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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_22" title="December 22">December 22</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_solstice" title="December solstice">December solstice</a></b> (03:28 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>, 2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule" title="Yule">Yule</a></b> begins; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongzhi_Festival" title="Dongzhi Festival">Dongzhi Festival</a></b> in China (2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/401" title="401">401</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_I" title="Pope Innocent I">Pope Innocent I</a></b> began his papacy, succeeding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Anastasius_I" title="Pope Anastasius I">Anastasius I</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1807" title="1807">1807</a> – In an effort to avoid engaging in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> passed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embargo_Act_of_1807" title="Embargo Act of 1807">Embargo Act</a></b>, forbidding American ships from engaging in trade with foreign nations.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a> – While riding a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway" title="New York City Subway">New York City Subway</a> train, Bernhard Goetz <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_New_York_City_Subway_shooting" title="1984 New York City Subway shooting">shot four African-American youths</a></b> who had attempted to rob him, sparking a nationwide debate on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilantism" title="Vigilantism">vigilantism</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States" title="Racism in the United States">racism</a>, and the legal limits of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defense" title="Self-defense">self-defense</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid" title="Richard Reid">Richard Reid</a></b> unsuccessfully attempted to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_63_(2001)" title="American Airlines Flight 63 (2001)">detonate a bomb in his shoe</a> on a transatlantic flight from Paris to Miami.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – A dike <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Fossil_Plant_coal_fly_ash_slurry_spill" title="Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill">ruptured</a></b> at a waste containment area for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority" title="Tennessee Valley Authority">Tennessee Valley Authority</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Fossil_Plant" title="Kingston Fossil Plant">coal-fired power plant</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Tennessee" title="Kingston, Tennessee">Kingston, Tennessee</a>, U.S., releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of coal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_ash" title="Fly ash">fly ash</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slurry" title="Slurry">slurry</a> in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynesige" title="Cynesige">Cynesige</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1060); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o" title="Teresa Carreño">Teresa Carreño</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1853); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basshunter" title="Basshunter">Basshunter</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1984)</p>
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