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December 22: Day of the Week
December 22, 2024 is the 357th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 9 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Capricorn is the zodiac 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.
December 22 Historical Event(s)
1807
The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
1864
Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his “March to the Sea”.
1920
The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
1947
The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
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.
1974
Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
1974
The house of former British Prime Minister Ted Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
1989
After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceauşescu’s Communist authoritarian regime.
1989
Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
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.
Who were born on December 22?
1690
Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751)
1723
Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787)
1869
Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
1898
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, Russian physicist (d. 1974)
1905
Pierre Brasseur, French actor (d. 1972)
1936
James Burke, British writer
1960
Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (d. 1988)
1961
Andrew Fastow, American businessman
1974
Heather Donahue, American actress
1989
Jordin Sparks, American singer
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