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 356th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 9 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 9, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 490,656 hours 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 ‘trihectapentacontahexagon’ day.
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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 57 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 4,749 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.
- 1790 –The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies.
- 1920 –The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of the Bulge – German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: “Nuts!”
- 1947 –The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
- 1963 –The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 mi north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives.
- 1964 –The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.
- 1974 –The house of former British Prime Minister Ted Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
- 1989 –Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
- 1992 –The Archives of Terror are discovered.
Who were born on December 22?
- 1853 –Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan pianist (d. 1917)
- 1858 –Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924)
- 1885 –Abe Manley, Negro League Baseball owner (d. 1952)
- 1912 –Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
- 1917 –Gene Rayburn, American game show host (d. 1999)
- 1939 –James Gurley, American musician (d. 2009)
- 1948 –Noel Edmonds, English game show host
- 1966 –Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction)
- 1974 –Heather Donahue, American actress
- 1984 –Basshunter, Swedish singer
Who died on December 22?
- 1708 –Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)
- 1902 –Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychiatrist (b. 1840)
- 1939 –Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
- 1988 –Chico Mendes, Brazilian rubber tapper and environmental activist (b. 1944)
- 1992 –Harry Bluestone, Film music Composer (b. 1907)
- 2002 –Desmond Hoyte, Guyanan politician (b. 1929)
- 2003 –Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)
- 2006 –Dennis Linde, American songwriter (b. 1943)
- 2006 –Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
- 2007 –Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (b. 1932)
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