Second Chechen War-The counter-terrorism operation in Chechnya is over

Tuesday Feb 29, 2000 - Russia

Disasters with highest death tolls-856 Damghan Earthquake

Friday Dec 22, 856 - Abbasid Caliphate (now Iran)

Abraham Lincoln-William Wallace Lincoln

Sunday Dec 22, 1850 - Springfield, Illinois, U.S.

Adolf Hitler-German referendum

Sunday Dec 22, 1929 - Germany

Cypriot intercommunal violence-Gunfire broke out, communication lines to the Turkish neighborhoods were cut

Sunday Dec 22, 1963 - Cyprus

1973 oil crisis-OPEC Gulf Six decides to raise the posted price of marker crude from $5.12 to $11.65 per barrel

Saturday Dec 22, 1973 - Vienna, Austria

Carlos the Jackal-The hostages' release

Monday Dec 22, 1975 - Algiers, Algeria

1973 oil crisis-President Ford signs the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)

Monday Dec 22, 1975 - U.S.

1973 oil crisis-Energy Policy and Conservation Act was passed

Monday Dec 22, 1975 - U.S.

Audrey Hepburn-Always

Friday Dec 22, 1989 - U.S.

Croatian War of Independence-The new constitution

Saturday Dec 22, 1990 - Croatia

Marco van Basten-3rd Ballon d'Or

Tuesday Dec 22, 1992 - Paris, France

Second Chechen War-forces of Dagestani militants and Chechnya-based Arab warlord Ibn al-Khattab raided the base of the 136th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Army

Monday Dec 22, 1997 - Buynaksk, Dagestan, Russia

Zinedine Zidane-The Ballon d'Or

Tuesday Dec 22, 1998 - Paris, France

Angelina Jolie-The Good Shepherd

Friday Dec 22, 2006 - New York, United States

Johan Cruyff-A Friendly game against Argentina

Tuesday Dec 22, 2009 - Barcelona, Spain

September 11 (9/11) Attacks-James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act

Wednesday Dec 22, 2010 - United States Capitol, Washington D.C., U.S.

Shaquille O'Neal-The Heat eventually retired O'Neal's jersey

Thursday Dec 22, 2016 - Miami, Florida, U.S.

Lionel Messi-Messi scored his 644th goal for Barcelona

Tuesday Dec 22, 2020 - José Zorrilla Stadium, Valladolid, Spain

Carl Abel Birth

Wednesday Dec 22, 1723 - Köthen

Hot Dog-Dorgan's earliest usage of hot dog

Sunday Dec 16, 1906 - Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Abstain From Sexual Relations

1906 - South Africa

David Ben-Gurion-Immigrated

1906 - Palestine

The Wright brothers-No flights made

1906 - U.S.

Xinhai Revolution-The abolition of The Imperial Examinations

1906 - China

Statue of Liberty-Mother of Exiles

1906 - New York, U.S.

Statue of Liberty-Color Transformation

1906 - New York, U.S.

Mexican Revolution-The Office of vice President was Revived

1906 - Mexico City, Mexico

Incandescent light bulb-William D. Coolidge developed a method of making "ductile Tungsten" from Sintered Tungsten

1906 - Massachusetts, U.S.

Willis Carrier-Apparatus for Treating Air

Tuesday Jan 2, 1906 - U.S.

Igor Stravinsky-1st Marriage

Tuesday Jan 23, 1906 - Saint Petersburg, Russia

Winston Churchill-Liberals won general election in January 1906

Jan, 1906 - United Kingdom

Mona Lisa-Louvre restorer Eugène Denizard performed watercolour retouches

1906 - Paris, France

1905 Russian Revolution-More than 14,000 people had been executed and 75,000 imprisoned

Apr, 1906 - Russian Empire

Lucky Luciano-Emigrated to the U.S.

Apr, 1906 - New York, U.S.

Igor Stravinsky-Receiving a Half-Course Diploma

Apr, 1906 - Saint Petersburg, Russia

Xerox-Haloid Photographic Company

Wednesday Apr 18, 1906 - Rochester, New York, U.S.

Marie Curie-Pierre Curie's Death

Thursday Apr 19, 1906 - Paris, France

1905 Russian Revolution-The Russian Constitution of 1906

Sunday May 6, 1906 - Russian Empire

Marie Curie-The First Woman To become a Professor at The University of Paris

Sunday May 13, 1906 - Paris, France

The Wright brothers-New and useful Improvements in Flying Machines

Tuesday May 22, 1906 - U.S.

Mexican Revolution-The 1906 Cananea Strike

Friday Jun 1, 1906 - Cananea, Sonora, Mexico

Denmark expedition-Danmark ship started the expedition

Sunday Jun 24, 1906 - Greenland

Library of Congress-Purchase of G. V. Yudin's eighty-thousand volume Russian library

1906 - Washington D.C., U.S.

Joseph Stalin-Marriage

Jul, 1906 - Senaki, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (Now Georgia)

Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle worked harder at school

Jul, 1906 - France

Waghya-A memorial was built

1906 - Raigad Fort, Maratha Empire (Present Day India)

Dmitri Mendeleev-The lost Nobel

1906 - Stockholm, Sweden

Nikola Tesla-Tesla opened offices

1906 - New York City, New York, U.S.

Nikola Tesla-Tesla demonstrated a 200 horsepower (150 kilowatts) 16,000 rpm bladeless turbine

1906 - New York City, New York, U.S.

1905 Russian Revolution-The Commander of the Black Sea Fleet killed

Tuesday Jul 24, 1906 - Russian Empire

Denmark expedition-Denmark ship established a base in Danmarkshavn

Aug, 1906 - Greenland

X-ray-X-ray spectrum

1906 - United Kingdom

1905 Russian Revolution-Russian artillerymen and military engineers rose in revolt in the fortress of Sveaborg

Sunday Aug 12, 1906 - Helsinki, Finland, Russian Empire (Now Finland)

Elizabeth Blackwell-Last visit to U.S.

1906 - U.S.

W. E. B. Du Bois-The Niagarites held a second conference

Aug, 1906 - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, U.S.

W. E. B. Du Bois-President Teddy Roosevelt dishonorably discharged 167 black soldiers

1906 - U.S.

Benito Mussolini-Mussolini served for two years in the military

Sep, 1906 - Italy

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-The mass protest meeting

Tuesday Sep 11, 1906 - Johannesburg, South Africa

Gustav Stresemann-Dresden town council

1906 - Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (Present day Saxony state, Germany)

Yasunari Kawabata-Grandmother's Death

Sep, 1906 - Osaka, Japan

W. E. B. Du Bois-Atlanta race riot

Saturday Sep 22, 1906 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois urged blacks to withdraw their support from the Republican Party

1906 - U.S.

Denmark expedition-Northbound sled journeys started

Oct, 1906 - Greenland

Hot Dog-Dorgan's earliest usage of hot dog

Sunday Dec 16, 1906 - Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

Russell Bufalino-Immigration

1906 - New York, U.S.