December 22
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 11:02, 18 December 2007 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) (→Art and culture) ← Previous diff |
Current revision Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) (→Deaths) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| {{Template}} | {{Template}} | ||
| + | {|class="toc hlist" id="toc" summary="Contents" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; text-align:center;" | ||
| + | |colspan="3" | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! style="text-align:right; width:310px;"| << [[December 21]] | ||
| + | ! style="width:125px;"| | ||
| + | ! style="text-align:left; width:310px;"| [[December 23]] >> | ||
| + | |} | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[1849]] - The execution of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] is called off at the last second. | *[[1849]] - The execution of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] is called off at the last second. | ||
| - | *[[1851]] - The first [[freight train]] is operated in [[Roorkee]], [[India]]. | + | *[[1894]] - ''[[Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune]]'' premieres in Paris. |
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Savannah, Georgia]] falls to General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], concluding his "[[Sherman's March to the Sea|March to the Sea]]". | + | |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Ito Hirobumi]], a [[samurai]], became the first [[Prime Minister of Japan]]. | + | |
| *[[1894]] - The [[Dreyfus affair]] begins, in [[France]], when [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is wrongly convicted of [[treason]], on [[antisemitic]] grounds. | *[[1894]] - The [[Dreyfus affair]] begins, in [[France]], when [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is wrongly convicted of [[treason]], on [[antisemitic]] grounds. | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - The [[GOELRO plan|GOELRO economic development plan]] is adopted by the 8th [[Congress of Soviets|Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR]]. | ||
| - | *[[1937]] - The [[Lincoln Tunnel]] opens to traffic in [[New York City]]. | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[World War II]]: [[Himarë]] is captured by the [[Greece|Greek]] army. | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - World War II: [[Adolf Hitler]] signs the order to develop the [[V-2 rocket]] as a weapon. | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - World War II: [[Battle of the Bulge]]--[[Germany|German]] troops demand the surrender of [[United States]] troops at [[Bastogne]], [[Belgium]]; prompting the famous one word reply by General [[Anthony McAuliffe]]: "Nuts!" | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[World War II]]: [[People's Army of Vietnam|Vietnam People's Army]] is formed to resist [[Japan]]ese occupation of [[Indo-China]], now [[Vietnam]]. | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - The [[Constituent Assembly]] of [[Italy]] approves its [[Constitution of Italy|constitution]]. | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Colo (gorilla)|Colo]] is born, the first [[gorilla]] to be bred in [[captivity (animal)|captivity]]. | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Cruise ship]] ''[[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (ship)|Lakonia]]'' burns 180 miles north of [[Madeira]] with the loss of 128 lives. | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Comedian]] [[Lenny Bruce]] is convicted of [[obscenity]]. | ||
| - | * 1964 - First [[SR-71]] (Blackbird) flight. | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - In the [[United Kingdom]], a 70mph [[speed limit]] is applied to all rural roads including [[motorway]]s 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 [[France|French]] administration. | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Ted Heath]]'s house is attacked by members of the [[Provisional IRA]]. | ||
| - | *[[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]] - Subway vigilante [[Bernhard Hugo Goetz]] shoots four [[African-American]] men on an express train in [[The Bronx]] borough of [[New York City]]. | ||
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Chico Mendes]], a [[Brazil]]ian [[rubber tapper]], [[Trade union|unionist]] and [[environmental activist]], is [[assassin]]ated. | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - After a week of bloody demonstrations, [[Ion Iliescu]] takes over as president of [[Romania]], ending [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]]'s [[Communism|Communist]] dictatorship. | ||
| - | * 1989 - [[Berlin]]'s [[Brandenburg Gate]] re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of [[East Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]]. | ||
| - | * 1989 - [[Kempsey bus crash]]: Two tourist coaches collide on the [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] north of [[Kempsey, New South Wales]] | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Paul Coffey]] of the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] becomes the [[National Hockey League]]'s first defenseman to score 1,000 points. He would finish his career with 1,531 points. | ||
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Acteal massacre]]: Attendees at a prayer meeting of [[Roman Catholic]] activists for [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] causes in the small village of [[Acteal]] in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] state of [[Chiapas]] are [[massacre]]d by [[paramilitary]] forces. | ||
| - | *[[1999]] - The [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Spanish Civil Guard|Civil Guard]] finds near [[Calatayud]] ([[Zaragoza]]) another van loaded by [[ETA]] with 750 kg of [[explosives]] (see related event on [[December 21]] [[1999]]). | ||
| - | *[[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 (terrorist)|Richard Reid]] attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard [[American Airlines Flight 63]]. | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - A magnitude 6.6 [[earthquake]] hits near [[San Simeon, California]]; see [[San Simeon earthquake]]. | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - The [[Bleach (manga)]] film: [[The DiamondDust Rebellion]], is released in Japan theatres. Starring [[Tōshirō Hitsugaya]] as the lead character. | ||
| - | |||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> | ||
| - | *[[1095]] - [[Roger II of Sicily]], King of Sicily (d. [[1154]]) | ||
| - | *[[1178]] - [[Emperor Antoku]] of Japan (d. [[1185]]) | ||
| - | *[[1546]] - [[Kuroda Yoshitaka]], Japanese Daimyo (d. [[1604]]) | ||
| *[[1550]] - [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1631]]) | *[[1550]] - [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1631]]) | ||
| *[[1639]] - [[Jean Racine]], French dramatist (d. [[1699]]) | *[[1639]] - [[Jean Racine]], French dramatist (d. [[1699]]) | ||
| - | *[[1666]] - [[Guru Gobind Singh]], [[Sikh]] guru (d. [[1708]]) | ||
| - | *[[1690]] - [[Pamheiba|Meidingnu Pamheiba]], [[Monarchy|King]] of [[Manipur]] (d. [[1751]]) | ||
| - | *[[1694]] - [[Hermann Samuel Reimarus]], German philosopher and writer (d. [[1768]]) | ||
| - | *[[1696]] - [[James Oglethorpe]], English general and founder of the state of Georgia (d. [[1785]]) | ||
| - | *[[1723]] - [[Karl Friedrich Abel]], German composer (d. [[1787]]) | ||
| - | *[[1765]] - [[Johann Friedrich Pfaff]], German mathematician (d. [[1825]]) | ||
| - | *[[1805]] - [[John Obadiah Westwood]], British entomologist (d. [[1893]]) | ||
| - | *[[1807]] - [[Johann Sebastian Welhaven]], Norwegian poet (d. [[1873]]) | ||
| - | *[[1819]] - [[Franz Wilhelm Abt]], German composer (d. [[1870]]) | ||
| - | * 1819 - [[Pierre Ossian Bonnet]], French mathematician (d. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | *[[1853]] - [[Teresa Carreño]], Venezuelan pianist (d. [[1917]]) | ||
| - | * 1853 - [[Yevgraf Fyodorov]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1919]]) | ||
| - | *[[1856]] - [[Frank B. Kellogg]], [[U.S. Secretary of State]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1937]]) | ||
| *[[1858]] - [[Giacomo Puccini]], Italian composer (d. [[1924]]) | *[[1858]] - [[Giacomo Puccini]], Italian composer (d. [[1924]]) | ||
| - | *[[1860]] - [[Austin Norman Palmer]], American penmanship innovator (d. [[1927]]) | ||
| - | *[[1862]] - [[Connie Mack (baseball)|Connie Mack]], American baseball executive (d. [[1956]]) | ||
| - | *[[1869]] - [[Edwin Arlington Robinson]], American poet (d. [[1935]]) | ||
| - | * 1869 - [[Dmitri Egorov]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1931]]) | ||
| - | *[[1872]] - [[Camille Guérin]], French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. [[1961]]) | ||
| - | *[[1874]] - [[Franz Schmidt]], Austrian composer (d. [[1939]]) | ||
| *[[1876]] - [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Italian poet and editor (d. [[1944]]) | *[[1876]] - [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Italian poet and editor (d. [[1944]]) | ||
| *[[1883]] - [[Edgard Varèse]] French-born composer (d. [[1965]]) | *[[1883]] - [[Edgard Varèse]] French-born composer (d. [[1965]]) | ||
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], Indian mathematician (d. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | *[[1888]] - [[J. Arthur Rank]], British film producer (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock]], Russian physicist (d. [[1974]]) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Gustav Gründgens]], German actor (d. [[1963]]) | ||
| *[[1900]] - [[Marc Allégret]], French film director and screenwriter (d. [[1973]]) | *[[1900]] - [[Marc Allégret]], French film director and screenwriter (d. [[1973]]) | ||
| - | *[[1901]] - [[André Kostelanetz]], American popular music orchestra leader and arranger (d. [[1980]]) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Haldan Keffer Hartline]], American physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| *[[1905]] - [[Kenneth Rexroth]], American poet (d. [[1982]]) | *[[1905]] - [[Kenneth Rexroth]], American poet (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| * 1905 - [[Pierre Brasseur]], French actor (d. [[1972]]) | * 1905 - [[Pierre Brasseur]], French actor (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | *[[1907]] - Dame [[Peggy Ashcroft]], English actress (d. [[1991]]) | + | *[[1908]] - [[Max Bill]], Swiss architect (d. [[1994]]) |
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Patricia Hayes]], English actress (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Lady Bird Johnson]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Barbara Billingsley]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Gene Rayburn]], American game show host (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]], American country singer (d. [[1963]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Jack Brooks (politician)|Jack Brooks]], American politician | + | |
| - | * 1922 - [[Ruth Roman]], American actress (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1924]] - [[Frank Corsaro]], American stage director | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Lewis Glucksman]], American financier (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[David Pearson]], American racecar driver | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[James Burke (science historian)|James Burke]], British writer | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Hector Elizondo]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Wojciech Frykowski]], Polish actor (d. [[1969]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Eduard Uspensky]], Russian writer | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Matty Alou]], Dominican baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Lucien Bouchard]], Quebec politician | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[James Gurley]], American musician | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Dick Parry]], English musician ([[Pink Floyd]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Paul Wolfowitz]], American politician | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Steve Carlton]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Diane Sawyer]], American journalist | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Rick Nielsen]], American musician ([[Cheap Trick]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Noel Edmonds]], English game show host | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Steve Garvey]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Lynne Thigpen]], American actress (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Maurice Gibb]], English musician ([[The Bee Gees]]) (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Robin Gibb]], English musician ([[The Bee Gees]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor]], Duke of Westminster | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[BernNadette Stanis]], actress | + | |
| - | * 1953 - [[Ian Turnbull (hockey)|Ian Turnbull]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Hideshi Matsuda]], Japanese racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Lonnie Smith]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Carole James]], Canadian politician | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Frank Gambale]], Australian musician | + | |
| - | * 1958 - [[Mikael Nordfors]], Swedish physician and author | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Bernd Schuster]], German footballer | + | |
| *[[1960]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American artist (d. [[1988]]) | *[[1960]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American artist (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| - | * 1960 - [[Luther Campbell|Luther Campbell (Luke)]], American rap artist ([[2 Live Crew]]) | + | *[[1967]] - [[Stefan Zweifel]], Swiss writer, translator and journalist. |
| - | * 1960 - [[Patrick Fitzgerald]], American attorney | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Andrew Fastow]], American businessman | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Ralph Fiennes]], English actor | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Giuseppe Bergomi]], Italian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Dmitry Bilozerchev]], Soviet gymnast | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Dan Petrescu]], Romanian footballer | + | |
| - | * 1967 - [[Richey James Edwards]], Welsh musician ([[Manic Street Preachers]]) (disappeared in [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | * 1967 - [[Stéphane Gendron]], Quebec politician | + | |
| - | * 1967 - [[Paul Morris (motorsport)|Paul Morris]], Australian racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Dina Meyer]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1968 - [[Lauralee Bell]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Myriam Bédard]], Canadian athlete | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Big Tigger]], television host | + | |
| - | * 1972 - [[Vanessa Paradis]], French singer | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Heather Donahue]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Crissy Moran]], American erotic actress | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Dmitri Khokhlov]], Russian footballer | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Stanislav Neckář]], Czech ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Brian A. Alexander]], American screenwriter and director | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Steve Kariya]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Lee Eun-ju]], South Korean actress (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Chris Carmack]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Jennifer Hawkins]], Australian Miss Universe | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Jonas Altberg]], Swedish musician ([[Basshunter]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[SaTaN InSiDe]], Persian Hacker | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Jordin Sparks]], American singer and ''[[American Idol]]'' winner | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Maunier]], French actor | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <!-- | + | |
| - | Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. | + | |
| - | Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. | + | |
| - | If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. | + | |
| - | Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1100]] - Duke [[Bretislaus II of Bohemia]] | ||
| - | *[[1550]] - [[Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell)]] possibly a son of Richard III | ||
| - | *[[1603]] - [[Mehmed III]], [[Ottoman Emperor]] (b. [[1566]]) | ||
| - | *[[1646]] - [[Peter Mogila]], Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. [[1596]]) | ||
| - | *[[1660]] - [[André Tacquet]], Flemish mathematician (b. [[1612]]) | ||
| - | *[[1681]] - [[Richard Alleine]], English Puritan clergyman (b. [[1611]]) | ||
| - | *[[1708]] - [[Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp]], Swedish writer (b. [[1681]]) | ||
| - | *[[1738]] - [[Constantia Jones]], British prostitute (executed) | ||
| - | *[[1767]] - [[John Newbery]], English publisher (b. [[1713]]) | ||
| - | *[[1788]] - [[Percivall Pott]], English physician and surgeon (b. [[1714]]) | ||
| - | *[[1806]] - [[William Vernon]], American merchant (b. [[1719]]) | ||
| - | *[[1867]] - [[Jean-Victor Poncelet]], French mathematician (b. [[1788]]) | ||
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]], Spanish poet and writer (b. [[1836]]) | ||
| - | *[[1828]] - [[William Hyde Wollaston]], English chemist (b. [[1766]]) | ||
| *[[1880]] - [[George Eliot]], English writer (b. [[1819]]) | *[[1880]] - [[George Eliot]], English writer (b. [[1819]]) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Dwight L. Moody]], American evangelist (b. [[1837]]) | ||
| *[[1902]] - [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], German psychiatrist (b. [[1840]]) | *[[1902]] - [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], German psychiatrist (b. [[1840]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Mother Cabrini]], first American citizen canonized by the Catholic Church (b. [[1850]]) | ||
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Ma Rainey]], American singer (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| *[[1940]] - [[Nathanael West]], American writer (b. [[1903]]) | *[[1940]] - [[Nathanael West]], American writer (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| *[[1942]] - [[Franz Boas]], German anthropologist (b. [[1858]]) | *[[1942]] - [[Franz Boas]], German anthropologist (b. [[1858]]) | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Beatrix Potter]], English writer (b. [[1866]]) | + | *[[1969]] - [[Josef von Sternberg]], Austrian-American film director (b. [[1894]]) |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Harry Langdon]], American silent film actor (b. [[1884]]) | + | *[[1989]] - [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer (b. [[1906]]) |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Hans Aumeier]], German Nazi official and concentration camp commandant (b. [[1906]]) | + | *[[2022]] - [[Thom Bell]], American composer (b. 1943) |
| - | * 1947 - [[Therese Brandl]], Nazi concentration camp guard (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Gilda Gray]], Polish-born American dancer and actress (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Richard Dimbleby]], English journalist and broadcaster (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Godfried Bomans]], Dutch author and television personality (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Darryl F. Zanuck]], American producer (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[D. Boon]], American singer and guitarist ([[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]]) (b. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Chico Mendes]], Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist, and environmental activist (assassinated) (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Frederick Franz]], Watchtower president (b. [[1893]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Don DeFore]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Butterfly McQueen]], American actress (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | * 1995 - [[James Meade]], English economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Bank of Sweden Prize]] winner (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Michelle Thomas]], American actress (b. [[1969]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Desmond Hoyte]], [[President of Guyana]] (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Joe Strummer]], English musician ([[The Clash]]) (b. [[1952]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Dave Dudley]], American singer (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Doug Ault]], American baseball player (b. [[1950]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Galina Ustvolskaya]], Russian composer (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Dennis Linde]], American songwriter (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | # Richard von Krafft-Ebing | + | |
| - | # Stefan Zweifel | + | |
| - | # Becquer | + | |
| - | # Louis Filler | + | |
| - | # Filippo Tommaso Marinetti | + | |
| - | # Samuel Beckett | + | |
| - | # Edgard Varèse | + | |
| - | # Max Bill | + | |
| - | # Jean-Michel Basquiat | + | |
| - | # Nathanael West | + | |
| - | # Marc Allégret | + | |
| - | # Kenneth Rexroth | + | |
| - | # Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | + | |
| - | # Pierre Brasseur | + | |
| - | * George Eliot | + | |
| - | * Josef von Sternberg | + | |
| - | * Cesare Cremonini (philosopher) | + | |
| - | + | ||
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
Current revision
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
| << December 21 | December 23 >> | |
|---|---|---|
[edit]
Art and culture
- 1849 - The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second.
- 1894 - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune premieres in Paris.
- 1894 - The Dreyfus affair begins, in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason, on antisemitic grounds.
[edit]
Births
- 1550 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)
- 1639 - Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)
- 1858 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924)
- 1876 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet and editor (d. 1944)
- 1883 - Edgard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965)
- 1900 - Marc Allégret, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
- 1905 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 1982)
- 1905 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (d. 1972)
- 1908 - Max Bill, Swiss architect (d. 1994)
- 1960 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (d. 1988)
- 1967 - Stefan Zweifel, Swiss writer, translator and journalist.
[edit]
Deaths
- 1880 - George Eliot, English writer (b. 1819)
- 1902 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychiatrist (b. 1840)
- 1940 - Nathanael West, American writer (b. 1903)
- 1942 - Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858)
- 1969 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American film director (b. 1894)
- 1989 - Samuel Beckett, Irish writer (b. 1906)
- 2022 - Thom Bell, American composer (b. 1943)
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "December 22" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
