This Day In History
December 22
Continental Congress creates a Continental Navy Beethoven's Fifth Symphony given world premiere in Vienna Dostoevsky reprieved at last minute Sherman presents Lincoln with a Christmas gift John Chisum dies in Arkansas Dreyfus affair begins in France First "Mercedes" is delivered to its buyer Russian-German peace talks begin at Brest-Litovsk Express trains collide in Germany Churchill and Roosevelt discuss war and peace First gorilla born in captivity Julie Nixon marries David Eisenhower Waldheim elected U.N. secretary-general Soviet Union attacks Chinese policy toward Vietnam L.A. Lakers break pro sports winning streak record Washington announces Linebacker II raids will continue John Wayne Gacy confesses Hollywood mogul Darryl Zanuck dies The Bernhard Goetz subway shooting Romanian government falls Lech Walesa sworn in as president of Poland
Continental Congress creates a Continental Navy Beethoven's Fifth Symphony given world premiere in Vienna Dostoevsky reprieved at last minute Sherman presents Lincoln with a Christmas gift John Chisum dies in Arkansas Dreyfus affair begins in France First "Mercedes" is delivered to its buyer Russian-German peace talks begin at Brest-Litovsk Express trains collide in Germany Churchill and Roosevelt discuss war and peace First gorilla born in captivity Julie Nixon marries David Eisenhower Waldheim elected U.N. secretary-general Soviet Union attacks Chinese policy toward Vietnam L.A. Lakers break pro sports winning streak record Washington announces Linebacker II raids will continue John Wayne Gacy confesses Hollywood mogul Darryl Zanuck dies The Bernhard Goetz subway shooting Romanian government falls Lech Walesa sworn in as president of Poland
