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What happened in history on this day: December 22?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On December 22 in ...
- 1982 - IBM announces it will acquire 12 percent of Intel shares for US$250 million.
- 1993 - Microsoft ships Excel 5.0 for Windows.
- 2009 - United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholds a US$290 million jury verdict for i4i against Microsoft for patent infringement by the Microsoft Word program. Microsoft is barred from selling the current Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office as of January 11. The company will modify the programs to remove the disputed feature, which relates to the use of XML.
- 1925 - Bard's Glendale Theater in Los Angeles previews the Alice Comedy film Alice's Orphan.
- 1954 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled the 1954 Christmas Show.
- 1955 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Littlest Outlaw to theaters in the US. The film is based on a story by Larry Lansburgh.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show.
- 1970 - San Marino issues ten postage stamps of Walt Disney and various Disney animated characters, including Donald Duck.
- 1980 - Maldives issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Alice in Wonderland.
- 1982 - (4:34 PM) All electrical power to Disneyland and Anaheim is cut due to winds knocking over a northern California powerline. The park is evacuated, but power returns in under two hours.
- 1988 - Disney releases the film Return to Snowy River on videocasstte, and on laserdisc for US$37.
- 1993 - Uganda issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters with dinosaurs.
- 1995 - The Chef Mickey's restaurant opens in the Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World. Formerly the Contemporary Café.
- 1995 - The Gambia issues sixteen postage stamps depicting various Disney characters as cowboys and indians.
- 1995 - Disney releases the animated short film Disney's Timon and Pumbaa in Stand by Me to theaters in the US.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Tom and Huck to theaters in the US. The film is based on the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
- 1996 - The ABC TV network premieres The Christmas Tree movie.
- 1998 - Disney releases the film Summer of the Monkeys on videocassette.
- 1999 - The film Fantasia/2000 is shown at the Theatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France.
- 2000 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures / Universal Pictures live-action feature film O Brother, Where Art Thou? to theaters in the USA.
- 2002 - The Enchanted Christmas Ball begins performances on Main Street, U.S.A., in Fantasyland, and Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris.
- 1952 - The Motorama Corvette (#852) is officially completed. It cost an estimated US$55-60,000 to build.
- 1976 - Warner Bros. Pictures releases the film The Enforcer to theaters in the USA. A yellow 1968 Corvette convertible appears briefly.
- 1941 - (morning) Japanese carriers Soryu and Hiryu send 39 bombers and fighters to attack Wake Island. The remaining two US fighters are destroyed.
- 1941 - One company of the Canadian Grenadiers near the Wong Nei Chong Gap in Hong Kong surrenders to the Japanese after holding their position for three days.
- 1941 - (0500 hours) The main force of Japanese XIV Army lands on Lingayen.
- 1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meets with American Chiefs of Staff in Washington, DC. They agree to a "Germany first" strategy.
- 1942 - Soviet cease attacks on the Chir front.
- 1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill decides H2S, a magnetron-powered ASV (Air to Surface Vessel), should be used immediately in Bomber Command to aid in flight navigation. The system would aid bombers in locating ground targets.
- 1942 - Adolf Hitler signs a decree by Munitions Minister Albert Speer, authorizing mass-production of the A-4 (V-2) rocket.
- 1942 - Convoy JW-51B with fourteen ships leaves Scotland headed for the Soviet Union. It is escorted by six destroyers and one cruiser.
- 1944 - American forces in Bastogne, Belgium, are told by a German commanding officer to surrender or be annihilated. US General Anthony McAuliffe replies "NUTS!".
- 1944 - (evening) Over 100 British Lancaster bombers attack Coblenz and Bingen rail yards.
- 1966 - Ralph Baer at Sanders Associates completes the basic circuitry dubbed TV Game Unit 1 to make spots on a television screen chase each other. He shows corporate R&D director Herb Campman. Campman agrees to commence an official secret project, with $2000 for labor and $500 for materials.
- 2000 - Ravisent Technologies announces that Microsoft has selected the company to supply DVD playback software for Microsoft's Xbox video game system.
- 2000 - Three armed men overpower the guards at the National Museum in Stockholm. They steal three paintings: a self-portrait by Rembrandt from 1630, and two paintings by Auguste Renoir.
- 1943 - An Order-in-Council announces the decision to switch the 5c coin from Tombac to chrome-plated steel, as of January 1, 1944.
- 1986 - A Royal proclamation, effective January 1, 1987, sets the design of a 1987 nickel dollar, and new bronze-plated nickel dollar. The new dollar coin has a 26.5mm diameter, weighs 108 grains, and is eleven sided. The design of the two nickel dollars is to be the same voyageur/canoe image used on previous nickel dollars.
- 1849 - The Philadelphia Mint strikes two proofs of the 1849 gold double eagle.
- 2005 - President George W. Bush signs Senate bill S. 1047, the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, into law as Public-Law 109-145, authorizing the Presidential $1 coin series, the American Bison gold $50 bullion coins, the First Spouse gold $10 coins, and four reverse designs for 2009 Lincoln cents.
- 1877 - American Bicycling Journal is first published (Boston, Massachusetts).
- 1894 - United States Golf Association is formed (New York City, New York).
- 1915 - Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1915 - Federal Baseball League is dissolved.
- 1924 - Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto Saint Patricks scores five goals in beating Boston Bruins 10-2.
- 1934 - Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins.
- 1939 - Donald Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 versus Queensland.
- 1943 - Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core.
- 1946 - Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game.
- 1951 - Australia cricket all out 82 versus West Indies at Adelaide.
- 1953 - Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated Saint Louis Browns.
- 1959 - Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Fort Worth.
- 1959 - New York Rangers' goalie Marcel Paille wears a customized mask.
- 1962 - 1,000,000th NBA point scored.
- 1962 - Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s.
- 1963 - Oakland Raiders' Tom Flores passes for six touchdowns vs Houston Oilers (52-49).
- 1969 - Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots.
- 1974 - Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins, becomes sixth NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 1980 - Saint Louis Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds.
- 1983 - New York Islanders score three shorthanded goals against Washington Capitals.
- 1984 - Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, versus West Indies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1985 - 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2).
- 1986 - India scores 7-676 versus Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket.
- 1995 - David Cone signs $19.5 million three year contract with New York Yankees.
- 1996 - Pittsburgh Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yards for touchdown.
- 1996 - Zimbabwe and England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England need one to win.
- 2001 - Chan Ho Park signs a five-year, $65 million deal with the Texas Rangers.
- 1870 - Jules Janssen flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse.
- 2006 - The NASA space shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
- 2015 - SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket, the first reusable rocket to successfully enter orbital space and return.
- 1894 - Dutch coast hit by hurricane.
- 1989 - US cold wave:
- -4 degrees F in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
- -6 degrees F in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
- -12 degrees F in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
- -18 degrees F in Denver, Colorado,
- -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri,
- -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff, Nebraska,
- -47 degrees F in Hardin, Montana and
- -60 degrees F in Black Hills, South Dakota.
- 2018 - A tsunami hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.
- 1775 - Continental navy organized with seven ships.
- 1807 - Congress passes the Embargo Act, prohibiting all international trade to and from American ports.
- 1862 - Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA.
- 1882 - First string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison.
- 1886 - First national accountants' society in US formed (New York City, New York).
- 1913 - US House of Representatives and US Senate pass the combined version of the Glass-Owen bill (Federal Reserve Act).
- 1919 - US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman, to Russia.
- 1924 - Alvin Hall becomes director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
- 1936 - First common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton Pennsylvania.
- 1937 - Lincoln Tunnel (New York City, New York) opens to traffic.
- 1941 - Japan's invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines.
- 1941 - UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington DC for a wartime conference.
- 1944 - American forces in Bastogne, Belgium, are told by a German commanding officer to surrender or be annihilated. US General Anthony McAuliffe replies "NUTS!".
- 1950 - Two self-propelled trains of Long Island, New York, railroad collide, killing 77.
- 1956 - Birth of Cojo in Columbus, Ohio, USA; first gorilla born in captivity.
- 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1963 - Official 30-day mourning period for US President John F Kennedy ends.
- 1964 - Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet).
- 1977 - 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes.
- 1980 - US President-elect Ronald Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior).
- 1984 - Four youths board an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City. They attempt to rob Bernhard Goetz, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime.
- 1988 - Two robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of US$3 million in New Jersey.
- 1989 - US cold wave:
- -4 degrees F in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
- -6 degrees F in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
- -12 degrees F in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
- -18 degrees F in Denver, Colorado,
- -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri,
- -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff, Nebraska,
- -47 degrees F in Hardin, Montana and
- -60 degrees F in Black Hills, South Dakota.
- 1990 - Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen.
- 1997 - Merck baldness pill for men approved by US Food and Drug Administration.
- 2001 - A flight from Paris, France to Miami, Florida is diverted to Boston, Massachusetts after passenger Richard Reid attempts to set his shoe, filled with explosives, on fire.
- 2003 - An earthquake shakes up California, killing two people.
- 2005 - US President George W. Bush signs the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 into law as Public-Law 109-145.
- 2006 - The NASA space shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
- 2008 - The American Environmental Protection Agency publishes a Clean Water Act General Permit that will allow cruise ships to dump unlimited quantities of untreated "graywater" into the ocean just a mile from U.S. shores.
- 2009 - The US White House appoints former eBay and Microsoft executive Howard Schmidt as its cybersecurity chief.
- 2018 - The United States government enters a second government shutdown, arising over a dispute over funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Other history:
- 1882 - First string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison.
- 1964 - Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet).
- 1972 - 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed.
- 1989 - After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolae Ceausescu.
- 1990 - Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president.
- 2001 - A flight from Paris, France to Miami, Florida is diverted to Boston, Massachusetts after passenger Richard Reid attempts to set his shoe, filled with explosives, on fire.
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