About December 22

December 22, 2024 is the 357th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 9 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 38 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On December 22

  • 69 –
    Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome.
  • 1769 –
    Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce.
  • 1807 –
    The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
  • 1851 –
    The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
  • 1864 –
    Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his “March to the Sea”.
  • 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 Britain.
  • 1940 –
    World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.
  • 1942 –
    World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: The People’s Army of Vietnam is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indo-China, now Vietnam.
  • 1947 –
    The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
  • 1951 –
    The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
  • 1956 –
    Colo, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity, is born at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio.
  • 1963 –
    The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 mi north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives.
  • 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.
  • 1984 –
    Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four African-American would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan, New York City.
  • 1990 –
    The Parliament of Croatia adopts the current Constitution of Croatia.
  • 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.
  • 2001 –
    Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
  • 2001 –
    Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
  • 2010 –
    The repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning on homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

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