Today in History (22nd December): Events: 401 - St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 795 - Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I 1689 - Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck 1731 - Dutch people revolt against meat tax 1807 - US Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France. 1851 - The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India. 1882 - 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison 1922 - Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent 1940 - World War II: Himare is captured by the Greek army. 1943 - Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core 1947 - Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1965 - Great Britain sets national maximum road speed at 70 miles per hour. 1971 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1972 - 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua 1978 - Thailand adopts constitution 1988 - South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa 1989 - After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolae Ceausescu 1989 - Chad adopts its Constitution 1990 - Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait 2003 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits near San Simeon, California. Birth: 1666 - Guru Gobind Singh, Last Sikh Guru. 1853 - Sarada Devi, wife of Shri.Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, 1887 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician. 1947 - Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer. 1958 - Jayamalini, Indian Actress.
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