Page 7: Historical Events In December - 22

1959  Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft Worth on December - 22.   

1959  On December - 22 gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60   

1960  On December - 22 helicopters of HS-3 and HU-2 from Valley Forge rescued 27 men from the oiler SS Pine Ridge as she was breaking up in heavy seas 100 miles off Cape Hatteras.   

1961  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1962  On December - 22 kinderman Place in the Bronx named   

1962  1,000,000th NBA point scored on December - 22.   

1963  On December - 22 official 30-day mourning period for President John F Kennedy ends   

1963  Reginald Binette kills four parishioners of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Ottawa in robbery attempt on this day in history.   

1963  Oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49) on this day in history.   

1964  Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet) on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 22 quebec- Opening of the Eastern Townships Autoroute.   

1964  On this day in history bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66   

1965  On December - 22 radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up   

1965  On this day in history belgian govt shuts 6 coal mine   

1965  On this day in history al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62   

1967  On December - 22 then Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau tells the Commons that "There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."   

1967  Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48 on December - 22.   

1968  Louise Granville, entertainer, dies of influenza at 73 on December - 22.   

1969  Anglican Church of Canada ordains first woman deacon on December - 22.   

1969  On December - 22 john Lennon and Yoko Ono spend an hour with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and meet the Minister of Health, John Munro to discuss drug abuse.   

1969  On this day in history montreal Quebec FLQ terrorists explode bomb in a post office truck.   

1969  On December - 22 myriam Bédard biathlon athlete and Olympic medalist, was born at Loretteville, Quebec, she took up biathlon while an army cadet at age 15   

1969  On December - 22 supreme Court rules 1968 Montreal lottery illegal; Quebec sets up provincial lottery corporation; first draw to take place March 14, 1970.   

1969  On December - 22 donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80   

1970  SS Commander Franz Stangl of Treblinka, sentenced to life in prison on this day in history.   

1971  UN General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as secretary-general on this day in history.   

1971  Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58 on December - 22.   

1972  Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell receives a gold record for her album, For the Roses; includes the single, You Turn Me on, I'm a Radio on December - 22.   

1973  On December - 22 pierre Berton quoted in Canadian Magazine as saying, "A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe."   

1973  On this day in history domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87   

1974  Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French on this day in history.   

1974  Sault Ste Marie's Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins becomes the 6th NHLer to score 500 goals, in a 5-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings on December - 22.   

1974  On this day in history fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at 70   

1976  On December - 22 35 Unification church couples wed in NYC   

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on December - 22.   

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