Page 8: Historical Events In December - 22

1976  Olive Diefenbaker dies; wife of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker on December - 22.   

1977  36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes on December - 22.   

1977  On December - 22 after only ten months as a professional jockey, sixteen-year-old Steve Cauthen won his 355th race and set a new earnings record.   

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

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

1979  On December - 22 darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77   

1980  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 on this day in history.   

1980  Pres-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior) on December - 22.   

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  On this day in history madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks   

1985  STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B on December - 22.   

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

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  On this day in history alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies   

1988  2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ on this day in history.   

1988  On December - 22 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 December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

1989  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 on December - 22.   

1989  On December - 22 samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83   

1989  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 on December - 22.   

1990  Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait on this day in history.   

1990  Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen on December - 22.   

1990  On December - 22 lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president   

1990  Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76 on December - 22.   

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

1992  On this day in history frederick W Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99   

1993  On December - 22 alexander Mackendrick, director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81   

1994  On December - 22 italian Prime Minister Berlusconi resigns dec23   

1995  On December - 22 quebec Lucien Bouchard announces that he is a candidate for the leadership of the Parti Québécois.   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.   

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

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 this day in history.   

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1337  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.   

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

1550  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.