The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason. The Dreyfus Affair was a major political and social crisis that…
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22 December 1971
The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France. Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans…
22 December 1942
Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon. The V-2 rocket, also known as the A-4, was the world’s first…
22 December 1975
U.S. President Gerald Ford creates the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to the 1970s energy crisis.
22 December 1990
Lech Wa??sa is elected President of Poland. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa’]
22 December 401
Pope Innocent I is elected. Pope Saint Innocent I was pope from 401 to March 12, 417. A capable and energetic leader, he effectively promoted…
22 December 1937
The Lincoln Tunnel in New York City opens to traffic. (Originally published by the Daily News on December 22, 1937.) The City of Skyscrapers yesterday…
22 December 1942
Adolf Hitler signs the order to begin development the V2 rocket as a weapon. Early in World War II, Hitler was not particularly enthusiastic about…