Historical Events In December - 22

1995  On December - 22 butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at 84   

1996  Brett Hull becomes the 24th player in NHL history to score 500 goals when he notches a hat trick in the St. Louis Blues' 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on December - 22.   

1996  On this day in history hetta Empson, artist, dies at 81   

1997  Coca-Cola went Christmas shopping on this day and came home with a rather hefty present Orangina, the "sparkling" French beverage formerly owned by Pernod Richard on this day in history.   

1997  Dawn Steel, producer/pres (Col TriStar), dies of brain tumor at 51 on December - 22.   

1997  Coca-Cola went Christmas shopping on this day and came home with a rather hefty present: Orangina, the "sparkling" French beverage formerly owned by Pernod Richard on December - 22.   

1998  On this day in history a particularly vicious virus invaded systems at MCI WorldCom. Unlike other viruses, the Remote Explorer bug was capable of damaging a system even if users did not download a file or open an e-mail attachment   

1998  Microsoft was ordered to stop blocking holiday e-mail cards from Blue Mountain Arts on December - 22.   

2005  Industrial action by bus drivers in Tehran leads to the arrest of Mansour Osanlou and several other union activists on December - 22.   

2005  On December - 22 the U.S. Census Bureau releases its population estimates for 205.   

2006  On December - 22 the Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two week mission to the International Space Station.   

2012  6 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus on December - 22.   

2017  On this day in history uN Security Council votes 15 to 0 for additional sanctions on North Korea, including measures to slash the country's petrol imports by up to 90%   

2017  The UN Security Council votes 15-0 in favor of additional sanctions on North Korea, including measures to slash the country's petroleum imports by up to 90% on December - 22.   

2018  On December - 22 partial shutdown of US federal government begins   

2018  Tsunami hits Indonesia's Sunda Strait killing over 400 after part of Anak Krakatau volcano slips into the sea on December - 22.   

2018  On December - 22 a tsunami hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.   

2023  On December - 22 israel–Hamas war: The death toll in Gaza is reported to have passed 20,000, almost 1 percent of its population and surpassing the casualties in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.   

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

1178  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

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

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.   

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

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

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

1337  On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

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  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.   

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

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

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)