What happened this day in history December 22

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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