The Surprising Events on December 22 in History

Are you wondering what happened on December 22 in history? In this video, we'll take a look at some of the most surprising events that took place on December 22 in history.

December 22 is a special day for a lot of reasons, and it's often filled with exciting events that you may not know about. In this video, we'll explore some of the most surprising events that have occurred on December 22 in history!
1775 Continental navy organized with 7 ships
1807 US Congress passes Embargo Act and President Thomas Jefferson signs into law. Prohibits American ships from trading in foreign ports, as result of involvement in hostilities between France and Britain
1849 The execution of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky by firing squad is called off at the last second
1882 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
1885 Samurai Itō Hirobumi, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan
1886 1st national accountants' society in US formed (NYC)
1894 United States Golf Association forms in New York
1941 Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C. for a wartime conference
1943 Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core
1956 Colo is born, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio
1958 Christmas novelty single "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by David Seville and the Chipmunks reaches #1 - the only holiday chart-topper until Mariah Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 2019
1963 Official 30-day mourning period for President John F. Kennedy ends
1964 American comedian Lenny Bruce is convicted of obscenity
1964 First flight of the US aircraft Lockheed SR-71, reaches close to 2,200 mph (record for a jet)
1973 OPEC Gulf Six decides to raise the posted price of marker crude from $5.12 to $11.65 per barrel effective January 1, 1974
1975 US President Gerald Ford signs the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) - establishes National Petroleum Reserve
1978 Kenney Jones becomes The Who's new drummer, replacing the deceased Keith Moon
1990 Labor activist Lech Wałęsa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president
1997 Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA
2000 On This Day launched as HistoryOrb.com
2001 Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
2010 Repeal of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell policy", a 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the US military, signed into law by President Barack Obama
2016 Ebola vaccine VSV-EBOV is found to be 70-100% effective in a study published in The Lancet, becoming the world's first proven vaccine against Ebola
2022 "American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades" - 76.4 years, according to new report by CDC, biggest factors in the fall among many, COVID-19 and drug overdoses
2022 US Drug Enforcement Administration says it seized 379 million doses of fentanyl in 2022 - more than enough to kill every American