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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 69]] &ndash; [[Vespasian]] is proclaimed [[Roman emperor|Emperor of Rome]]; his predecessor, [[Vitellius]], attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the [[Gemonian stairs]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Nabil|title=A Brief History of Patriarchs Coptic Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byuYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|pages=19}}</ref>
* [[401]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent I]] is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in the office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/64800 | title =Sant' Innocenzo I | last =Prevato | first =Franco | date =2003-08-27 | website =Santi Beati e Testimoni | language =it| access-date =20 December 2020}}</ref>
* [[856]] &ndash; [[856 Damghan earthquake|Damghan earthquake]]: An earthquake near the Persian city of [[Damghan]] kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.<ref>{{cite book|first=Simon|last=Ross|title=Natural Hazards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JKTDenQB5nAC&pg=PA11|year=1998|publisher=Nelson Thornes|isbn=978-0-7487-3951-6|pages=11}}</ref>
* [[880]] &ndash; [[Luoyang]], eastern capital of the [[Tang dynasty]], is captured by rebel leader [[Huang Chao]] during the reign of [[Emperor Xizong of Tang|Emperor Xizong]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Graff|first=David|title=Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300—900|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2002|isbn=9780415239547|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gpmBAgAAQBAJ|page=242}}</ref>
*[[1135]] &ndash; Three weeks after the death of King [[Henry I of England]], [[Stephen, King of England|Stephen of Blois]] claims the throne and is privately crowned [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King of England]], beginning the [[The Anarchy|English Anarchy]].<ref>{{cite book|first=C.|last=Petit-Dutaillis|title=The Feudal Monarchy in France and England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXr5AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA100|date=5 November 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-20350-3|pages=100}}</ref>
*[[1216]] &ndash; [[Pope Honorius III]] approves the [[Dominican Order]] through the papal bull of confirmation [[Religiosam vitam]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hinnebusch|first=William A.|title=Dominican Spirituality: Principles and Practice|location=Eugene, Ore.|publisher=Wipf & Stock Publishers|date=2014|isbn=9781625644701|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dg9NBQAAQBAJ|page=44}}</ref>
*[[1489]] &ndash; The forces of the [[Catholic Monarchs]], [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] and [[Isabella I of Castile|Isabella]], take control of [[Almería]] from the [[Nasrid dynasty|Nasrid]] ruler of [[Emirate of Granada|Granada]], [[Muhammad XIII, Sultan of Granada|Muhammad XIII]].<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Callaghan|first=Joseph F.|title=The Last Crusade in the West: Castile and the Conquest of Granada|location=Philadelphia|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|date=2014|isbn=9780812245875|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o74FAwAAQBAJ|page=180|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Vilá|first=Jacinto Bosch|chapter=Al-Mariyya|title=Encyclopedia of Islam. Vol. IV|editor-last1=Bosworth|editor-first1=C.E.|editor-last2=van Donzel|editor-first2=E.|editor-last3=Heinrichs|editor-first3=W.P.|editor-last4=Pellat|editor-first4=Ch.|location=Leiden|publisher=E.J. Brill|date=1989|isbn=9789004081185|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPsUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA575|page=577}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Sino-Burmese War (1765–69)|Sino-Burmese War]]: The war ends with the [[Qing dynasty]] withdrawing from Burma forever.<ref>{{cite book|last=Myint-U|first=Thant|title=The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma|location=New York|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|date=2006|isbn=9780571217595|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tsTOKi8l1ywC|page=104}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Nguyễn Huệ]] proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the [[Lê dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|title=75 Years of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, 1930-2005: A Selection of Documents from Nine Party Congresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcmNAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Thế Giới Publishers|page=6}}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; The Turkish fortress of [[Izmail]] is [[Siege of Izmail|stormed and captured]] by [[Alexander Suvorov]] and his Russian armies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Leaders: Suvorov, Alexander Vasilievich|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol. 3: 1775—1860|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|page=863}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; The [[Embargo Act of 1807|Embargo Act]], forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] at the urging of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Olson|first1=James Stuart|last2=Mendoza|first2=Abraham O.|title=American Economic History: A Dictionary and Chronology|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2015|isbn=9781610696975|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZK5BwAAQBAJ|page=188}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] conducts and performs in [[Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808|concert at the Theater an der Wien]], Vienna, with the premiere of his [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth Symphony]], [[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|Sixth Symphony]], [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)|Fourth Piano Concerto]] and ''[[Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)|Choral Fantasy]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Broyles|first=Michael|title=Beethoven in America|location=Bloomington, Ind.|publisher=Indiana University Press|date=2011|isbn=9780253357045|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhqwwuONrgoC|page=41}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; India's first freight train is operated in [[Roorkee]], to transport material for the construction of the [[Ganges Canal]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mondal|first1=Bhaswati|last2=Samanta|first2=Gopa|title=Mobilities in India: The Experience of Suburban Rail Commuting|location=Cham, Switzerland|publisher=Springer|date=2021|isbn=9783030783495|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTw6EAAAQBAJ|page=37}}</ref>
*  1851   &ndash; The [[Library of Congress]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], burns.<ref>{{cite web|last1=History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives|title=An 1851 Library of Congress Fire|url=http://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1800-1850/An-1825-Library-of-Congress-fire/|website=United States House of Representatives|access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Savannah, Georgia]], falls to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union's]] [[Army of the Tennessee]], and General [[William Tecumseh Sherman|Sherman]] tells President [[Abraham Lincoln]]: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah".<ref>{{cite book|last=Reid|first=Brian Holden|title=The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2020|isbn=9780195392739|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TyPdDwAAQBAJ|page=371}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Itō Hirobumi]], a [[samurai]], becomes the first [[Prime Minister of Japan]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Takii|last=Kazuhiro|translator-first=Takechi|translator-last=Manabu|title=Itō Hirobumi Japan's First Prime Minister and Father of the Meiji Constitution|location=London|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=978-0-41583-886-3|page=52}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[Christmas Meeting of 1888]], considered to be the official start of the [[Faroese independence movement]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jóan Pauli|last=Joensen|title=Pilot Whaling in the Faroe Islands: History, Ethnography, Symbol|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25dCtUOd_ZwC&pg=PA198|year=2009|publisher=Faroe University Press|isbn=978-99918-65-25-6|pages=198}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Cornwallis Valley Railway]] begins operation between [[Kentville]] and [[Kingsport, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Stephens|first=David|title=Railways of Nova Scotia|journal=Journal of Education|date=Spring 1972|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uBJYvb9NekC&q=%2222+December%22|accessdate=22 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; Asteroid [[323 Brucia]] becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.<ref>{{cite book|last=Peebles|first=Curtis|title=Asteroids: A History|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|date=2001|isbn=9781560989820|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbDkCwAAQBAJ|page=19}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[Dreyfus affair]] begins in France, when [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is wrongly convicted of [[treason]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Derfler|first=Leslie|title=The Dreyfus Affair|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2002|isbn=9780313317910|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0iuOozRp1IC|pages=xvii, 1–2}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; An {{M|w}} [[1906 Manasi earthquake|7.9 earthquake strikes Xinjiang]], China, killing at least 280.<ref name="CHINA: XINJIANG PROVINCE">{{cite web |title=CHINA: XINJIANG PROVINCE |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2794 |website=NGDC NCEI |publisher=NCEI |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[GOELRO|GOELRO economic development plan]] is adopted by the 8th [[All-Russian Congress of Soviets|Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; Opening of [[Visva-Bharati College]], also known as [[Santiniketan]] College, now [[Visva-Bharati University|Visva Bharati University]], India.
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Lincoln Tunnel]] opens to traffic in New York City.<ref>{{cite book|title=Traffic Engineering|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qQqpxYBBEkC|year=1936|publisher=Institute of traffic engineers|page=174}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Islam in India|Indian Muslims]] observe a "[[Day of Deliverance (India)|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 the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|title=Reminiscences of the Day of Deliverance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PAcAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=National Committee for Birth Centenary Celebrations of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan|page=12}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; World War II: [[Himara]] is captured by the Greek army.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Adolf Hitler]] signs the order to develop the [[V-2 rocket]] as a weapon.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of the Bulge]]: [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops demand the surrender of United States troops at [[Bastogne]], [[Belgium]], prompting the famous one word reply by General [[Anthony McAuliffe]]: "Nuts!"
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: The [[People's Army of Vietnam]] is formed to resist [[Japanese occupation of French Indochina|Japanese occupation of Indochina]], now [[Vietnam]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] issues an [[executive order]] giving [[World War II evacuation and expulsion|World War II refugees]] precedence in visa applications under U.S. immigration quotas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1945: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1945-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Sjafruddin Prawiranegara]] established the [[Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia]] (''Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia'', PDRI) in [[West Sumatra]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abdullah |first1=Taufik |title=Indonesia: Towards Democracy |date=2009 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=978-981-230-366-0 |page=574 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c39TDpLki8wC&dq=emergency+government+indonesia+22+december+1948&pg=PA574 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[cruise ship]] ''[[TSMS Lakonia|Lakonia]]'' burns {{convert|180|mi|km|order=flip}} north of [[Madeira]], Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jay Robert|last=Nash|author-link=Jay Robert Nash|title=Darkest hours: a narrative encyclopedia of worldwide disasters from ancient times to the present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5EYAAAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Nelson-Hall|isbn=978-0-88229-140-6|page=321}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The first test flight of the [[Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird|SR-71]] (Blackbird) takes place at [[United States Air Force Plant 42|Air Force Plant 42]] in [[Palmdale, California]], United States.
*[[1965]] &ndash; In the United Kingdom, a {{convert|70|mph|km/h}} [[speed limit]] is applied to all rural roads including [[Controlled-access highway|motorway]]s for the first time.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Cultural Revolution]]: ''[[People's Daily]]'' posted the instructions of [[Mao Zedong]] that "[[Sent-down youth|The intellectual youth]] must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
*[[1971]] &ndash; The international aid organization [[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders]] is founded by [[Bernard Kouchner]] and a group of journalists in [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders]]|title=Who We Are|url=https://www.msf.org/who-we-are>|access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; A [[Royal Air Maroc]] [[Sud Aviation Caravelle]] [[1973 Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash|crashes]] near [[Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport|Tangier-Boukhalef Airport]] in [[Tangier]], [[Morocco]], killing 106.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N OO-SRD Tangier-Boukhalef Airport (TNG)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19731222-1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050421080130/http://www.aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19731222-1 |archive-date=2005-04-21 }}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Grande Comore]], [[Anjouan]] and [[Mohéli]] [[1974 Comorian independence referendum|vote]] to become the independent nation of [[Comoros]]. [[Mayotte]] remains under French administration.
*  1974   &ndash; The house of former British Prime Minister [[Edward Heath]] is attacked by members of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] creates the [[Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States)|Strategic Petroleum Reserve]] in response to the [[1970s energy crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oil and Gasoline Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/world/oil-and-gasoline-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=CNN|date=30 July 2013 }}</ref> 
*[[1978]] &ndash; The pivotal Third Plenum of the [[11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]] is held in Beijing, with [[Deng Xiaoping]] reversing [[Mao Zedong|Mao]]-era policies to pursue a program for [[Chinese economic reform]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; "Subway vigilante" [[Bernhard Goetz]] shoots four would-be muggers on a [[2 (New York City Subway service)|2]] express train in [[Manhattan]] section of New York, United States.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ron|last=Christenson|title=Political Trials in History: From Antiquity to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBdOvs2THGEC&pg=PA162|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-3125-3|pages=162}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; In [[Zimbabwe]], the political parties [[Zimbabwe African National Union|ZANU]] and [[Zimbabwe African People's Union|ZAPU]] reach an agreement that ends the violence in the [[Matabeleland]] region known as the [[Gukurahundi]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Anai%3Adiva-251 |title=Towards a New Partnership with Africa: Challenges and Opportunities |author2=Adebayo O. Olukoshi |author3=Lennart Wohlgemuth |author4=Nordiska Afrikainstitutet |publisher=Nordic Africa Institute |year=1998 |isbn=978-91-7106-422-6 |pages=78}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Romanian Revolution]]: [[Communism|Communist]] [[President of Romania]] [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] is overthrown by [[Ion Iliescu]] after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife Elena flee [[Bucharest]] in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jouffroy-Lucien Radel|title=Reconstructing the Western Alliance: Europe & the U.S.A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3InAQAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Lakesider Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-9625359-0-1|page=74}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[German reunification]]: Berlin's [[Brandenburg Gate]] re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of [[East Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Lech Wałęsa]] is [[1990 Polish presidential election|elected]] [[President of Poland]].
*  1990   &ndash; Final independence of [[Marshall Islands]] and [[Federated States of Micronesia]] after termination of [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands|trusteeship]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; During approach to [[Tripoli International Airport]], a [[Boeing 727]] operating as [[Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103]] collides in mid-air with a [[Libyan Air Force]] [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23]], killing 157 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-2L5 5A-DIA Tripoli International Airport (TIP)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921222-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307072731/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19921222-0 |archive-date=2005-03-07 }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Airborne Express Flight 827]] crashes in [[Narrows, Virginia]], killing all six people on board.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9705.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411233907/http://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9705.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=live|title=Uncontrolled Flight into Terrain, ABX Air (Airborne Express) Douglas DC-8-63, N827AX, Narrows, Virginia, December 22, 1996|date=July 15, 1997|website=ntsb.gov|publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]]|id=NTSB/AAR-97/05|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Acteal massacre]]: Attendees at a prayer meeting of [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] activists for [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] causes in the small village of [[Acteal]] in the Mexican state of [[Chiapas]] are [[wikt:massacre|massacred]] by [[paramilitary]] forces.
*  1997   &ndash; [[Somali Civil War]]: [[Hussein Farrah Aidid]] relinquishes the disputed title of [[President of Somalia]] by signing the [[Attempts at reconciliation in Somalia (1991–2004)#1997 Cairo Peace Conference / Cairo Declaration|Cairo Declaration]], in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]. It is the first major step towards [[Attempts at reconciliation in Somalia (1991–2004)|reconciliation in Somalia]] since 1991.
*[[1999]] &ndash; Just after taking off from [[London Stansted Airport]], [[Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509]] crashes into [[Hatfield Forest]] near [[Great Hallingbury]], killing all four people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-2B5F (SCD) HL7451 Great Hallingbury|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991222-0|url-status=live|access-date=2020-04-19|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310111221/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19991222-0 |archive-date=2005-03-10 }}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]], political leader of the [[Northern Alliance]], hands over power in [[Islamic State of Afghanistan]] to the interim government headed by [[President of Afghanistan|President]] [[Hamid Karzai]].
*  2001   &ndash; [[Richard Reid]] attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard [[2001 failed shoe bomb attempt|American Airlines Flight 63]].
* [[2008]] &ndash; An ash dike [[Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill|ruptured]] at a solid waste containment area for a [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] [[Kingston Fossil Plant|coal-fired power plant]] in [[Roane County, Tennessee]], releasing {{convert|1.1|e9USgal|e6m3|order=flip|abbr=unit}} of [[coal]] [[fly ash]] [[slurry]] in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.<ref name=natgeo19>{{cite news |last=Bourne |first=Joel K. |date=February 19, 2019 |title=Coal's other dark side: Toxic ash that can poison water, destroy life and toxify people |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/02/coal-other-dark-side-toxic-ash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219140212/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/02/coal-other-dark-side-toxic-ash/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 19, 2019 |work=National Geographic |access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010|repeal]] of the [[Don't ask, don't tell]] policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=J Ford Huffman|author2=Tammy S. Schultz|author3=Marine Corps University Press (U.S.)|title=The End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Impact in Studies and Personal Essays by Service Members and Veterans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4s8WlVjgCjkC&pg=PT66|date=3 December 2012|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-091558-1|pages=66}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Bashir Ahmad Bilour]] of [[Awami National Party]] and eight others are killed in a [[Pakistan]] [[Taliban]] bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dawn.com/news/773214| title = Suicide attack kills senior minister Bilour, eight others in Peshawar| date = 22 December 2012}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; A study finds the [[VSV-EBOV]] vaccine against the [[Ebola virus]] between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397]] against North Korea is unanimously approved.
*  2017   &ndash; President [[Donald Trump]] signs the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-28|title=Donald Trump - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; A [[2018 Sunda Strait tsunami|tsunami]] caused by an eruption of [[Anak Krakatau]] in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more.
*  2018   &ndash; The [[2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown]], the longest [[Government shutdowns in the United States|shutdown]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] in history, begins.<ref>"[https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events Donald Trump - Key Events | Miller Center]". ''millercenter.org''. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-11.</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[244]] &ndash; [[Diocletian]], Roman emperor (d. 311)<ref>{{cite book|author=Theodore Cressy Skeat|title=Papyri from Panopolis in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyp1c1qS5MMC|year=1964|publisher=Hodges, Figgis|page=146}}</ref>
* [[948]] &ndash; [[Kang Kam-ch'an]], Korean official and general (d. 1031)
*[[1095]] &ndash; [[Roger II of Sicily]] (d. 1154)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hiroshi Takayama|title=The Administration of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXZe71Z4nEkC&pg=PA40|date=1 January 1993|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-09865-8|pages=40}}</ref>
*[[1178]] &ndash; [[Emperor Antoku]] of Japan (d. 1185)<ref>{{cite web |title=Antoku {{!}} emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoku |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1183]] &ndash; [[Chagatai Khan]], Mongol ruler (d. 1242)
*[[1300]] &ndash; [[Khutughtu Khan Kusala]], Mongolian emperor (d. 1329)
*[[1459]] &ndash; [[Sultan Cem]], Ottoman politician (d. 1495)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Kuroda Yoshitaka]], Japanese daimyō (d. 1604)
*[[1550]] &ndash; [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher and author (d. 1631)
*[[1569]] &ndash; [[Étienne Martellange]], French architect (d. 1641)<ref>{{ cite book | last=Sénard | first= Adriana | year=2012 | contribution=Étienne Martellange: Un architecte de la Compagnie de Jésus en France au XVIIe siècle | editor1-last= Zamora | editor1-first= María Isabel Alvaro | editor2-last= Fernández | editor2-first= Javier Ibáñez | editor3-last= Mainar | editor3-first= Jesús Fermín Criado | title= La arquitectura jesuítica Actas del Simposio Internacional Zaragoza, 9, 10 y 11 de diciembre de 2010 | publisher= Institución Fernando el Católico | place= Saragosse | isbn=978-84-9911-158-2 | pages=213–237 |url=http://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/31/96/07senard.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629202434/http://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/31/96/07senard.pdf |archive-date=2012-06-29 |url-status=live | language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Tommaso Dingli]], Maltese architect and sculptor (d. 1666)

===1601–1900===
*[[1639]] &ndash; [[Jean Racine]], French poet and playwright (d. 1699)<ref name="Chase2021">{{cite book | title = Chase's calendar of events 2021 : the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | location = Lanham, Maryland | year = 2020 | isbn = 9781641434249 | page=607 | language=en}}</ref>
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Guru Gobind Singh]], Indian guru and poet (d. 1708)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Hermann Samuel Reimarus]], German philosopher and academic (d. 1768)
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[James Oglethorpe]], English general and politician, 1st [[List of colonial governors of Georgia|Colonial Governor of Georgia]] (d. 1785)<ref name="Chase2021"/>
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Carl Friedrich Abel]], German [[viol]] player and composer (d. 1787)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Pfaff]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1825)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Callan]], Irish priest and physicist (d. 1864)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[John Obadiah Westwood]], English entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1893)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Johan Sebastian Welhaven]], Norwegian author, poet, and critic (d. 1873)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Franz Abt]], German composer and conductor (d. 1870)<ref>{{cite book|author1=[[Robert Percival Porter]]|author2=Thomas C. MacMillan|author3=William P. Jones|title=The Inter Ocean Curiosity Shop ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sEcxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA64|year=1891|publisher=Inter Ocean Publishing Company|pages=64–}}</ref>
*  1819   &ndash; [[Pierre Ossian Bonnet]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1892)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[John Nevil Maskelyne]], English magician (d. 1917)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Victoriano Huerta]], Mexican general and politician, 35th [[President of Mexico]] (d. 1916)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Teresa Carreño]], Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1917)
*  1853   &ndash; [[Evgraf Fedorov]], Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (d. 1919)
*  1853   &ndash; [[Sarada Devi]], Indian mystic and philosopher (d. 1920)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Frank B. Kellogg]], American lawyer and politician, 45th [[United States Secretary of State]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1937)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Puccini]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1924)<ref name="Chase2021"/>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Connie Mack]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1956)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Charles Sands]], American golfer and tennis player (d. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Charles Sands |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2786 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Jaan Tõnisson]], Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] (d. 1941?)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Dmitri Egorov]], Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1931)
*  1869   &ndash; [[Edwin Arlington Robinson]], American poet and playwright (d. 1935)<ref name="Chase2021"/>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Camille Guérin]], French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Franz Schmidt (composer)|Franz Schmidt]], Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer (d. 1939)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (d. 1944)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Myer Prinstein]], Polish-American jumper (d. 1925)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Fred Woolley]], Australian rugby league player (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/fred-Woolley/summary.html|title=Fred Woolley - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Marcus Hurley]], American cyclist (d. 1941)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Edgard Varèse]], French-American composer (d. 1965)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[St. Elmo Brady]], African American chemist and educator (d. 1966)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Deems Taylor]], American conductor and critic (d. 1966)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], Indian mathematician and theorist (d. 1920)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank]], English businessman, founded [[Rank Organisation]] (d. 1972)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[George Hutson]], English runner and soldier (d. 1914)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Herman Potočnik]], Slovenian-Austrian engineer (d. 1929)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Edwin Linkomies]], Finnish academic, professor and the [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (d. 1963)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://375humanistia.helsinki.fi/en/humanists/edwin-linkomies|title=Edwin Linkomies|work=375 Humanists|date=11 February 2015 |publisher=[[University of Helsinki]]|access-date=December 31, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Fock]], Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Gustaf Gründgens]], German actor and director (d. 1963)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Marc Allégret]], French director and screenwriter (d. 1973)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Andre Kostelanetz]], Russian-American conductor and composer (d. 1980)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Haldan Keffer Hartline]], American physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1983)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Pierre Brasseur]], French-Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Pierre Levegh]], French ice hockey player and racing driver (d. 1955)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Kenneth Rexroth]], American poet, translator, and academic (d. 1982)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Peggy Ashcroft]], English actress (d. 1991)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Manzù]], Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Patricia Hayes]], English actress (d. 1998)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Danny O'Dea]], English actor (d. 2003)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Elias Degiannis]], Greek commander (d. 1943)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Lady Bird Johnson]], American beautification activist;  38th [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]] (d. 2007)<ref name="Chase2021"/>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Giorgio Oberweger]], Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Barbara Billingsley]], American actress (d. 2010)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1915   &ndash; [[Phillip Glasier]], English author and academic (d. 2000)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Gene Rayburn]], American game show host and actor (d. 1999)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 22: Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Paradis |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/22/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-22-Ralph-Fiennes-Vanessa-Paradis/3371671674066/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Dec.,%2C%20Vanessa%20Paradis%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=21 December 2023 |date=22 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Dimitri Fampas]], Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Ruth Roman]], American actress (d. 1999)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Jim Wright]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (d. 2015)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Peregrine Worsthorne]], English journalist and author (d. 2020)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Frank Corsaro]], American actor and director (d. 2017)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Lewis Glucksman]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Lefter Küçükandonyadis]], Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Alcides Ghiggia]], Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2015)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Roberta Leigh]], English writer, artist and TV producer (d. 2014)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Fredrik Barth]], German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (d. 2016)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Wazir Mohammad]], Indian-Pakistani cricketer
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Ardalion Ignatyev]], Russian sprinter and educator (d. 1998)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Gisela Birkemeyer]], German hurdler and coach (d. 2024)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Carlos Graça]], São Toméan lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe]] (d. 2013)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Phil Woosnam]], Welsh soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[John Hartle]], English motorcycle racer (d. 1968)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[David Pearson (racing driver)|David Pearson]], American race car driver (d. 2018)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Paulo Rocha (film director)|Paulo Rocha]], Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[James Burke (science historian)|James Burke]], Irish historian and author
*  1936   &ndash; [[Héctor Elizondo]], American actor and director<ref name="Chase2021"/>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Lamb]], English author (d. 2000)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Eduard Uspensky]], Russian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2018)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Ken Whitmore]], English author and playwright
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Matty Alou]], Dominican-American baseball player and scout (d. 2011)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Lucien Bouchard]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th [[Premier of Quebec]]
*  1938   &ndash; [[Red Steagall]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Luis Francisco Cuéllar]], Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Mike Molloy]], English journalist, author, and illustrator
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Jerry Koosman]], American baseball player
*  1942   &ndash; [[Dick Parry]], English saxophonist
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Stefan Janos (physicist)|Stefan Janos]], Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic
*  1943   &ndash; [[Paul Wolfowitz]], American banker and politician, 25th [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense]]
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Mary Archer]], English chemist and academic
*  1944   &ndash; [[Steve Carlton]], American baseball player<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Barry Jenkins (musician)|Barry Jenkins]], English drummer
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Frances Lannon]], English historian and academic
*  1945   &ndash; [[Sam Newman]], Australian footballer and sportscaster
*  1945   &ndash; [[Diane Sawyer]], American journalist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Roger Carr (businessman)|Roger Carr]], English businessman
*  1946   &ndash; [[C. Eugene Steuerle]], American economist and author
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Brian Daley]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Dilip Doshi]], Indian cricketer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Steve Garvey]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*  1948   &ndash; [[Don Kardong]], American runner, journalist, and author
*  1948   &ndash; [[Rick Nielsen]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Chris Old]], English cricketer and coach
*  1948   &ndash; [[Lynne Thigpen]], American actress and singer (d. 2003)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Maurice Gibb]], Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Robin Gibb]], Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Ray Guy]], American football player (d. 2022)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Manfred Moore]], American football player and rugby league player (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MOOREMAN01 |title=Manfred Moore player page |access-date=May 23, 2008 |work=databasefootball.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209040810/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MOOREMAN01 |archive-date=February 9, 2007 }}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Lasse Bengtsson]], Swedish journalist
*  1951   &ndash; [[Charles de Lint]], Dutch-Canadian author and critic
*  1951   &ndash; [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster]], British landowner, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Tony Isabella]], American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=John Jackson|author-link=John Jackson Miller|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|title=Comics Industry Birthdays|work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]|date=June 10, 2005|location=Iola, Wisconsin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|archive-date=February 18, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Jan Stephenson]], Australian golfer
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Sandra Kalniete]], Latvian politician and diplomat, former [[List of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Latvia|Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Ian Turnbull (ice hockey)|Ian Turnbull]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1953   &ndash; [[Tom Underwood]], American baseball player (d. 2010)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Hideshi Matsuda]], Japanese racing driver
*  1954   &ndash; [[Derick Parry]], Nevisian cricketer
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Galina Murašova]], Lithuanian discus thrower
*  1955   &ndash; [[Lonnie Smith (baseball)|Lonnie Smith]], American baseball player
*  1955   &ndash; [[Thomas C. Südhof]], German-American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Jane Lighting]], English businesswoman
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Stephen Conway]], English bishop
*  1957   &ndash; [[Carole James]], English-Canadian educator and politician
*  1957   &ndash; [[Peter Mortimer (rugby league)|Peter Mortimer]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Frank Gambale]], Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
*  1958   &ndash; [[David Heavener]], American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Bernd Schuster]], German footballer and manager
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American painter and poet (d. 1988)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Luther Campbell]], American rapper and actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Paul Kuniholm]], Artist<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Yuri Malenchenko]], Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Columbus/Yuri_Malenchenko|title=Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko |access-date=August 23, 2021 |publisher=[[European Space Agency]]}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Ralph Fiennes]], English actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 22, 2022 includes celebrities Ralph Fiennes, Meghan Trainor |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-22-2022-includes-celebrities-ralph-fiennes-meghan-trainor.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=21 December 2023 |date=22 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Bergomi]], Italian footballer and coach
*  1963   &ndash; [[Brian McMillan]], South African cricketer and educator
*  1963   &ndash; [[Luna H. Mitani]], Japanese-American painter and illustrator
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher)|Mike Jackson]], American baseball player
*  1964   &ndash; [[Simon Kirby]], English businessman and politician
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[David S. Goyer]], American screenwriter
*  1965   &ndash; [[Urszula Włodarczyk]], Polish heptathlete and triple jumper
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Dmitry Bilozerchev]], Russian gymnast and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Marcel Schirmer]], German singer-songwriter and bass player
*  1966   &ndash; [[David Wright (politician)|David Wright]], English lawyer and politician
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Richey Edwards]], Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Stéphane Gendron]], Canadian lawyer and politician
*  1967   &ndash; [[Rebecca Harris]], English businesswoman and politician
*  1967   &ndash; [[Dan Petrescu]], Romanian footballer and manager
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Emre Aracı]], Turkish composer, conductor, and historian
*  1968   &ndash; [[Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)|Luis Hernández]], Mexican footballer
*  1968   &ndash; [[Lori McKenna]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Dina Meyer]], American actress
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Myriam Bédard]], Canadian biathlete
*  1969   &ndash; [[Mark Robins]], English footballer and manager
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]], Scottish darts player
*  1970   &ndash; [[Ted Cruz]], Canadian-American lawyer and politician<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Ajeenkya Patil]], Indian economist and academic
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mark Hill (musician)|Mark Hill]], English musician, producer and songwriter
*  1972   &ndash; [[Kirk Maltby]], Canadian ice hockey player and scout
*  1972   &ndash; [[Vanessa Paradis]], French singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Stan Jeffries|title=Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxcKAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-31547-3|page=151}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Rei Hance]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Sergei Aschwanden]], Swiss martial artist
*  1975   &ndash; [[Dmitri Khokhlov]], Russian footballer and manager
*  1975   &ndash; [[Marcin Mięciel]], Polish footballer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Stanislav Neckář]], Czech ice hockey player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Takuya Onishi]], Japanese astronaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=249}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Katleen De Caluwé]], Belgian sprinter
*  1976   &ndash; [[Jason Lane]], American baseball player and coach
*  1976   &ndash; [[Aya Takano]], Japanese author and illustrator
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Steve Kariya]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Danny Ahn]], South Korean singer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Joy Ali]], Fijian boxer (d. 2015)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Emmanuel Olisadebe]], Nigerian-Polish footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Jamie Langfield]], Scottish footballer and coach
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chris Carmack]], American actor, singer, and model<ref name="AP"/>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Marcus Haislip]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcus Haislip |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2409/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Marina Kuptsova]], Russian high jumper
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Britta Heidemann]], German fencer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Alinne Moraes]], Brazilian actress and model
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[José Fonte]], Portuguese footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Doc Gallows]], American wrestler
*  1983   &ndash; [[Viola Kibiwot]], Kenyan runner
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Basshunter]], Swedish singer, record producer and DJ<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/artist/basshunter-mn0000540742/biography | title = Basshunter | website = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 3 May 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161006094412/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/basshunter-mn0000540742/biography | archive-date = 6 October 2016 | url-status = live}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Greg Finley]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Dennis Armfield]], Australian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Fatih Öztürk (footballer, born 1986)|Fatih Öztürk]], Turkish footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Zack Britton]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zack Britton |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/zack-britton-502154 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Éder (Portuguese footballer)|Éder]], Bissau-Portuguese footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Scott Darling]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Darling |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/scott-darling-8474152 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Mohamed El Shenawy]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Egypt |publisher=FIFA |page=9 |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=19 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Leigh Halfpenny]], Welsh rugby player
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jordin Sparks]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jordin Sparks |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jordin-sparks-mn0000729857/biography |access-date=1 April 2022 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Jacob Stallings]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title= Jacob Stallings #25 |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jacob-stallings-607732 |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Maunier]], French actor and singer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[DaBaby]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Niemietz |first1=Brian |title=DaBaby's Las Vegas battery case gets tossed |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-dababy-battery-case-dropped-las-vegas-20211206-oybdvimo5zazhov3axrrcenw54-story.html |work=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date=17 December 2022 |date=6 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Michaela Hončová]], Slovak tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tennis Abstract: Michaela Honcova Match Results, Splits, and Analysis |url=http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/wplayer.cgi?p=MichaelaHoncova |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www.tennisabstract.com}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Nick Johnson (basketball)|Nick Johnson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Johnson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203910/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Moonbyul]], South Korean rapper, vocalist and songwriter
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Sergi Darder]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Sergi Darder|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sergi-darder-moll/200908/|website=Soccerway|access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Raphaël Guerreiro]], Portuguese footballer
*  1993   &ndash; [[Meghan Trainor]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite web |last=Robehmed |first=Natalie |title=30 Under 30: Eight Questions With Meghan Trainor |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2015/01/05/30-under-30-eight-questions-with-meghan-trainor/#512797b31d15 |website=[[Forbes]] |access-date=October 31, 2018 |date=January 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031175007/https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2015/01/05/30-under-30-eight-questions-with-meghan-trainor/#512797b31d15 |archive-date=October 31, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Rúben Lameiras]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[G Hannelius]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite tweet |author=G Hannelius  |user=g_hannelius |number=7559953798 |date=January 9, 2010 |title=@HappyBDayNoie asked: How old are u? A: I just turned 11 on Dec. 22 |access-date=February 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6fVtq6yRU?url=https://twitter.com/g_hannelius/status/7559953798 |archive-date=February 23, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Latto]], American rapper and singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/latto-mn0003516976 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=28 March 2025 |title=Latto Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More...}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Casper Ruud]], Norwegian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Casper Ruud {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview|access-date=2021-09-16|website=[[ATP Tour]]}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Joshua Bassett (actor)|Joshua Bassett]], American actor and singer<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvovermind.com/joshua-bassett/ |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Joshua Bassett |last=Hanson-Firestone |first=Dana |date=November 14, 2019 |website=[[TVOvermind]] |access-date=December 23, 2019}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Camila Osorio]], Colombian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325898/camila-osorio|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Camila Osorio|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[David Datro Fofana]], Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=David Datro Fofana|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/112581/David-Datro-Fofana/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Callan McKenna]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/cherries-sign-young-keeper-mckenna/ |title=Cherries sign young 'keeper McKenna |date=February 2024 }}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 69]] &ndash; [[Vitellius]], Roman emperor (b. 15)
* [[731]] &ndash; [[Yuan Qianyao]], official of the [[History of China|Chinese]] [[Tang dynasty]]
*[[1012]] &ndash; [[Baha' al-Dawla]], [[Buyid]] amir of [[Iraq]]
*[[1060]] &ndash; [[Cynesige]], Archbishop of York
*[[1100]] &ndash; [[Bretislav II|Bretislav II of Bohemia]] (b. 1060)
*[[1115]] &ndash; [[Olaf Magnusson of Norway|Olaf Magnusson]], King of Norway (b. 1099)
*[[1419]] &ndash; [[Antipope John XXIII]]
*[[1530]] &ndash; [[Willibald Pirckheimer]], German lawyer and author (b. 1470)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Bonvicino]], Italian painter (b. 1498)
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[François Clouet]], French miniaturist (b. c. 1510)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Mehmed III]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1566)
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1560)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Petro Mohyla]], Ruthenian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[André Tacquet]], Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Guercino]], Italian painter (b. 1591)
*[[1681]] &ndash; [[Richard Alleine]], English minister and author (b. 1611)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[John Newbery]], English publisher (b. 1713)<ref>Maxted, Ian. "John Newbery". ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 January 2010.</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Percivall Pott]], English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[William Vernon]], English-American merchant (b. 1719)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[William Hyde Wollaston]], English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Manuel María Lombardini]], Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Jean-Victor Poncelet]], French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]], Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[George Eliot]], English novelist and poet (b. 1819)<ref>{{cite book|author=Josephine McDonagh|title=George Eliot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E0ZvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95|year=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-7463-0799-1|pages=95}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[John Chisum]], American cattle baron (b. 1824)<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas State Historical Society: Chisum, John Simpson (1824–1884) |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chisum-john-simpsom |website=www.tshaonline.org |access-date=11 May 2024}}https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chisum-john-simpson</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Paul de Lagarde]], German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Dwight L. Moody]], American evangelist and publisher, founded [[Moody Publishers]] (b. 1837)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Rose Talbot Bullard]], American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Frances Xavier Cabrini]], Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Aristeidis Moraitinis (aviator)|Aristeidis Moraitinis]], Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Hermann Weingärtner]], German gymnast (b. 1864)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Karl Denke]], German serial killer and cannibal (b. 1860)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karl Denke born 1866 |url=https://www.denke.org/karldenkeg.htm |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=www.denke.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lutteroth |first=Johanna |date=8 April 2014 |title=Der Menschenfresser von Münsterberg |url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/kannibale-von-muensterberg-karl-denke-a-959424.html |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=[[Der Spiegel]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuhrer |first=Armin |date=3 September 2017 |title="Papa Denke" - der beliebte Nachbar war ein Serienkiller und Kannibale |url=https://www.focus.de/wissen/mensch/historische-serienmoerder-teil-3-karl-denke-papa-denke-der-beliebte-nachbar-war-ein-serienkiller-und-kannibale_id_7541690.html |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Voss |first=Jens |date=15 June 2022 |title="Papa Denke": Der Menschenfresser von Münsterberg |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.de/geschichte-und-kultur/2022/06/papa-denke-der-menschenfresser-von-muensterberg |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=[[National Geographic Deutschland]]}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Amelie Beese]], German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Ma Rainey]], American singer (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ma Rainey {{!}} Biography, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ma-Rainey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Nathanael West]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Karel Hašler]], Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Franz Boas]], German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Beatrix Potter]], English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite web |title=Beatrix Potter {{!}} British author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Beatrix-Potter |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Harry Langdon]], American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Frederick Freake]], English polo player (b. 1876)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Frank George Woollard]], English engineer (b. 1883)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Gilda Gray]], Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Ninian Comper]], Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Ross McLarty]], Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1891)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Richard Dimbleby]], English journalist (b. 1913)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Raymond Gram Swing]], American journalist (b. 1887)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Enrique Peñaranda]], 45th [[President of Bolivia]] (b. 1892)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Godfried Bomans]], Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Sterling North]], American author and critic (b. 1906)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Darryl F. Zanuck]], American director and producer (b. 1902)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[D. Boon]], American singer and musician (b. 1958)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Mary Burchell]], English author and activist (b. 1904)
*  1986   &ndash; [[David Penhaligon]], Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944), [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Truro (UK Parliament constituency)|Truro]] (1974–1986)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Luca Prodan]], Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Chico Mendes]], Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish author, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Harry Bluestone]], English violinist and composer (b. 1907)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Frederick William Franz]], American religious leader (b. 1893)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Don DeFore]], American actor (b. 1913)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Butterfly McQueen]], American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
*  1995   &ndash; [[James Meade]], English economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1907)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Jack Hamm]], American cartoonist and television host (b. 1916)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Sebastian Arcos Bergnes]], Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ovidiu Iacov]], Romanian footballer (b. 1981)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Walter Newton Read]], American lawyer and second chairman of the [[New Jersey Casino Control Commission]] (b. 1918)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Desmond Hoyte]], Guyanese lawyer, politician and [[President of Guyana]] (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Desmond Hoyte {{!}} president of Guyana |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugh-Desmond-Hoyte |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; [[Joe Strummer]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Doug Ault]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Doug Ault {{!}} Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9e0451ed |website=sabr.org |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Elena Mukhina]], Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Galina Ustvolskaya]], Russian composer (b. 1919)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Charles Court]], Australian politician, 21st [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1911)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Adrian Cristobal]], Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web| title =Columnist Adrian Cristobal passes away |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storyPage.aspx?storyId=103224|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070709212017/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storyPage.aspx?storyId=103224|url-status =dead|archive-date =2007-07-09| access-date = 2007-12-23}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Luis Francisco Cuéllar]], Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Albert Scanlon]], English footballer (b. 1935)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Fred Foy]], American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite news|last=Tucker|first=Ken|title=Fred Foy, 'Lone Ranger' announcer, has died at age 89|url=http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/12/22/fred-foy-lone-ranger-died/?hpt=T2|access-date=8 September 2020|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=22 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Chuck Cherundolo]], American football player and coach (b. 1916)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ryan Freel]], American baseball player (b. 1976)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Cliff Osmond]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Lim Keng Yaik]], Malaysian physician and politician (b. 1939)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Diomedes Díaz]], Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Hans Hækkerup]], Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Oscar Peer]], Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[John Robert Beyster]], American physicist and academic (b. 1924)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Christine Cavanaugh]], American actress (b. 1963)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Joe Cocker]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/22/joe-cocker-dies-grammy-winning-sheffield-singer|title=Joe Cocker, Grammy-winning singer, dies at age of 70|date=22 December 2014|author=Hannah Ellis-Petersen|website=The Guardian|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Bernard Stone]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Peter Lundblad]], Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Freda Meissner-Blau]], Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freda Meissner-Blau wird mit Promenade am Wiener Donaukanal geehrt - derStandard.at |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000068632413/freda-meissner-blau-wird-mitpromenade-am-wiener-donaukanal-geehrt |website=DER STANDARD |access-date=12 October 2020 |language=de-AT}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Chad Robinson]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Gonzalo Morales Sáurez]], Costa Rican painter (b. 1945)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Paddy Ashdown]], British politician (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown dies aged 77 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46662546 |work=[[BBC]] |date=23 December 2018 |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; [[Simcha Rotem]], last survivor of the [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]] (b. 1924)
*  2018   &ndash; [[Herman Sikumbang]], Indonesian guitarist (b. 1982); casualty during [[2018 Sunda Strait tsunami]]
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Ram Dass]], American spiritual teacher and author (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/23/us/baba-ram-dass-death-trnd/index.html|title=Baba Ram Dass, psychedelic pioneer and New Age guru, is dead at 88|author=Scottie Andrew|website=[[CNN.com]]|date=December 22, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Dongzhi Festival]]
*[[Armed Forces Day (Vietnam)]]
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Anastasia of Sirmium]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Church]])
**[[Eimhin]]
**[[Ernan|Ernan, Son of Eogan]]
**[[Frances Xavier Cabrini#Veneration|Frances Xavier Cabrini]] (outside US)
**[[Saint Hunger|Hunger]]
**[[O Rex]]
**[[Henry Budd]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church (USA)]])
**[[Lottie Moon]] (Episcopal Church (USA))
**[[December 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Mother's Day]] ([[Indonesia]])
*[[National Mathematics Day]] ([[India]])
*[[Teachers' Day]] ([[Cuba]])
*[[Unity Day (Zimbabwe)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/22 BBC: On This Day]
*{{NYT On this day|month=12|day=22}}
*[https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/22 Historical Events on December 22]

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[[Category:Days of December]]