22ND
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST FLAVIAN OF TUSCANY; ST ZENO; ST
CHAEREMON & OTHERS; & ST ISCHYRION." |
| 22ND |
401 |
"ST. INNOCENT I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 22ND |
1440 |
BLUEBEARD THE PIRATE IS
EXECUTED. |
| 22ND |
1870 |
PREVIOUSLY UNPAID, VICTORIAN POLITICIANS VOTE THEMSELVES A
WAGE OF  300
A YEAR. |
| 22ND |
1895 |
GERMAN PHYSICIST "WILHELM
RONTGEEN" MADE THE FIRST X-RAY; IT WAS OF HIS WIFE’S HAND. |
| 22ND |
1961 |
"JAMES DAVIS" BECAME THE FIRST U.S. SOLDIER TO DIE
IN VIETNAM. |
| 22ND |
1964 |
FOUR CIRCUS LIONS ESCAPED FROM
THEIR CAGE AT WINGFIELD IN ADELAIDE AFTER KILLING THEIR KEEPER.
THREE OF THE LIONS WERE SHOT DEAD BY "BILL HAMBLEY CLARK" AND POLICE OFFICERS.
ONE OF THE LIONS "RINGO" WAS SPARED AND WAS LATER KISSED BY LOCAL TEENAGER
"CAROL ELLIOTT" DURING THE CIRCUS STAY IN ADELAIDE. |
| 22ND |
1969 |
A CESSNA 402 CRASHES AT GOVE, NT, KILLING 5 PEOPLE. |
| 22ND |
1984 |
NEW YORKER, "BERNHARD
GOETZ" SHOT FOUR BLACK YOUTHS ON A MANHATTAN SUBWAY, CLAIMING THEY WERE ABOUT TO ROB
HIM. |
| 22ND |
1987 |
MOTLEY CRUE’S, "NIKKI SIXX" OVERDOSES FROM
HEROIN. |
| 22ND |
1988 |
PAN AM FLIGHT 103, EXPLODES
OVER LOCKERBIE, KILLING ALL 259 PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD.
11 RESIDENTS OF LOCKERBIE ALSO WERE KILLED AS THE AIRCRAFT AND DEBRIS FELL TO THE GROUND. |
| 22ND |
1989 |
ROMANIAN PRESIDENT, "NICOLAE CEAUSECU," THE LAST OF
EASTERN EUROPE’S HARD LINE COMMUNIST RULERS WAS TOPPLED FROM POWER IN A POPULAR
UPRISING. |
| 22ND |
1989 |
TWO PACKED TOURIST COACHES
COLLIDE HEAD-ON NEAR KEMPSEY, NSW, KILLING 35. |
| 22ND |
1990 |
IRAQ ANNOUNCES IT WILL NEVER GIVE UP KUWAIT. |
| 22ND |
1990 |
ISRAELI FERRY CAPSIZES KILLING
21 U.S. SERVICEMEN. |
| 22ND |
1990 |
"LECH WALESA" IS SWORN IN AS POLAND’S FIRST
POPULARLY ELECTED PRESIDENT. |
| 22ND |
1999 |
WHAT STARTED OUT AS A BET, ENDS
WITH AUSTRALIAN ACTOR, "JULIAN McMAHON" MARRYING ‘BAYWATCH BABE,
"BROOKE BURNS." |
| 22ND |
2000 |
SINGER, ACTRESS, MADONNA, MARRIED GUY RITCHIE IN DORNOCH,
SCOTLAND. |
Go Back