, 1931) was a Russian and Soviet mathematician known for contributions to the areas of differential geometry and mathematical analysis.
See December 22 and Dmitri Egorov
Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov (Дмитрий Валерьевич Хохлов, born 22 December 1975) is a Russian football manager and former midfielder who is the manager of the Under-19 squad of Lokomotiv Moscow.
See December 22 and Dmitri Khokhlov
Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev (Дмитрий Владимирович Билозерчев, born 22 December 1966 in Moscow) is a Russian gymnastics coach and retired gymnast who represented the Soviet Union.
See December 22 and Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.
See December 22 and Dominican Order
Don DeFore
Donald John DeFore (August 25, 1913 – December 22, 1993) was an American actor.
See December 22 and Don DeFore
Don Kardong
Donald Franklin Kardong (born December 22, 1948) is a noted runner and author from the United States.
See December 22 and Don Kardong
Don't ask, don't tell
"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service of non-heterosexual people.
See December 22 and Don't ask, don't tell
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010
The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 is a landmark United States federal statute enacted in December 2010 that established a process for ending the "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy, thus allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces.
See December 22 and Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
See December 22 and Donald Trump
Dongzhi Festival
The Dongzhi Festival or Winter Solstice Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice), which falls between December 21 and December 23.
See December 22 and Dongzhi Festival
Doug Ault
Douglas Reagan Ault (March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was an American professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977–1978, 1980).
Dreyfus affair
The Dreyfus affair (affaire Dreyfus) was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906.
See December 22 and Dreyfus affair
Dwight L. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 26, 1899), also known as D. L.
See December 22 and Dwight L. Moody
East Germany
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
See December 22 and East Germany
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
See December 22 and Eastern Orthodox Church
Eder (footballer, born 1987)
Ederzito António Macedo Lopes (born 22 December 1987), commonly known as Eder, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
See December 22 and Eder (footballer, born 1987)
Edgard Varèse
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (also spelled Edgar; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States.
See December 22 and Edgard Varèse
Eduard Uspensky
Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 193714 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter.
See December 22 and Eduard Uspensky
Edward Heath
Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975.
See December 22 and Edward Heath
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet and playwright.
See December 22 and Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Linkomies
Edwin Johannes Hildegard Linkomies (22 December 1894 – 9 September 1963, until 1928 Edwin Flinck) was Prime Minister of Finland from March 1943 to August 1944, and one of the seven politicians sentenced to five and a half years in prison as responsible for the Continuation War, on the demand of the Soviet Union.
See December 22 and Edwin Linkomies
Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Eimhin
Eimhin was the abbot and bishop of Ros-mic-Truin (Ireland), probably in the sixth century.
Elena Mukhina
Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina (Елена Вячеславовна Мухина; first name sometimes rendered "Yelena", last name sometimes rendered "Muchina"; 1 June 196022 December 2006) was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around title at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France.
See December 22 and Elena Mukhina
Embargo Act of 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general trade embargo on all foreign nations that was enacted by the United States Congress.
See December 22 and Embargo Act of 1807
Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia
The Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintahan Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) was established by Indonesian Republicans after the Netherlands occupied the at the time capital city of Yogyakarta in Central Java, the location of the temporary Republican capital during the Indonesian National Revolution.
See December 22 and Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia
Emirate of Granada
The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty.
See December 22 and Emirate of Granada
Emmanuel Olisadebe
Emmanuel Olisadebe (born 22 December 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.
See December 22 and Emmanuel Olisadebe
Emperor Antoku
was the 81st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
See December 22 and Emperor Antoku
Emperor Xizong of Tang
Emperor Xizong of Tang (June 8, 862 – April 20, 888), né Li Yan, later name changed to Li Xuan (changed 873), was an emperor of China's Tang dynasty.
See December 22 and Emperor Xizong of Tang
Emre Aracı
Emre Aracı (born 22 December 1968) is a Turkish music historian, conductor, and composer.
See December 22 and Emre Aracı
Enrique Peñaranda
Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo (15 November 1892 – 22 December 1969) was a Bolivian general who served as the 38th president of Bolivia from 1940 until his overthrow in 1943.
See December 22 and Enrique Peñaranda
Ernan
Ernan (variants include Ernain, Ernin, Ethernanus) is the name of four Irish saints.
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.
See December 22 and European Space Agency
Evgraf Fedorov
Evgraf Stepanovich Fedorov (Евгра́ф Степа́нович Фёдоров, – 21 May 1919) was a Russian mathematician, crystallographer and mineralogist.
See December 22 and Evgraf Fedorov
Executive order
In the United States, an executive order is a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government.
See December 22 and Executive order
Faroese independence movement
The Faroese independence movement (Føroyska Tjóðskaparrørslan), or the Faroese national movement (Føroyska Sjálvstýrisrørslan), is a political movement which seeks the establishment of the Faroe Islands as a sovereign state outside of Denmark.
See December 22 and Faroese independence movement
Fatih Öztürk (French footballer)
Fatih Öztürk (born 22 December 1986) is a French professional footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a goalkeeper, most recently for Süper Lig club Galatasaray.
See December 22 and Fatih Öztürk (French footballer)
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.
See December 22 and Federal government of the United States
Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia (abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania.
See December 22 and Federated States of Micronesia
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516) was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516.
See December 22 and Ferdinand II of Aragon
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (22 December 1876 – 2 December 1944) was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement.
See December 22 and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Flight Safety Foundation
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety.
See December 22 and Flight Safety Foundation
Focus (German magazine)
Focus (stylized in all caps) is a German-language news magazine published by Hubert Burda Media.
See December 22 and Focus (German magazine)
Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
François Clouet
François Clouet (– 22 December 1572), son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family.
See December 22 and François Clouet
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frances Lannon
Dame Frances Lannon DBE FRHistS (born 22 December 1945) is a retired British academic and educator.
See December 22 and Frances Lannon
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Frances Xavier Cabrini (Francesca Saverio Cabrini (birth name), July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American, Roman Catholic, religious sister (nun).
See December 22 and Frances Xavier Cabrini
Frank B. Kellogg
Frank Billings Kellogg (December 22, 1856 – December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State.
See December 22 and Frank B. Kellogg
Frank Corsaro
Frank Corsaro (December 22, 1924, New York City, New York – November 11, 2017, Suwanee, GeorgiaRobert Viagas) was one of America's foremost stage directors of opera and theatre.
See December 22 and Frank Corsaro
Frank Gambale
Frank Gambale (born 22 December 1958) is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist.
See December 22 and Frank Gambale
Frank George Woollard
Frank George Woollard (22 September 1883 – 22 December 1957), was a British mechanical engineer who worked for nearly three decades in the British motor industry in various roles in design, production, and management.
See December 22 and Frank George Woollard
Franz Abt
Franz Wilhelm Abt (22 December 1819 – 31 March 1885) was a German composer and choral conductor.
Franz Boas
Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology".
See December 22 and Franz Boas
Franz Schmidt (composer)
Franz Schmidt, also Ferenc Schmidt (22 December 1874 – 11 February 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian composer, cellist and pianist.
See December 22 and Franz Schmidt (composer)
Fred Foy
Frederick William Foy (March 27, 1921December 22, 2010) was an American radio and television announcer and actor.
Fred Woolley
Fred Woolley (22 December 1880 – 18 January 1955) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s.
See December 22 and Fred Woolley
Freda Meissner-Blau
Freda Meissner-Blau (11 March 1927 – 22 December 2015) was an Austrian politician, activist, and prominent figurehead in the Austrian environmental movement.
See December 22 and Freda Meissner-Blau
Frederick Freake
Sir Frederick Charles Maitland Freake, 3rd Baronet (7 March 1876 – 22 December 1950) was a British polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
See December 22 and Frederick Freake
Frederick William Franz
Frederick William Franz (September 12, 1893 – December 22, 1992) was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses.
See December 22 and Frederick William Franz
Fredrik Barth
Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth (22 December 1928 – 24 January 2016) was a Norwegian social anthropologist who published several ethnographic books with a clear formalist view.
See December 22 and Fredrik Barth
French Indochina in World War II
In mid-1940, Nazi Germany rapidly defeated the French Third Republic, and the colonial administration of French Indochina (modern-day Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) passed to the French State (Vichy France).
See December 22 and French Indochina in World War II
G Hannelius
Genevieve Knight Hannelius (born December 22, 1998) is an American actress, singer, and YouTube personality who made her acting debut starring as Courtney Patterson on the ABC series Surviving Suburbia (2009).
See December 22 and G Hannelius
Galina Murašova
Galina Murašova (Галина Мурашова; born December 22, 1955, in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a retired female discus thrower, who competed for the Soviet Union at two Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988.
See December 22 and Galina Murašova
Galina Ustvolskaya
Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya (Галина Ивановна Уствольская, 17 June 1919 – 22 December 2006) was a Russian composer of classical music.
See December 22 and Galina Ustvolskaya
Ganges Canal
The Ganges Canal or Ganga Canal is a canal system that irrigates the Doab region between the Ganges River and the Yamuna River in India.
See December 22 and Ganges Canal
Gary Anderson (darts player)
Gary James Grant Anderson (born 22 December 1970) is a Scottish professional darts player playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
See December 22 and Gary Anderson (darts player)
Gemonian stairs
The Gemonian Stairs (Scalae Gemoniae, Scale Gemonie) were a flight of steps located in the ancient city of Rome.
See December 22 and Gemonian stairs
Gene Rayburn
Gene Rayburn (born Eugene Peter Jeljenic; December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American radio and television personality.
See December 22 and Gene Rayburn
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
See December 22 and George Eliot
George Hutson
George William Hutson (22 December 1889 – 14 September 1914) was a British athlete who competed mainly in long-distance running events.
See December 22 and George Hutson
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.
See December 22 and Gerald Ford
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, (22 December 1951 – 9 August 2016) was a British landowner, businessman, aristocrat, Territorial Army general, and peer.
See December 22 and Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
German reunification
German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991.
See December 22 and German reunification
Giacomo Manzù
Giacomo Manzoni (22 December 1908 – 17 January 1991), known professionally as Giacomo Manzù, was an Italian sculptor.
See December 22 and Giacomo Manzù
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas.
See December 22 and Giacomo Puccini
Gilda Gray
Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 24, 1901 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions.
See December 22 and Gilda Gray
Giorgio Oberweger
Giorgio Oberweger (22 December 1913 – 14 October 1998) was an Italian discus thrower who won a bronze medal at the 1936 Olympics and a silver at the 1938 European Championships.
See December 22 and Giorgio Oberweger
Gisela Birkemeyer
Gisela Birkemeyer (née Köhler, 22 December 1931 – 26 March 2024) was a German hurdler and sprinter who won two medals in the 80 m hurdles at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics.
See December 22 and Gisela Birkemeyer
Giuseppe Bergomi
Giuseppe "Beppe" Bergomi (born 22 December 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan.
See December 22 and Giuseppe Bergomi
Godfried Bomans
Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans (2 March 1913 – 22 December 1971) was a Dutch author and television personality.
See December 22 and Godfried Bomans
GOELRO
GOELRO (ГОЭЛРО) was the first of Soviet Russia's plans for national economic recovery and development.
Gonzalo Morales Sáurez
Gonzalo Morales Sáurez (9 July 1945 – 22 December 2017) was a Costa Rican painter.
See December 22 and Gonzalo Morales Sáurez
Government shutdowns in the United States
In the United States, government shutdowns occur when funding legislation required to finance the federal government is not enacted before the next fiscal year begins.
See December 22 and Government shutdowns in the United States
Grande Comore
Grande Comore is an island in Comoros off the coast of Africa.
See December 22 and Grande Comore
Great Hallingbury
Great Hallingbury is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.
See December 22 and Great Hallingbury
Greg Finley
Gregory Finley (born December 22, 1984) is an American actor, known for his role as Jack Pappas in the teenage drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager as well as Drake in the series Star Crossed and iZombie, and Girder in ''The Flash''.
See December 22 and Greg Finley
Guercino
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as (il) Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna.
Gukurahundi
The Gukurahundi was a series of mass killings in Zimbabwe which were committed from 1983 until the Unity Accord in 1987.
See December 22 and Gukurahundi
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (born Gobind Das; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru.
See December 22 and Guru Gobind Singh
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg.
See December 22 and Gustaf Gründgens
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing.
See December 22 and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Haldan Keffer Hartline
Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 – March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a co-recipient (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision.
See December 22 and Haldan Keffer Hartline
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai (Pashto/حامد کرزی,,; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from December 2004 to September 2014.
See December 22 and Hamid Karzai
Hans Hækkerup
Hans Hækkerup (3 December 1945 – 22 December 2013) was a Danish politician who has served as a member of parliament (Folketing) for the Social Democratic party and as the Minister of Defence from 1993 to 2000 under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
See December 22 and Hans Hækkerup
Harry Bluestone
Harry Bluestone (30 September 1907 – 22 December 1992) was an English-American composer and violinist who composed music for TV and film.
See December 22 and Harry Bluestone
Harry Langdon
Henry "Harry" Philmore Langdon (June 15, 1884 – December 22, 1944) was an American comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films (where he had his greatest fame), and talkies.
See December 22 and Harry Langdon
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
See December 22 and Harry S. Truman
Hatfield Forest
Hatfield Forest is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, three miles east of Bishop's Stortford.
See December 22 and Hatfield Forest
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s.
See December 22 and Hawkshaw Hawkins
Héctor Elizondo
Héctor Elizondo (born December 22, 1936) is an American character actor.
See December 22 and Héctor Elizondo
Heather Donahue
Rei Hance (born Heather Donahue; December 22, 1974) is an American retired actress, credited under her birth name during her acting career.
See December 22 and Heather Donahue
Henry Budd
Henry Budd (circa 1812 – April 2, 1875), the first Native American ordained an Anglican priest, spent his career ministering to First Nations people.
See December 22 and Henry Budd
Henry I of England
Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.
See December 22 and Henry I of England
Herman Potočnik
Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung; 22 December 1892 – 27 August 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist.
See December 22 and Herman Potočnik
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
Hermann Samuel Reimarus (22 December 1694, Hamburg – 1 March 1768, Hamburg), was a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a study of nature and our own internal reality, thus eliminating the need for religions based on revelation.
See December 22 and Hermann Samuel Reimarus
Hermann Weingärtner
Hermann Otto Ludwig Weingärtner (27 August 1864 – 22 December 1919) was a German gymnast.
See December 22 and Hermann Weingärtner
Hideshi Matsuda
is a Japanese car racer and TV reporter.
See December 22 and Hideshi Matsuda
Himarë
Himarë (Himara; Χιμάρα, Chimara or Χειμάρρα, Cheimarra) is a municipality and region in Vlorë County, southern Albania.
History of China
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.
See December 22 and History of China
Huang Chao
Huang Chao (835 – July 13, 884) was a Chinese rebel, best known for leading a major rebellion that severely weakened the Tang dynasty.
See December 22 and Huang Chao
Hussein Farrah Aidid
Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid (Xuseen Maxamed Faarax Caydiid, حسين محمد فارح عيديد) (born August 16, 1962) is the son of General Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
See December 22 and Hussein Farrah Aidid
Ian Turnbull (ice hockey)
Ian "Bull" Turnbull (born December 22, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League from 1973–74 until 1982–83.
See December 22 and Ian Turnbull (ice hockey)
Ilias Degiannis
Ilias Degiannis (Ηλίας Ντεγιάννης; 22 December 1912 – 18 June 1943) was a Greek navy officer Resistance leader during the Axis occupation of Greece.
See December 22 and Ilias Degiannis
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indian National Congress
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Ion Iliescu
Ion Iliescu (born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as President of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004.
See December 22 and Ion Iliescu
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.
Isabella I of Castile
Isabella I (Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504.
See December 22 and Isabella I of Castile
Islam in India
Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census.
See December 22 and Islam in India
Islamic State of Afghanistan
The Islamic State of Afghanistan was established by the Peshawar Accords of 26 April 1992.
See December 22 and Islamic State of Afghanistan
Itō Hirobumi
was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan.
See December 22 and Itō Hirobumi
Izmail
Izmail (Ismail, Smil or Smeilu; Исмаил), is a city and municipality on the Danube river in Odesa Oblast in south-western Ukraine.
J. Arthur Rank
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (22/23 December 1888 – 29 March 1972) was an English industrialist who was head and founder of the Rank Organisation.
See December 22 and J. Arthur Rank
Jaan Tõnisson
Jaan Tõnisson (– 1941?) was an Estonian statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Estonia twice during 1919 to 1920, as State Elder (head of state and government) from 1927 to 1928 and in 1933, and as Foreign Minister of Estonia from 1931 to 1932.
See December 22 and Jaan Tõnisson
Jack Hamm
Jack Beaumont Hamm (March 5, 1916 – December 22, 1996) was an American artist from Wichita, Kansas who is recognized both for his Christian-themed artwork and editorial cartoons, and for his books on drawing technique.
Jacob Stallings
Jacob Daniel Stallings (born December 22, 1989) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
See December 22 and Jacob Stallings
James Burke (science historian)
James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer.
See December 22 and James Burke (science historian)
James Meade
James Edward Meade (23 June 1907 – 22 December 1995) was a British economist who made major contributions to the theory of international trade and welfare economics.
See December 22 and James Meade
James Oglethorpe
Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America.
See December 22 and James Oglethorpe
Jamie Langfield
James Robert Langfield (born 22 December 1979) is a Scottish football player and coach, who is currently the goalkeeping coach at St Mirren.
See December 22 and Jamie Langfield
Jan Stephenson
Jan Lynn Stephenson (born 22 December 1951) is an Australian professional golfer.
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Jane Lighting
Jane Elizabeth Stuart Lighting (born 22 December 1956) is a former Chief Executive of Five (TV) in the United Kingdom.
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Jason Lane
Jason Dean Lane (born December 22, 1976) is an American professional baseball former player who is the third base coach for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
See December 22 and Jason Lane
Jean Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature.
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Jean-Baptiste Maunier
Jean-Baptiste Maunier (born 22 December 1990) is a French actor and singer.
See December 22 and Jean-Baptiste Maunier
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
See December 22 and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Victor Poncelet
Jean-Victor Poncelet (1 July 1788 – 22 December 1867) was a French engineer and mathematician who served most notably as the Commanding General of the italic.
See December 22 and Jean-Victor Poncelet
Jerry Koosman
Jerome Martin Koosman (born December 23, 1942) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
See December 22 and Jerry Koosman
Jim Wright
James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989.
See December 22 and Jim Wright
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements.
See December 22 and Joe Cocker
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician.
See December 22 and Joe Strummer
Johan Sebastian Welhaven
Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven (22 December 1807 – 21 October 1873) was a Norwegian writer, poet, critic, and art theorist.
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Johann Friedrich Pfaff
Johann Friedrich Pfaff (sometimes spelled Friederich; 22 December 1765 – 21 April 1825) was a German mathematician.
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John Chisum
John Simpson Chisum (August 16, 1824 – December 22, 1884) was a wealthy cattle baron in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century.
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John Hartle
John Hartle (22 December 1933 – 31 August 1968) was an English professional road racer who competed in national, international and Grand Prix motorcycle events.
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John Nevil Maskelyne
John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 – 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with other Victorian-era devices.
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John Newbery
John Newbery (9 July 1713 – 22 December 1767), considered "The Father of Children's Literature", was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market.
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John O. Westwood
John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents.
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John Robert Beyster
John Robert Beyster (July 26, 1924 – December 22, 2014), often styled J. Robert Beyster, was an American scientist and entrepreneur, and the founder of Science Applications International Corporation.
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Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks (born December 22, 1989) is an American singer and actress.
See December 22 and Jordin Sparks
José Fonte
José Miguel da Rocha Fonte (born 22 December 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Casa Pia and the Portugal national team.
See December 22 and José Fonte
Joshua Bassett
Joshua Taylor Bassett (born December 22, 2000) is an American actor and singer.
See December 22 and Joshua Bassett
Joy Ali
Zulfikar Joy Ali (22 December 1978 – 5 January 2015) was a Fijian boxer.
Kang Kam-ch'an
Kang Kam-ch'an (22 December 948 – 9 September 1031) was a medieval Korean government official and military commander during the early days of Goryeo Dynasty (918–1392).
See December 22 and Kang Kam-ch'an
Karel Hašler
Karel Hašler (31 October 1879 in Prague – 22 December 1941 in Mauthausen) was a Czech songwriter, actor, lyricist, film and theatre director, composer, writer, dramatist, screenwriter and cabaretier.
See December 22 and Karel Hašler
Karl Denke
Karl Denke (11 February 1860 – 22 December 1924) was a German serial killer and cannibal who killed and cannibalized dozens of homeless vagrants and travellers from 1903 to 1924.
See December 22 and Karl Denke
Katleen De Caluwé
Katleen De Caluwé (born 22 December 1976 in Reet, Antwerp Province) is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.
See December 22 and Katleen De Caluwé
Ken Whitmore
Ken Whitmore (born December 22, 1937, in Hanley, Staffordshire) is a prolific author of radio plays, stage plays, short stories and poetry.
See December 22 and Ken Whitmore
Kenneth Rexroth
Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth (December 22, 1905 – June 6, 1982) was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist.
See December 22 and Kenneth Rexroth
Kentville
Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia.
Khutughtu Khan Kusala
Khutughtu Khan (Хутагт хаан; Mongolian script), born Kuśala (Mongolian: Хүслэн;; कुशल, meaning "virtuous"/"wholesome"), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Mingzong of Yuan (22 December 1300 – 30 August 1329), was a son of Khayishan (Emperor Wuzong) who seized the throne of the Yuan dynasty of China in 1329, but died soon after.
See December 22 and Khutughtu Khan Kusala
Kingsport, Nova Scotia
Kingsport is a small seaside village located in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the shores of the Minas Basin.
See December 22 and Kingsport, Nova Scotia
Kingston Fossil Plant
Kingston Fossil Plant, commonly known as Kingston Steam Plant, is a 1.4-gigawatt (1,398 MW) coal-fired power plant located in Roane County, just outside Kingston, Tennessee, on the shore of Watts Bar Lake.
See December 22 and Kingston Fossil Plant
Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
The Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill was an environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing of coal fly ash slurry.
See December 22 and Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
Kirk Maltby
Kirk Frederick Maltby (born December 22, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers and Detroit Red Wings, the latter with whom he won the Stanley Cup four times.
See December 22 and Kirk Maltby
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 was a Boeing 747-2B5F, registered HL7451 bound for Milan Malpensa Airport, that crashed due to instrument malfunction and pilot error on 22 December 1999 shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport where the final leg of its route from South Korea to Italy had begun.
See December 22 and Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509
Kuroda Yoshitaka
, also known as, was a Japanese daimyō of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods.
See December 22 and Kuroda Yoshitaka
Lady Bird Johnson
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of then president Lyndon B. Johnson.
See December 22 and Lady Bird Johnson
Lasse Bengtsson
Lars Olov "Lasse" Bengtsson (born 22 December 1951) is a Swedish journalist and television presenter.
See December 22 and Lasse Bengtsson
Lê dynasty
The Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (triều Hậu Lê, chữ Hán: 朝後黎 or nhà Hậu Lê, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), officially Đại Việt (Đại Việt; Chữ Hán: 大越), was the longest-ruling Vietnamese dynasty, having ruled from 1428 to 1789, with an interregnum between 1527 and 1533.
See December 22 and Lê dynasty
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995.
See December 22 and Lech Wałęsa
Lefter Küçükandonyadis
Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Λευτέρης Αντωνιάδης, Lefteris Antoniadis; 22 December 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish professional footballer of Greek descent, who played as a forward.
See December 22 and Lefter Küçükandonyadis
Leigh Halfpenny
Stephen Leigh Halfpenny (born 22 December 1988) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a fullback or wing for the Crusaders in Super Rugby.
See December 22 and Leigh Halfpenny
Lewis Glucksman
Lewis L. Glucksman (December 22, 1925 – July 5, 2006) was a former Lehman Brothers trader and former chief executive officer and chairman of Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc.
See December 22 and Lewis Glucksman
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
See December 22 and Library of Congress
Libyan Air Force
The Libyan Air Force (القوات الجوية الليبية) is the branch of the Libyan Armed Forces responsible for aerial warfare.
See December 22 and Libyan Air Force
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 was a Boeing 727-2L5 with 14 crew members — 5 of them were relief crew — and 147 passengers on board that collided with a LARAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23UB on 22 December 1992.
See December 22 and Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103
Lim Keng Yaik
Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik (8 April 1939 – 22 December 2012) was a Malaysian politician and former Minister of Energy, Water and Communications in the Malaysian cabinet.
See December 22 and Lim Keng Yaik
Lincoln Tunnel
The Lincoln Tunnel is an approximately tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey, to the west with Midtown Manhattan in New York City to the east.
See December 22 and Lincoln Tunnel
List of colonial governors of Georgia
This is of the governors of the Province of Georgia from 1732 until 1782, including the restored Loyalist administration during the War of American Independence.
See December 22 and List of colonial governors of Georgia
List of first ladies of the United States
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.
See December 22 and List of first ladies of the United States
List of ministers for foreign affairs of Latvia
The foreign minister of the Republic of Latvia is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is charged with being the architect Latvian foreign policy and carrying out diplomatic orders by the president of Latvia.
See December 22 and List of ministers for foreign affairs of Latvia
List of prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
This article lists the prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe, an island country in the Gulf of Guinea off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa, since the establishment of the office of prime minister of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe in 1974.
See December 22 and List of prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
List of Teachers' Days
Teacher's Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers.
See December 22 and List of Teachers' Days
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation.
See December 22 and Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport is the tertiary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
See December 22 and London Stansted Airport
Lonnie Smith (baseball)
Lonnie Smith (born December 22, 1955) is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder.
See December 22 and Lonnie Smith (baseball)
Lori McKenna
Lorraine McKenna (Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter.
See December 22 and Lori McKenna
Lottie Moon
Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon (December 12, 1840 – December 24, 1912) was an American Southern Baptist missionary to China with the Foreign Mission Board who spent nearly 40 years (1873–1912) living and working in China.
See December 22 and Lottie Moon
Luca Prodan
Luca George Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian and Scottish musician and singer who rose to prominence as the leading vocalist of Argentine-based alternative rock band Sumo, considered one of the most influential bands in Spanish-language rock history, and is widely considered one of the country's most important artists.
See December 22 and Luca Prodan
Lucien Bouchard
Lucien Bouchard (born December 22, 1938) is a French Canadian lawyer, diplomat and retired politician.
See December 22 and Lucien Bouchard
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.
See December 22 and Ludwig van Beethoven
Luis Francisco Cuéllar
Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal (December 22, 1940 – December 22, 2009) was a Colombian politician, serving as Mayor of Morelia, Governor of the Caquetá Department from 2008 to 2009, and Deputy Governor of Caqueta from 2000 to 2003.
See December 22 and Luis Francisco Cuéllar
Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)
Luis Arturo Hernández Carreón (born 22 December 1968), commonly known as El Matador, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker and is the fourth all-time leading scorer of the Mexico national team with 35 goals, and the joint-highest goalscorer in World Cups.
See December 22 and Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)
Luna H. Mitani
Luna H. Mitani (born December 22, 1963, in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese-American artist.
See December 22 and Luna H. Mitani
Luoyang
Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province.
Lynne Thigpen
Cherlynne Theresa Thigpen (December 22, 1948 – March 12, 2003) was an American actress of stage and screen.
See December 22 and Lynne Thigpen
Ma Rainey
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (Pridgett; April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist.
Madeira
Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other being the Azores.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.
See December 22 and Major League Baseball
Manfred Moore
Manfred Moore (December 22, 1950 – January 11, 2020) was an American professional American football running back and, briefly, rugby league player who played in the 1970s.
See December 22 and Manfred Moore
Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
Manuel María Lombardini
Manuel María Lombardini de la Torre (1802-1853) was a Mexican soldier who served as president briefly for about three months in 1853.
See December 22 and Manuel María Lombardini
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
See December 22 and Mao Zedong
Marc Allégret
Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director.
See December 22 and Marc Allégret
Marcin Mięciel
Marcin Mięciel (born 22 December 1975) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
See December 22 and Marcin Mięciel
Marcus Haislip
Marcus Deshon Haislip (born December 22, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other top leagues.
See December 22 and Marcus Haislip
Marcus Hurley
Marcus Latimer Hurley (December 22, 1883 – March 28, 1941) was an American cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century.
See December 22 and Marcus Hurley
Marina Kuptsova
Marina Kuptsova (born December 22, 1981, in Moscow) is a Russian high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships.
See December 22 and Marina Kuptsova
Mark Hill (musician)
Mark Leslie Hill (born 22 December 1972, Cwmbran) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer.
See December 22 and Mark Hill (musician)
Mark Robins
Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Coventry City in the EFL Championship.
See December 22 and Mark Robins
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands (Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
See December 22 and Marshall Islands
Mary Archer
Mary Doreen Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare, (born 22 December 1944) is a British scientist specialising in solar power conversion.
See December 22 and Mary Archer
Mary Burchell
Ida Cook (24 August 190422 December 1986) was a British campaigner for Jewish refugees and, as Mary Burchell, a romance novelist.
See December 22 and Mary Burchell
Matabeleland
Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South.
See December 22 and Matabeleland
Matty Alou
Mateo "Matty" Rojas Alou (December 22, 1938 – November 3, 2011) was a Dominican professional baseball player and manager.
See December 22 and Matty Alou
Maurice Gibb
Maurice Ernest Gibb (22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician and songwriter.
See December 22 and Maurice Gibb
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Maximilien de Béthune Sully, 1st Prince of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux (13 December 156022 December 1641) was a nobleman, soldier, statesman, and counselor of King Henry IV of France.
See December 22 and Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Mayotte
Mayotte (Mayotte,; Maore,; Maori), officially the Department of Mayotte (Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France.
Médecins Sans Frontières
italic (MSF; pronounced), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a charity that provides humanitarian medical care. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) of French origin known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases.
See December 22 and Médecins Sans Frontières
Meghan Trainor
Meghan Elizabeth Trainor (born December 22, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter and television personality.
See December 22 and Meghan Trainor
Mehmed III
Mehmed III (Meḥmed-i sālis; III.; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603.
See December 22 and Mehmed III
Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
See December 22 and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)
Michaela Hončová
Michaela Hončová (born 22 December 1992) is an inactive Slovak tennis player.
See December 22 and Michaela Hončová
Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher)
Michael Ray Jackson (born December 22, 1964) is a former professional baseball player whose career spanned 19 seasons, 17 of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB).
See December 22 and Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher)
Mike Molloy
Michael Molloy (born 22 December 1940) is a British author and former newspaper editor and cartoonist.
See December 22 and Mike Molloy
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union.
See December 22 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
Mohamed El Shenawy
Mohamed El Sayed Mohamed El Shenawy Gomaa (محمد السيد محمد الشناوي جمعة; born 22 December 1988) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly, which he captains, and the Egypt national team.
See December 22 and Mohamed El Shenawy
Mohéli
Mohéli, also known as Mwali, is an autonomously-governed island that forms part of the Union of the Comoros.
Monarchy of the United Kingdom
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.
See December 22 and Monarchy of the United Kingdom
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute (MBI) is a private evangelical Christian Bible college in Chicago, Illinois.
See December 22 and Moody Bible Institute
Moonbyul
Moon Byul-yi (Korean: 문별이, born December 22, 1992), known professionally by her stage name Moonbyul (문별; stylized as Moon Byul), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter and talk show host currently signed to RBW.
Moretto da Brescia
Alessandro Bonvicino (also Buonvicino) (possibly 22 December 1554), more commonly known as Moretto, or in Italian Il Moretto da Brescia (the Moor of Brescia), was an Italian Renaissance painter from Brescia, where he also mostly worked.
See December 22 and Moretto da Brescia
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.
See December 22 and Mother's Day
Muhammad XIII of Granada
Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Zaghal (the Valiant) (1444 – 1494) was the 23rd Nasrid ruler of Granada in Spain.
See December 22 and Muhammad XIII of Granada
Myer Prinstein
Myer (or Meyer) Prinstein (born Mejer Prinsztejn, December 22, 1878 – March 10, 1925) was a Polish American track and field athlete who held the world record for the long jump in 1900 and won four gold medals in three Olympic Games for the long jump and triple jump.
See December 22 and Myer Prinstein
Myriam Bédard
Myriam Bédard, (born December 22, 1969) is a Canadian retired biathlete.
See December 22 and Myriam Bédard
Narrows, Virginia
Narrows, named for the narrowing of the New River that flows through the town, is a town in Giles County, Virginia, United States.
See December 22 and Narrows, Virginia
Nasrid dynasty
The Nasrid dynasty (بنو نصر banū Naṣr or بنو الأحمر banū al-Aḥmar; Nazarí) was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Emirate of Granada from 1232 to 1492.
See December 22 and Nasrid dynasty
Nathanael West
Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American writer and screenwriter.
See December 22 and Nathanael West
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
See December 22 and National Basketball Association
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
See December 22 and National Hockey League
National Mathematics Day (India)
The 2012 Indian stamp featured Srinivasa Ramanujan.
See December 22 and National Mathematics Day (India)
National Transportation Safety Board
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.
See December 22 and National Transportation Safety Board
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
See December 22 and Nazi Germany
New Jersey Casino Control Commission
The Casino Control Commission is a New Jersey state governmental agency that was founded in 1977 as the state's Gaming Control Board, responsible under the Casino Control Act for licensing casinos in Atlantic City.
See December 22 and New Jersey Casino Control Commission
New York Daily News
The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.
See December 22 and New York Daily News
Nicholas Callan
Nicholas Joseph Callan (22 December 1799 – 10 January 1864) was an Irish physicist and Catholic priest.
See December 22 and Nicholas Callan
Nick Johnson (basketball)
Nicholas Alexander Johnson (born December 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, with whom he was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year.
See December 22 and Nick Johnson (basketball)
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu (– 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who served as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989.
See December 22 and Nicolae Ceaușescu
Ninian Comper
Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a Scottish architect, one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architects.
See December 22 and Ninian Comper
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award funded by Sveriges Riksbank and administered by the Nobel Foundation.
See December 22 and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
See December 22 and Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).
See December 22 and Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.
See December 22 and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Northern Alliance
The Northern Alliance (ائتلاف شمال E'tilāf Šumāl or اتحاد شمال Ettehād Šumāl), officially known as the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (جبهه متحد اسلامی ملی برای نجات افغانستان Jabha-ye Muttahid-e Islāmī-ye Millī barāye Najāt-e Afğānistān), was a military alliance of groups that operated between early 1992 and 2001 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
See December 22 and Northern Alliance
O Antiphons
The O Antiphons (also known as the Great Advent Antiphons or Great Os) are Magnificat antiphons used at Vespers on the last seven days of Advent in Western Christian traditions.
See December 22 and O Antiphons
Olav Magnusson of Norway
Olav Magnusson (1099 – 22 December 1115) was king of Norway in 1103–1115.
See December 22 and Olav Magnusson of Norway
Oscar Peer
Oscar Peer (23 April 1928 – 22 December 2013) was a Swiss novelist, playwright and philologist.
See December 22 and Oscar Peer
Ovidiu Iacov
Ovidiu Nicolae Iacov (18 July 1981 – 21 December 2001) was a Romanian footballer.
See December 22 and Ovidiu Iacov
Paddy Ashdown
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, (27 February 194122 December 2018), better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999.
See December 22 and Paddy Ashdown
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Palmdale, California
Palmdale is a city in northern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California.
See December 22 and Palmdale, California
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.
See December 22 and Paramilitary
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Patricia Hayes
Patricia Lawlor Hayes (22 December 1909 – 19 September 1998) was an English character actress.
See December 22 and Patricia Hayes
Paul de Lagarde
Paul Anton de Lagarde (2 November 1827 – 22 December 1891) was a German biblical scholar and orientalist, sometimes regarded as one of the greatest orientalists of the 19th century.
See December 22 and Paul de Lagarde
Paul Kuniholm Pauper
Paul Kuniholm is a heritage-narrative public artist who creates art embodying sculptural objects, both fugitive and durable, art using digital material, wearable art intervention, video, mural art, and various time-based artwork that is exhibited in the public right-of-way, museums and other cultural venues internationally.
See December 22 and Paul Kuniholm Pauper
Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.
See December 22 and Paul Wolfowitz
Paulo Rocha (film director)
Paulo Soares da Rocha (22 December 1935 – 29 December 2012) was a Portuguese film director.
See December 22 and Paulo Rocha (film director)
Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991), known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years.
See December 22 and Peggy Ashcroft
People's Army of Vietnam
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; of Vietnam), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (lit) or the People's Army (Quân đội Nhân dân), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
See December 22 and People's Army of Vietnam
People's Daily
The People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
See December 22 and People's Daily
Percivall Pott
Percivall Pott (6 January 1714, in London – 22 December 1788) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopaedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen, namely chimney sweeps' carcinoma.
See December 22 and Percivall Pott
Peregrine Worsthorne
Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (né Koch de Gooreynd; 22 December 1923 – 4 October 2020) was a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster.
See December 22 and Peregrine Worsthorne
Peter Lundblad
Gustaf Peter Lundblad (26 August 1950 – 22 December 2015) was a Swedish singer and songwriter, well known for his 1986 song Ta mig till havet.
See December 22 and Peter Lundblad
Peter Mortimer (rugby league)
Peter Mortimer (born 22 December 1957) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.
See December 22 and Peter Mortimer (rugby league)
Petro Mohyla
Petro Mohyla (born Petru Movilă; 21 December 1596 –) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church from 1633 to 1646.
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Phil Woosnam
Phillip Abraham Woosnam (22 December 1932 – 19 July 2013) was a Welsh association football inside-right and manager.
See December 22 and Phil Woosnam
Phillip Glasier
Phillip Edward Brougham Glasier (22 December 1915 – 11 September 2000) was Britain's leading expert on hawking and falconry.
See December 22 and Phillip Glasier
Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.
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Pierre Brasseur
Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
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Pierre Levegh
Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin (22 December 1905 – 11 June 1955) was a French sportsman and racing driver.
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Pierre Ossian Bonnet
Pierre Ossian Bonnet (22 December 1819, Montpellier – 22 June 1892, Paris) was a French mathematician.
See December 22 and Pierre Ossian Bonnet
Pope Honorius III
Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death.
See December 22 and Pope Honorius III
Pope Innocent I
Pope Innocent I (Innocentius I) was the bishop of Rome from 401 to his death on 12 March 417.
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Premier of Quebec
The premier of Quebec (premier ministre du Québec (masculine) or première ministre du Québec (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec.
See December 22 and Premier of Quebec
Premier of Western Australia
The premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia.
See December 22 and Premier of Western Australia
President of Afghanistan
The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was constitutionally the head of state and head of government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) and Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Armed Forces.
See December 22 and President of Afghanistan
President of Bolivia
The president of Bolivia (Presidente de Bolivia), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia and the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia.
See December 22 and President of Bolivia
President of Guyana
The president of Guyana is the head of state and the head of government of Guyana, as well as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Republic, according to the Constitution of Guyana.
See December 22 and President of Guyana
President of Mexico
The president of Mexico (Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States (Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico.
See December 22 and President of Mexico
President of Poland
The president of Poland (Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of the Republic of Poland.
See December 22 and President of Poland
President of Romania
The president of Romania (Președintele României) is the head of state of Romania.
See December 22 and President of Romania
President of Somalia
The president of Somalia (Madaxaweynaha Soomaaliya) is the head of state of Somalia.
See December 22 and President of Somalia
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
See December 22 and President of the United States
Prime Minister of Estonia
The prime minister of Estonia (peaminister) is the head of government of the Republic of Estonia.
See December 22 and Prime Minister of Estonia
Prime Minister of Finland
The prime minister of Finland (Suomen pääministeri) is the leader of the Finnish Government.
See December 22 and Prime Minister of Finland
Prime Minister of France
The prime minister of France (Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers.
See December 22 and Prime Minister of France
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.
See December 22 and Prime Minister of Japan
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
See December 22 and Provisional Irish Republican Army
Public holidays in Zimbabwe
The following is a list of holidays in Zimbabwe.
See December 22 and Public holidays in Zimbabwe
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.
See December 22 and Qing dynasty
Quang Trung
Emperor Quang Trung (光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ (阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình (阮光平), or Hồ Thơm (chữ Hán: 胡𦹳) was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 1792.
See December 22 and Quang Trung
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director.
See December 22 and Ralph Fiennes
Ram Dass
Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and writer.
Raphaël Guerreiro
Raphaël Adelino José Guerreiro (born 22 December 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Portugal national team.
See December 22 and Raphaël Guerreiro
Ray Guy
William Ray Guy (December 22, 1949 – November 3, 2022) was an American professional football punter who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
Raymond Gram Swing
Raymond Gram Swing (March 25, 1887 – December 22, 1968) was an American print and broadcast journalist.
See December 22 and Raymond Gram Swing
Rúben Lameiras
Rúben Barcelos de Sousa Lameiras (born 22 December 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Casa Pia.
See December 22 and Rúben Lameiras
Rebecca Harris
Dame Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris (born 22 December 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Castle Point since 2010.
See December 22 and Rebecca Harris
Red Steagall
Russell "Red" Steagall (born December 22, 1938) is an American actor, musician, poet, and stage performer, who focuses on American Western and country music genres.
See December 22 and Red Steagall
Religiosam vitam
Religiosam vitam is the incipit designating a papal bull issued on 22 December 1216 by Pope Honorius III.
See December 22 and Religiosam vitam
Richard Alleine
Richard Alleine (16 October 1610 – 22 December 1681) was an English Puritan divine.
See December 22 and Richard Alleine
Richard Dimbleby
Frederick Richard Dimbleby (25 May 1913 – 22 December 1965) was an English journalist and broadcaster, who became the BBC's first war correspondent, and then its leading TV news commentator.
See December 22 and Richard Dimbleby
Richard Reid
Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973), also known as the Shoe Bomber, is the perpetrator of the failed shoe bombing attempt on a transatlantic flight in 2001.
See December 22 and Richard Reid
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing; 14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).
See December 22 and Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Richey Edwards
Richard James Edwards (22 December 1967 – disappeared 1 February 1995, declared dead 24 November 2008), also known as Richey James or Richey Manic, was a Welsh musician who was the lyricist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers.
See December 22 and Richey Edwards
Rick Nielsen
Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick.
See December 22 and Rick Nielsen
Roane County, Tennessee
Roane County is a county of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
See December 22 and Roane County, Tennessee
Robert Percival Porter
Robert Percival Porter (June 30, 1852 – February 28, 1917) was an American journalist, diplomat, and statistician who wrote on economic subjects.
See December 22 and Robert Percival Porter
Roberta Leigh
Roberta Leigh was an assumed name for Rita Lewin (née Shulman) (22 December 1926 – 19 December 2014) who was a British author, artist, composer and television producer.
See December 22 and Roberta Leigh
Robin Gibb
Robin Hugh Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter.
See December 22 and Robin Gibb
Roger Carr (businessman)
Sir Roger Martyn Carr (born 22 December 1946) is a British businessman.
See December 22 and Roger Carr (businessman)
Roger II of Sicily
Roger II or Roger the Great (Ruggero II, Ruggeru II, Greek: Ρογέριος; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon.
See December 22 and Roger II of Sicily
Roman emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
See December 22 and Roman emperor
Romanian revolution
The Romanian revolution (Revoluția română) was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily within the Eastern Bloc.
See December 22 and Romanian revolution
Roorkee
Roorkee (Rūṛkī) is a city and a municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Rose Talbot Bullard
Rose Talbot Bullard (April 16, 1864 – December 22, 1915) was an American physician and medical school professor, who was elected president of the Los Angeles County Medical Association in 1902.
See December 22 and Rose Talbot Bullard
Ross McLarty
Sir Duncan Ross McLarty, (17 March 1891 – 22 December 1962) was an Australian politician and the 17th Premier of Western Australia.
See December 22 and Ross McLarty
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Air Maroc (RAM,; Royal Moroccan Lines; Amuni Aylal Ageldan n Amurakuc) is the Moroccan national carrier, as well as the country largest airline, ranking among the largest in Africa.
See December 22 and Royal Air Maroc
Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman; December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) was an American actress of film, stage, and television.
See December 22 and Ruth Roman
RVSV-ZEBOV vaccine
Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus–Zaire Ebola virus (rVSV-ZEBOV), also known as Ebola Zaire vaccine live and sold under the brand name Ervebo, is an Ebola vaccine for adults that prevents Ebola caused by the Zaire ebolavirus.
See December 22 and RVSV-ZEBOV vaccine
Ryan Freel
Ryan Paul Freel (March 8, 1976 – December 22, 2012) was an American professional baseball player.
See December 22 and Ryan Freel
Saint Hunger
Hunger (died 866), also known as Hungerus Frisus, was the Bishop of Utrecht from 854 to 866.
See December 22 and Saint Hunger
Sam Newman
John Noel William "Sam" Newman (born 22 December 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
See December 22 and Sam Newman
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator.
See December 22 and Samuel Beckett
Samurai
were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.
Sandra Kalniete
Sandra Kalniete (born 22 December 1952) is a Latvian politician, author, diplomat and independence movement leader.
See December 22 and Sandra Kalniete
Sarada Devi
Sri Sarada Devi (Bengali: সারদা দেবী;; 22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920), born Kshemankari / Thakurmani / Saradamani Mukhopadhyay, was the wife and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a nineteenth-century Hindu mystic.
See December 22 and Sarada Devi
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County.
See December 22 and Savannah, Georgia
Scott Darling
Scott Darling (born December 22, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender.
See December 22 and Scott Darling
Sebastian Arcos Bergnes
Sebastian Arcos Bergnes (1931 – December 22, 1997, New York City) was a Cuban human rights activist.
See December 22 and Sebastian Arcos Bergnes
Sent-down youth
The sent-down, rusticated, or "educated" youth, also known as the zhiqing, were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the People's Republic of China to live and work in rural areas as part of the "Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement".
See December 22 and Sent-down youth
Sergei Aschwanden
Sergei Aschwanden (born 22 December 1975) is a Swiss judoka born in Bern.
See December 22 and Sergei Aschwanden
Seventeen (Indonesian band)
Seventeen was an Indonesian pop rock band that was formed in 1999 in Yogyakarta by schoolmates Yudhi Rus Harjanto, Herman Sikumbang, Zulianto "Zozo" Angga, and Windu Andi Darmawan.
See December 22 and Seventeen (Indonesian band)
Shantiniketan
Shantiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata.
See December 22 and Shantiniketan
Siege of Izmail
The siege of Izmail or Ismail / Ishmael / İzmail (İzmail Kuşatması), also called the storming of Izmail (Штурм Измаила), was a military action fought in 1790 on the Black Sea during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) and simultaneously the Austro-Turkish War (1788–91).
See December 22 and Siege of Izmail
Simcha Rotem
Simcha Rotem (born Simcha (Szymon) Rathajzer, also known by his nom de guerre Kazik; 24 February 1924 – 22 December 2018) was a Polish-Israeli veteran who was a member of the Jewish underground in Warsaw and served as the head courier of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB), which planned and executed the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the Nazis.
See December 22 and Simcha Rotem
Simon Kirby
Simon Gerard Kirby (born 22 December 1964), also known as Simon Radford-Kirby, is a British politician.
See December 22 and Simon Kirby
Sino-Burmese War
The Sino-Burmese War (တရုတ်-မြန်မာ စစ်ပွဲများ), also known as the Qing invasions of Burma or the Myanmar campaign of the Qing dynasty, was a war fought between the Qing dynasty of China and the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar).
See December 22 and Sino-Burmese War
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara (EYD: Syafruddin Prawiranegara; 28 February 1911 – 15 February 1989) was an Indonesian statesman and economist.
See December 22 and Sjafruddin Prawiranegara
Slurry
A slurry is a mixture of denser solids suspended in liquid, usually water.
Somali Civil War
The Somali Civil War (Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; الحرب الأهلية الصومالية) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia.
See December 22 and Somali Civil War
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.
See December 22 and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Speed limit
Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road.
See December 22 and Speed limit
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician.
See December 22 and Srinivasa Ramanujan
St. Elmo Brady
St Elmo Brady (December 22, 1884 – December 26, 1966) was an American chemist who was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States.
See December 22 and St. Elmo Brady
Stanislav Neckář
Stanislav "Stan" Neckář (born 22 December 1975) is a former Czech professional ice hockey player.
See December 22 and Stanislav Neckář
Stéphane Gendron
Stéphane Gendron (born December 22, 1967) was the mayor of Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, from 2003 to 2013 and a radio host, a television host and a political analyst for several media outlets.
See December 22 and Stéphane Gendron
Stefan Janos (physicist)
Stefan Janos (Slovak Štefan Jánoš, born 22 December 1943, Kuchyňa, Slovakia) is a Slovak-Swiss university physicist and professor, founder of very low temperature physics in Slovakia.
See December 22 and Stefan Janos (physicist)
Stephen Conway
Stephen David Conway SCP (born 22 December 1957) is a British Anglican bishop.
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Stephen, King of England
Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154.
See December 22 and Stephen, King of England
Sterling North
Thomas Sterling North (November 4, 1906 – December 21, 1974) was an American writer.
See December 22 and Sterling North
Steve Carlton
Steven Norman Carlton (born December 22, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player.
See December 22 and Steve Carlton
Steve Garvey
Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player and candidate in the upcoming 2024 United States Senate election in California.
See December 22 and Steve Garvey
Steve Kariya
Steven Tetsuo Kariya (born December 22, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger and younger brother of former National Hockey League player Paul Kariya.
See December 22 and Steve Kariya
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States)
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of petroleum maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
See December 22 and Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States)
Sud Aviation Caravelle
The Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle is a French jet airliner produced by Sud Aviation.
See December 22 and Sud Aviation Caravelle
Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
The Symphony No.
See December 22 and Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
The Symphony No.
See December 22 and Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
Takuya Onishi
is a Japanese astronaut who was selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2009.
See December 22 and Takuya Onishi
Taliban
The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.
See December 22 and Tang dynasty
Tangier
Tangier (Ṭanjah) or Tangiers is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport مطار طنجة ابن بطوطة) is an international airport serving Tangier, the capital city of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region in Morocco. The airport is named after Ibn Battuta (1304–1368), a Moroccan traveller who was born in Tangier. The airport was formerly known as Tanger-Boukhalef Airport.
See December 22 and Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018,, is a congressional revenue act of the United States originally introduced in Congress as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), that amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
See December 22 and Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Ted Cruz
Rafael Edward Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013.
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States.
See December 22 and Tennessee Valley Authority
Teresa Carreño
María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García (December 22, 1853June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, soprano, composer, and conductor.
See December 22 and Teresa Carreño
The Anarchy
The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order.
See December 22 and The Anarchy
The Calendar of the Church Year
The Calendar of the Church Year is the liturgical calendar found in the 1979 ''Book of Common Prayer'', and in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, with additions made at recent General Conventions.
See December 22 and The Calendar of the Church Year
The Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper.
See December 22 and The Plain Dealer
The Rank Organisation
The Rank Organisation (founded as the J. Arthur Rank Organisation) is a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937, Rank also served as the company chairman.
See December 22 and The Rank Organisation
Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas Christian Südhof (born December 22, 1955), ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission.
See December 22 and Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
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Tom Underwood
Thomas Gerald Underwood (December 22, 1953 – November 22, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.
See December 22 and Tom Underwood
Tommaso Dingli
Tommaso Dingli (Tumas Dingli, 22 December 1591 – 28 January 1666) was a Maltese architect and sculptor.
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Tony Isabella
Tony Isabella (born December 22, 1951) is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of Marvel Comics' Black Goliath; DC Comics' first major African-American superhero, Black Lightning; and as a columnist and critic for the Comics Buyer's Guide.
See December 22 and Tony Isabella
Treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.
Tripoli International Airport
Tripoli International Airport is a closed international airport built to serve Tripoli, the capital city of Libya.
See December 22 and Tripoli International Airport
Truro (UK Parliament constituency)
Truro was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of England and later of Great Britain from 1295 until 1800, then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918 and finally from 1950 to 1997.
See December 22 and Truro (UK Parliament constituency)
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994.
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TSMS Lakonia
TSMS Lakonia was an ocean liner that was launched in 1929 for Netherland Line as the ocean liner Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.
See December 22 and TSMS Lakonia
Uncle Luke
Luther Roderick Campbell (born December 22, 1960), also known as Luke Skyywalker, Uncle Luke and simply Luke, is an American rapper, promoter, record executive, actor, and former leader of the rap group 2 Live Crew.
See December 22 and Uncle Luke
Union (American Civil War)
The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.
See December 22 and Union (American Civil War)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 is a resolution adopted unanimously on 22 December 2017 in response to North Korea's launch of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile on 28 November of that year.
See December 22 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.
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United States Air Force Plant 42
United States Air Force Plant 42 is a classified aircraft manufacturing plant owned by the United States Air Force in the Antelope Valley, about from downtown Los Angeles.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The deputy secretary of defense (acronym: DepSecDef) is a statutory office and the second-highest-ranking official in the Department of Defense of the United States of America.
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United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.
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University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki (Helsingin yliopisto, Helsingfors universitet; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland.
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Urszula Włodarczyk
Urszula Włodarczyk (born 22 December 1965 in Wałbrzych) is a retired Polish heptathlete.
See December 22 and Urszula Włodarczyk
V-2 rocket
The V2 (lit), with the technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile.
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Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress.
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Vespasian
Vespasian (Vespasianus; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79.
Victoriano Huerta
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (23 December 1850 – 13 January 1916) was a general in the Mexican Federal Army and 39th President of Mexico, who came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of Francisco I. Madero with the aid of other Mexican generals and the U.S.
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Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Viol
The viol, viola da gamba, or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch of each of the strings.
Viola Kibiwot
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (born 22 December 1983 in Keiyo District) is a runner from Kenya who specialises in the 1500 metres.
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Visva-Bharati University
Visva-Bharati (IAST: Viśva-Bhāratī), is a public central university and an Institute of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India.
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Vitellius
Aulus Vitellius (24 September 1520 December 69) was Roman emperor for eight months, from 19 April to 20 December AD 69.
Vladimir Fock
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock (or Fok; Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Фок) (December 22, 1898 – December 27, 1974) was a Soviet physicist, who did foundational work on quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.
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Walter Newton Read
Walter Newton "Bud" Read (February 8, 1918 – December 22, 2001) was an American lawyer and the second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, from 1982 to 1989.
See December 22 and Walter Newton Read
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the gas chambers of the Majdanek and Treblinka extermination camps.
See December 22 and Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
See December 22 and Washington, D.C.
Wazir Mohammad
Wazir Mohammad (born 22 December 1929) is a former Pakistani cricketer and banker who played in 20 Test matches for Pakistan national cricket team between 1952 and 1959.
See December 22 and Wazir Mohammad
West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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West Sumatra
West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat) is a province of Indonesia.
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William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston (6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.
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William Vernon
William Vernon (January 17, 1719 – December 22, 1806), of Newport, Rhode Island, was a merchant in the Atlantic slave trade who played a leading role in the Continental Congress' maritime activities during the American Revolution.
See December 22 and William Vernon
Willibald Pirckheimer
Willibald Pirckheimer (5 December 1470 – 22 December 1530) was a German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, imperial counsellor and a member of the governing City Council for two periods.
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Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis.
See December 22 and Women's Tennis Association
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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World War II evacuation and expulsion
Mass evacuation, forced displacement, expulsion, and deportation of millions of people took place across most countries involved in World War II.
See December 22 and World War II evacuation and expulsion
Yuan Qianyao
Yuan Qianyao (源乾曜; died December 22, 731), formally the Duke of Anyang (安陽公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang dynasty, twice serving as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong.
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Yuri Malenchenko
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Юрий Иванович Маленченко; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut.
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Zack Britton
Zackary Grant Britton (born December 22, 1987), known professionally as Zach Britton until February 2019, is a former professional baseball pitcher.
See December 22 and Zack Britton
Zaire ebolavirus
Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus (EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus Ebolavirus.
See December 22 and Zaire ebolavirus
Zap2it
Zap2it is an American website and digital media company that provides television program listings information for areas of the United States and Canada.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.
Zimbabwe African National Union
The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) was a militant socialist organisation that fought against white-minority rule in Rhodesia, formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in 1963.
See December 22 and Zimbabwe African National Union
Zimbabwe African People's Union
The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) is a Zimbabwean political party.
See December 22 and Zimbabwe African People's Union
1012
Year 1012 (MXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1060
Year 1060 (MLX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1095
Year 1095 (MXCV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1100
Year 1100 (MC) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar, the 1100th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 100th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1100s decade.
1115
Year 1115 (MCXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1135
Year 1135 (MCXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1178
Year 1178 (MCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1178th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 178th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 12th century, and the 9th year of the 1170s decade.
1183
Year 1183 (MCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, between August 12–18, 1977, about five years before the 12th National Congress, and four years after the 10th National Congress.
See December 22 and 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
1216
Year 1216(MCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1300
The year 1300 (MCCC) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar, the 1300th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 300th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 13th century, and the 1st year of the 1300s.
1419
Year 1419 (MCDXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1459
Year 1459 (MCDLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1489
Year 1489 (MCDLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1530
Year 1530 (MDXXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1530th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 530th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1530s decade.
1546
Year 1546 (MDXLVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1550
Year 1550 (MDL) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1554
Year 1554 (MDLIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1569
Year 1569 (MDLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1572
Year 1572 (MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1639
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1646
It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+5(V)+1(I).
1666
This is the first year to be designated as an Annus mirabilis, in John Dryden's 1667 poem so titled, celebrating England's failure to be beaten either by the Dutch or by fire.
1805
After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar.
1867
There were only 354 days this year in the newly purchased territory of Alaska.
1872
In Japan, this leap year runs with only 354 days as the country dropped 12 days in the month of December.
1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated.
1900
As of March 1 (O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 (O.S. February 15), 2100.
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is subtitled The Year 1905 to commemorate this) and the start of Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland.
1906 Manasi earthquake
The 1906 Manasi earthquake (玛纳斯地震), also known as the Manas earthquake occurred in the morning of December 23, 1906, at 02:21 UTC+8:00 local time or December 22, 18:21 UTC.
See December 22 and 1906 Manasi earthquake
1908
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
1912
This year is notable for the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15th.
1915
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
1917
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
1918
The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year.
1923
In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar.
1926
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days.
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression.
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
1941
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million.
1942
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million.
1943
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
1944
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1957
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
1969
1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
1970s energy crisis
The 1970s energy crisis occurred when the Western world, particularly the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, faced substantial petroleum shortages as well as elevated prices.
See December 22 and 1970s energy crisis
1971
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.
1973 Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash
The 1973 Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash occurred on December 22, 1973 when a Sobelair Sud Aviation Caravelle SE-210 (operating for Royal Air Maroc) crashed near Tangier, Morocco.
See December 22 and 1973 Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal.
1974 Comorian independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in the Comoros on 22 December 1974.
See December 22 and 1974 Comorian independence referendum
1975
It was also declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
1978
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1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
1984 New York City Subway shooting
On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz shot four youths on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him.
See December 22 and 1984 New York City Subway shooting
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
1988
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm.
1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union during Perestroika.
1990 Polish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 25 November 1990, with a second round on 9 December.
See December 22 and 1990 Polish presidential election
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947.
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
1993
1993 was designated as.
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
1995
1995 was designated as.
1996
1996 was designated as.
1998
1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
2 (New York City Subway service)
The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway.
See December 22 and 2 (New York City Subway service)
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematical Year.
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror.
2002
After the September 11 attacks of the previous year, foreign policy and international relations were generally united in combating al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
2008
2008 was designated as.
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler.
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake.
2012
2012 was designated as.
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four different digits (a span of 26 years).
2014
2014 was designated as.
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as.
2016
2016 was designated as.
2017
2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami (Indonesian: Tsunami Selat Sunda 2018) occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera.
See December 22 and 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown
The United States federal government shutdown from midnight EST on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019 (35 days) was the longest government shutdown in history and the second and final federal government shutdown involving furloughs during the presidency of Donald Trump.
See December 22 and 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
244
Year 244 (CCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
323 Brucia
Brucia (minor planet designation: 323 Brucia) is a stony Phocaea asteroid and former Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.
See December 22 and 323 Brucia
401
Year 401 (CDI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
731
Year 731 (DCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
856
Year 856 (DCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
856 Damghan earthquake
The 856 Damghan earthquake or the 856 Qumis earthquake occurred on 22 December 856 (242 AH).
See December 22 and 856 Damghan earthquake
880
Year 880 (DCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
948
Year 948 (CMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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