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What Happened On 22nd December 1997 In History

December 22nd (1997) was a Monday. It's the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 9 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 22nd December, 1997

  • » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Catholic Church Roman Catholic activists for Indigenous peoples of the Americas indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are Wiktionary:massacre massacred by paramil
  • » Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of List of Presidents of Somalia e.g President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.

December 22nd Famous Deaths for 1997

  • » Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931)

December 22nd Holidays in History

  • » Armed Forces Day (Vietnam)
  • » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
  • » Anastasia of Sirmium (Eastern Orthodox Church known as Orthodox Church)
  • » Frances Xavier Cabrini
  • » O antiphon known as O Rex
  • » Lottie Moon (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • » December 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Srinivasa Ramanujan e.g National Mathematics Day (India)
  • » Public holidays in Zimbabwe known as Unity Day (Zimbabwe)
  • » Winter solstice related observance (see December 21):

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World History for the 22nd December