How Many Days Until December 22?

This day in history: December 22

1. 1997

   Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquished the disputed title of President of Somalia.

2. 2001

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

3. 2001

   Richard Reid unsuccessfully attempted to detonate a bomb in his shoe on a transatlantic flight from Paris to Miami.

4. 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.

5. 2010

   The United States repealed its "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the military.

6. 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.

7. 2018

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

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