Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 22
This is a list of selected December 22 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Midsummer festivities (Southern Hemisphere, 2011); | Brazil is the only Southern Hemisphere country listed in the article |
| Mother's Day in Indonesia | refimprove section |
| 1216 – Pope Honorius III issued the papal bull Religiosam vitam to establish the Dominican Order. | refimprove |
| 1808 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Fourth Piano Concerto, and Choral Fantasy, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. | 5th: refimprove section |
| 1864 – American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea ended with the capture of Savannah, Georgia. | refimprove section |
| 1885 – Itō Hirobumi, a samurai from Chōshū, became the first Prime Minister of Japan. | refimprove section, neutrality issues |
| 1944 – Vietnamese revolutionary Hồ Chí Minh formed the Vietnam People's Army to drive French colonialists and Japanese occupiers out of Indochina. | refimprove |
| 1944 – World War II: U.S. Army General Anthony McAuliffe responded to the German ultimatum of surrender during the Battle of the Bulge with a single word, "NUTS!" | refimprove |
| 1963 – A total of 128 people died when the ocean liner TSMS Lakonia burned at sea 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira. | refimprove |
| 1974 – Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli voted to become the independent nation of the Comoros. | unreferenced section |
| 1978 – The Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China opened, where Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and other party officials agreed to launch economic reforms and to open up China. | refimprove |
| 1989 – Romanian Revolution: After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu took over as President of Romania, ending the Communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu. | outdated, expansion |
| 1989 – Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate re-opened after nearly 30 years, symbolizing the unity of East and West Germany. | refimprove section |
| 1990 – The Parliament of Croatia adopted the country's current constitution. | refimprove section |
| 2001 – CC the cat, the first cloned pet, was born. | stubby |
Eligible
- 1807 – In an effort to avoid engaging in the Napoleonic Wars, the United States Congress passed the Embargo Act, forbidding American ships from engaging in trade with foreign nations.
- 1920 – The 8th Congress of Soviets approved the GOELRO plan, the first Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development.
- 1939 – Members of the All-India Muslim League observed a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over the decision to enter the Second World War at the request of the United Kingdom.
- 1947 – The Constitution of the Italian Republic was enacted by the Constituent Assembly.
- 1964 – The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the United States Air Force's long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft and the world's fastest air-breathing manned aircraft, made its first flight.
- 1968 – Cultural Revolution: The People's Daily published a piece Mao Zedong directing that "the intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
- 1984 – While riding a New York City Subway train, Bernhard Goetz shot four African American youths who attempted to rob him, sparking a nationwide debate on vigilantism, racism, and the legal limits of self-defense.
- 1988 – Brazilian unionist and environmental activist Chico Mendes was murdered at his Xapuri home.
- 2001 – Burhanuddin Rabbani of the Northern Alliance handed over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by Hamid Karzai.
- 2001 – Richard Reid unsuccessfully attempted to detonate a bomb in his shoe on a transatlantic flight from Paris, France, to Miami, Florida.
- 2008 – An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, U.S., releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of coal fly ash slurry.
- 2010 – The United States repealed its controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in the military.
Notes
- Battle of the Bulge appears on December 16, so Anthony McAuliffe should not appear in the same year
- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab/Northwest Airlines Flight 253 appears on December 25, so Richard Reid/2001 shoe bomb plot should not appear in the same year
Entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey
- 856 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 struck the eastern Alborz mountains of Persia, causing 200,000 deaths.
- 1769 – Having been soundly defeated in battle, the Qing dynasty agreed to terms of truce, ending the Sino-Burmese War.
- 1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel (pictured), connecting New York City to Weehawken, New Jersey, opened.
- 1987 – The Zimbabwe African National Union and Zimbabwe African People's Union agreed to merge, bringing an end to the Gukurahundi, the suppression of predominantly Ndebele civilians by the 5th Brigade.
- 1997 – Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquished the disputed title of President of Somalia.
John Newbery (d. 1767) · Frank B. Kellogg (b. 1856) · Peggy Ashcroft (b. 1907)
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