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22 December 2024

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Holidays

No listed India public holiday for this date.

Observances

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Selected anniversaries

Anniversary

2018 - A tsunami, triggered by the partial collapse of Anak Krakatoa, killed 426 people and injured over 14,000 in coastal areas of Indonesia.

Tsunami in coastal regions of Banten and Lampung, Indonesia

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Anniversary

2014 - The United States Copyright Office stated that works lacking human authorship, such as a photograph taken by a monkey, could not be registered for copyright in the United States.

Government body in the United States

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Anniversary

2010 - The United States repealed its "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the military (signing pictured).

US federal law ending military LGBTQ policy

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Anniversary

2008 - A dike ruptured at a waste containment area for a coal-fired power plant in Kingston, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion gallons (4.2 million m3) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in US history.

2008 environmental disaster in Tennessee, United States

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Anniversary

2001 - Burhanuddin Rabbani of the Northern Alliance handed over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by Hamid Karzai.

President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001

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Historical events

History

2018 - A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more.

Tsunami in coastal regions of Banten and Lampung, Indonesia

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History

2018 - The 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown, the second-longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins.

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2017 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.

United Nations Security Council resolution

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History

2016 - A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.

Vaccine against Ebola virus disease

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History

2012 - Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.

Pakistani politician (1943–2012)

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History

2010 - The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

US federal law ending military LGBTQ policy

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History

2008 - An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.

2008 environmental disaster in Tennessee, United States

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History

2001 - Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.

President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001

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History

2001 - Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.

British terrorist jailed in a US federal prison

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1999 - Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.

International airport in Essex, England

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