Somali Civil War: 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. Date: December 22, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in…
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. Date: December 22, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On…
Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board. Date: December 22, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63. Date: December 22, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai. Date: December 22, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history. Date: December 22, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events…
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. Date: December 22, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day…
Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar. Date: December 22, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, making it the first proven vaccine against the disease. Date: December 22, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved. Date: December 22, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)