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RE: December 22nd

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The 856 Damghan Earthquake occurred on 22 December, 856 AD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/856_Damghan_earthquake

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At the first session of the French Royal Academy of Sciences, on December 22, 1666, it was decided the creation of the Paris Royal Observatory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Observatory

The first meeting of the French Academy of Sciences was on the 22nd December 1666
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Academy_of_Sciences

The Planetarium of Bogotá was officially opened on December 22, 1969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetarium_of_Bogot%C3%A1

Aldershot Observatory was officially opened on 22 December 1906
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldershot_Observatory

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The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen sank in the Kwajalein lagoon on December 22, 1946
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads

On December 22, 1906 the Galilee survey ship set out on her final cruise from San Diego.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilee_(ship)#Cruise_III

The Sopwith Camel biplane made its maiden flight on 22 December 1916
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_Camel

The first flight of the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" took place on 22 December 1964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird#Main_era

On December 22, 1942, Adolf Hitler signed the order approving the production of the A-4 as a "vengeance weapon"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun#The_Prussian_rocketeer_and_working_under_the_Nazis

The NASA Authorization Act of 2005, was passed by the US Congress on December 22, 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Authorization_Act_of_2005

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The Vostok 1K spacecraft with spacedogs Damka and Krasavka was launched December 22, 1960
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_dogs#Damka_and_Krasavka

Kosmos 12 was launched on the 22nd December 1962
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_12

The Prognoz 4 satellite was launched on the 22nd December 1975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognoz_(satellite)

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Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44353372/yuri-ivanovich-malenchenko/

Herman Potocnik (December 22, 1892 - August 27, 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian rocket engineer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46882728/herman-potocnik-1892-1929/

James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a British broadcaster
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46900620/james-burke/

Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan (22 December 1887 - 26 April 1920) was a Indian mathematician
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46882724/srinivasa-iyengar-ramanujan-1887-1920/

Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier (22 December 1812 in Paris - 5 April 1872) was a French astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auguste_Ernest_Laugier

Eduard Schönfeld (December 22, 1828 - May 1, 1891) was a German astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Sch%C3%B6nfeld

Josef Hopmann (December 22, 1890 - October 11, 1975) was a German astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Hopmann

Grote Reber (December 22, 1911 - December 20, 2002) was an amateur astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46882719/grote-reber-1911-2002/

Stefano Sposetti (born December 22, 1958) is a Swiss astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Sposetti

Colo (December 22, 1956 - January 17, 2017) was a Western Gorilla famous for being the first gorilla to be born in captivity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colo_(gorilla)

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Star Trek: "Wolf in the Fold" was broadcast on December 22, 1967.

Spoiler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_in_the_Fold

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NGC 489 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd December 1862.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56009060/ngc-489/

NGC 1619 was discovered by Lewis Swift on the 22nd December 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56009242/ngc-1619/

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Nova Herculis 1934 reached peak brightness, Mag 1.5 , on the 22nd December 1934
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1935JRASC..29...15M

Jupiter Trojan 13387 Irus (1998 YW6) was discovered on December 22, 1998
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56010927/jupiter-trojan-13387-irus-1998-yw6/

In December 2005, the Hubble Telescope detected two previously unknown rings around the planet Uranus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#Planetary_rings

Asteroid (323) Brucia was the first asteroid to be discovered by astrophotography in 1891
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/323_Brucia

Drawing of a comet over Beverwijk on December 22, 1680
http://www.museumbeverwijk.nl/cgi-bin/objecten.pl?ident=31341

Comet 43P/WolfHarrington was discovered on December 22, 1924
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43P/Wolf%E2%80%93Harrington

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Meteorites

The Manbhoom (LL6) meteorite fell in West Bengal, India, on the 22nd December 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46882741/manbhoom-meteorite/

The Moti-ka-nagla (H6) meteorite fell in Rajasthan, India, on the 22nd December 1868.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46882743/moti-ka-nagla-meteorite/

The LEW 88516 meteorite was discovered on December 22, 1988
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56009620/lewis-cliff-88516-meteorite/