Page 8: Historical Events In December - 22

1976  Olive Diefenbaker dies; wife of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker on this day in history.   

1977  36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes on this day in history.   

1977  After only ten months as a professional jockey, sixteen-year-old Steve Cauthen won his 355th race and set a new earnings record on this day in history.   

1977  On December - 22 the Canadian government starts building first six new naval frigates; part of $1.5 billion naval program. (not nearly enough)   

1977  On this day in history johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82   

1979  Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 22 eisenhower returned to Norfolk, Virginia after a 251-day deployment, the longest underway deployment for a Navy ship since World War II. She had been underway for 152 continuous days   

1980  On December - 22 pres-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior)   

1980  On December - 22 dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47   

1984  On December - 22 bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths on a NYC subway train   

1984  Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks on this day in history.   

1985  On December - 22 sTS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B   

1986  Quebec Court of Appeal declares that Article 58 or Bill 101 making French the sole languageauthorized on commercial signs is unconstitutional on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84   

1987  Canada beats Finland 4-1 to win first-ever gold medal at the annual Izvestia hockey tournament on December - 22.   

1987  On this day in history motley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin   

1987  Alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies on this day in history.   

1988  2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ on December - 22.   

1988  On this day in history south Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa   

1988  Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies   

1989  After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history cold wave -4øF in Oklahoma City, -6øF in Tulsa, -12øF in Pittsburgh PA, -18øF in Denver CO, -23øF in Kansas City MO, -42øF in Scottsbluff NB, -47øF in Hardin MT and -60øF in Black Hills SD   

1989  Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1989  On December - 22 cold wave: -4øF in Oklahoma City, -6øF in Tulsa, -12øF in Pittsburgh PA, -18øF in Denver CO, -23øF in Kansas City MO, -42øF in Scottsbluff NB, -47øF in Hardin MT and -60øF in Black Hills SD   

1990  Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait on December - 22.   

1990  On this day in history israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen   

1990  Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76   

1991  On this day in history ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91   

1992  Frederick W Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99 on December - 22.   

1993  On this day in history alexander Mackendrick, director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81   

1994  On December - 22 italian Prime Minister Berlusconi resigns dec23   

1995  Quebec Lucien Bouchard announces that he is a candidate for the leadership of the Parti Québécois on this day in history.   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.   

1100  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.   

1419  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1646  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)