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What happend on 22. December in History
In our data base we found 288 events happened on 22. December:
• 69: Vitellius, Roman emperor (b. 15) [category: Deaths]
• 69: Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome. [category: Events]
• 244: Diocletian, Roman emperor (d. 311) [category: Births]
• 1095: Roger II of Sicily (d. 1154) [category: Births]
• 1100: Bretislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1060) [category: Deaths]
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• 1178: Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) [category: Births]
• 1546: Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604) [category: Births]
• 1550: Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631) [category: Births]
• 1550: Richard Plantagenet, English bricklayer (b. 1469) [category: Deaths]
• 1603: Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1639: Jean Racine, French playwright (d. 1699) [category: Births]
• 1646: Peter Mogila, Moldavian bishop (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) [category: Deaths]
• 1666: Guru Gobind Singh, Indian guru (d. 1708) [category: Births]
• 1681: Richard Alleine, English clergyman (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
• 1694: Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1696: James Oglethorpe, English general, founded the Province of Georgia (d. 1785) [category: Births]
• 1708: Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (b. 1681) [category: Deaths]
• 1723: Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787) [category: Births]
• 1738: Constantia Jones, English prostitute (b. 1708) [category: Deaths]
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• 1765: Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1767: John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1769: Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce. [category: Events]
• 1788: Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies. [category: Events]
• 1805: John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1806: William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1807: Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1807: The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson. [category: Events]
• 1808: Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano). [category: Events]
• 1819: Franz Abt, German composer (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1819: Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1828: William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (b. 1766) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India. [category: Events]
• 1853: Sarada Devi, Indian philosopher (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1853: Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan singer, composer, and pianist (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1853: Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1856: Frank B. Kellogg, American politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1858: Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1860: Austin Norman Palmer, American developer of the Palmer Method (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1862: Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1864: Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea". [category: Events]
• 1865: Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1867: Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1869: Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1870: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1874: Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1876: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1878: Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1880: George Eliot, English author and journalist (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Edgard Varèse French-American composer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1883: Marcus Hurley, American cyclist (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1885: Abe Manley, American businessman (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1885: Deems Taylor American conductor and critic (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1885: Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan. [category: Events]
• 1887: Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1888: J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1889: Minor Watson, American actor (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1890: Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia. [category: Events]
• 1891: Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography. [category: Events]
• 1892: Herman Potočnik, Croatian engineer (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1894: The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason. [category: Events]
• 1898: Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1899: Gustaf Gründgens, German actor (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1899: Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1901: Andre Kostelanetz, American orchestra leader (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1902: Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychiatrist (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1905: Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1905: Pierre Brasseur, French actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1907: Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1909: Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1912: Elias Degiannis, Greek navy officer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1912: Lady Bird Johnson, American wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Satchidananda Saraswati, Indian-American guru (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1915: Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1917: Gene Rayburn, American game show host (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1917: Frances Xavier Cabrini, Austrian-American saint (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek aviator (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Lil Green, American singer-songwriter (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1919: Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR. [category: Events]
• 1921: Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1921: Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1922: Jack Brooks, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Ruth Roman, American actress (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1924: Frank Corsaro, American director [category: Births]
• 1925: Lewis Glucksman, American financier (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1934: David Pearson, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1935: Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: Héctor Elizondo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: James Burke, Irish author and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1936: Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1937: Charlotte Lamb, English author (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1937: Eduard Uspensky, Russian author [category: Births]
• 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1938: Lucien Bouchard, Canadian politician, 27th Premier of Quebec [category: Births]
• 1938: Matty Alou, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1939: James Gurley, American guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 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 the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1940: Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1940: Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army. [category: Events]
• 1942: Dick Parry, English saxophonist (Jokers Wild) [category: Births]
• 1942: Jerry Koosman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1942: Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon. [category: Events]
• 1943: Paul Wolfowitz, American politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense [category: Births]
• 1943: Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist [category: Births]
• 1943: Beatrix Potter, English author and illustrator (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Barry Jenkins, English drummer (The Animals) [category: Births]
• 1944: Guido de Angelis, Italian singer (Guido & Maurizio De Angelis) [category: Births]
• 1944: Steve Carlton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1944: Eleni Papadaki, Greek actress (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Harry Langdon, American actor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 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!" [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1945: Diane Sawyer, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1946: Rick Nielsen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cheap Trick) [category: Births]
• 1947: Brian Daley, American author (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1947: The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy. [category: Events]
• 1948: Chris Old, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1948: Flip Mark, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Lynne Thigpen, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1948: Noel Edmonds, English game show host [category: Births]
• 1948: Steve Garvey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1949: Maurice Gibb, English singer-songwriter bass player and producer (Bee Gees and The Bloomfields) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1949: Robin Gibb, English singer-songwriter and producer (Bee Gees) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1950: Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Dan Martin, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Irish businessman [category: Births]
• 1951: The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya. [category: Events]
• 1953: Bern Nadette Stanis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1953: Tom Underwood, American baseball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1954: Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1955: Lonnie Smith, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1955: Jules De Bisschop, Belgian rower (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Otto Eppers, American illustrator (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Colo, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity, is born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. [category: Events]
• 1957: Carole James, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Susan Powter, Australian author and motivational speaker [category: Births]
• 1958: David Heavener, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director [category: Births]
• 1958: Frank Gambale, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Chick Corea Elektric Band, Return to Forever, and Vital Information) [category: Births]
• 1959: Bernd Schuster, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Gilda Gray, Polish-American dancer and actress (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1960: Luther Campbell, American rapper (2 Live Crew) [category: Births]
• 1960: Mark Brydon, English guitarist, composer, and producer (Moloko, Chakk, and Krush) [category: Births]
• 1960: Patrick Fitzgerald, American lawyer [category: Births]
• 1960: Wakin Chau, Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer and actor (Superband) [category: Births]
• 1960: Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Andrew Fastow, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1961: Yuri Malenchenko, Russian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1962: Ralph Fiennes, English actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Brian McMillan, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1963: Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Luna H. Mitani, Japanese American painter [category: Births]
• 1963: Giovanni Giorgio Trissino, Italian horse rider (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives. [category: Events]
• 1964: The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. [category: Events]
• 1965: Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit. [category: Events]
• 1966: Dmitry Bilozerchev, Soviet gymnast [category: Births]
• 1966: Marcel Schirmer, German singer and bass player (Destruction) [category: Births]
• 1967: Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1967: Paul Morris, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1967: Richey Edwards, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Manic Street Preachers) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1967: Stéphane Gendron, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Dina Meyer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Lauralee Bell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Luis Hernández, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Greg Biffle, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1969: Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete [category: Births]
• 1970: Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player [category: Births]
• 1971: Pat Mastroianni, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Godfried Bomans, Dutch author (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Big Tigger, American radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1972: Kirk Maltby, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Vanessa Paradis, French singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Heather Donahue, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Michael Barron, English footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1974: Sterling North, American author (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration. [category: Events]
• 1974: The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA. [category: Events]
• 1975: Chris Adler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Sergei Aschwanden, Swiss martial artist [category: Births]
• 1975: Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jason Lane, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1977: Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian-Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Joanne Kelly, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform. [category: Events]
• 1979: Jamie Langfield, Scottish footbaler [category: Births]
• 1979: Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Chris Carmack, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Brooke Nevin, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Drew Hankinson, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Jennifer Hawkins, Australian model, Miss Universe 2004 [category: Births]
• 1984: Basshunter, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1984: Bernhard Goetz shoots four African American would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1985: D. Boon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Minutemen and The Reactionaries) (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian terrorist [category: Births]
• 1986: Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Éderzito António Macedo Lopes, Guinea-Bissauan footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sumo) (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi. [category: Events]
• 1988: Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1988: Chico Mendes, Brazilian activist (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1989: Jharal Yow Yeh, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1989: Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Logan Huffman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany. [category: Events]
• 1989: Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest with a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers. [category: Events]
• 1990: Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Josef Newgarden American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1990: Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship. [category: Events]
• 1990: The Parliament of Croatia adopts the current Constitution of Croatia. [category: Events]
• 1991: Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia. [category: Events]
• 1992: Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Frederick William Franz, American religious leader (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: The Archives of Terror are discovered. [category: Events]
• 1993: Ali Lohan, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1995: Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: James Meade, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Makisig Morales, Filipino singer and actor (Mak and the Dudes) [category: Births]
• 1996: Jack Hamm, American cartoonist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban activist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1997: Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991. [category: Events]
• 1998: G. Hannelius, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1998: Hurricane Quinto strikes the Cayman Islands, knocking out power to the entire island for 2 days. Looting is rampant, but contained after 12 hours. [category: Events]
• 1999: Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members are killed. [category: Events]
• 2001: Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai. [category: Events]
• 2001: Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63. [category: Events]
• 2002: Desmond Hoyte, Guyanan politician, 3rd President of Guyana (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Clash, The Mescaleros, and The Pogues) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Doug Ault, American baseball player (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of coal fly ash slurry. [category: Events]
• 2009: Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian politician (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Fred Foy, American radio and television announcer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: The 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. [category: Events]
• 2012: Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arthur Quinlan, Irish journalist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani politician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bill Leger, American journalist (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bill McBride, American lawyer and politician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bolesław Proch, Polish motorcycle racer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Cliff Osmond, American actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Emidio Greco, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Květa Legátová, Czech author (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mariam Amash, Ottoman-Israeli super-centenarian (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Marva Whitney, American singer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mike Scaccia, American guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Lard, and League of Blind Women) (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rip Hawk, American wrestler (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Robert Pew, American businessman (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ryan Freel, American baseball player (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• _: Anastasia of Sirmium (Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Vietnam) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: December 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dongzhi Festival (East Asia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Frances Xavier Cabrini [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mother's Day (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Mathematics Day (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: O Rex [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Unity Day (Zimbabwe) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Winter solstice related observance (see December 21): [category: Holidays and observances]