On this day: 22 December

Selected events and births on 22 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 401 – Pope Innocent I began his papacy, succeeding Anastasius I. Read more: Pope Innocent I Pope Anastasius I
• 1920 – The Congress of Soviets approved the GOELRO plan, the first Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development. Read more: Congress of Soviets GOELRO
• 1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel, connecting New York City to Weehawken, New Jersey, opened. Read more: Lincoln Tunnel Weehawken, New Jersey
• 1997 – Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquished the disputed title of President of Somalia. Read more: Hussein Farrah Aidid President of Somalia
• 2014 – The United States Copyright Office stated that works lacking human authorship, such as a photograph taken by a monkey, could not be registered for copyright in the United States. Read more: United States Copyright Office Monkey selfie copyright dispute

Born on this day

• 1938 – Lucien Bouchard, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of Quebec Read more: Lucien Bouchard Premier of Quebec
• 1943 – Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Read more: Paul Wolfowitz United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
• 1952 – Sandra Kalniete, Latvian politician and diplomat, former Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more: Sandra Kalniete List of ministers for foreign affairs of Latvia
• 1955 – Thomas C. Südhof, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Thomas C. Südhof Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1998 – G Hannelius, American actress and singer Read more: Genevieve Hannelius
• 1998 – Latto, American rapper and singer Read more: Latto
• 1998 – Casper Ruud, Norwegian tennis player Read more: Casper Ruud
• 2000 – Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer Read more: Joshua Bassett
• 2001 – Camila Osorio, Colombian tennis player Read more: Camila Osorio
• 2002 – David Datro Fofana, Ivorian footballer Read more: David Datro Fofana
• 2003 – Joe Anders, American-British actor Read more: Joe Anders
• 2006 – Callan McKenna, Scottish footballer Read more: Callan McKenna

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