What are the important events that happened on December 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 22 is the 357th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 9 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 9, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,734,825,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectapentacontaheptagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 38 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,384 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 22 Historical Events
69 –
Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome.
1851 –
The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
1885 –
Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
1894 –
The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
1939 –
Indian Muslims observe a “Day of Deliverance” to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with Britain.
1940 –
World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.
1947 –
The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
1984 –
Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four African-American would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan, New York City.
1991 –
Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
1997 –
Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
Who were born on December 22?
1178 –
Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
1765 –
Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)
1885 –
Abe Manley, Negro League Baseball owner (d. 1952)
1909 –
Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
1919 –
Lil Green, American Blues Singer (d. 1954)
1948 –
Flip Mark, American actor
1968 –
Lauralee Bell, American actress
1969 –
Greg Biffle, American racecar driver
1983 –
Drew Hankinson, American professional wrestler
1990 –
Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
Who died on December 22?
1681 –
Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611)
1944 –
Eleni Papadaki, Greek actress (b. 1903)
1959 –
Gilda Gray, Polish-born American dancer and actress (b. 1901)
1960 –
Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (b. 1864)
1965 –
Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1913)
1985 –
D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)
1988 –
Chico Mendes, Brazilian rubber tapper and environmental activist (b. 1944)
2006 –
Dennis Linde, American songwriter (b. 1943)
2006 –
Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
2009 –
Christos Lambrakis, Greek businessman, owner of the Lambrakis Press Group (b. 1934)
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