Page 8: Historical Events In December - 22

1976  On December - 22 olive Diefenbaker dies; wife of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.   

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  On this day in history the Canadian government starts building first six new naval frigates; part of $1.5 billion naval program. (not nearly enough)   

1977  Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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  Pres-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior) on this day in history.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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  STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B on December - 22.   

1986  On December - 22 quebec Court of Appeal declares that Article 58 or Bill 101 making French the sole languageauthorized on commercial signs is unconstitutional.   

1986  On December - 22 celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84   

1987  On this day in history canada beats Finland 4-1 to win first-ever gold medal at the annual Izvestia hockey tournament.   

1987  On December - 22 motley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin   

1987  On December - 22 alice Terry, [Taaffe], actress (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), dies   

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 December - 22.   

1988  Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1990  On December - 22 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  Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91 on December - 22.   

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

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

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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

1515  On December - 22 birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1550  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

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