Browse Historical Events by Day: What Happened on December 22nd?

The First gorilla is born in captivity. The newborn female, weighing in at approximately 4 pounds western lowland gorilla, was born in the Columbus Zoo and was named Colo, a combination of Columbus and Ohio. Colo lived her entire life at the Columbus Zoo, she died on Jan. 17, 2017, one month after her 60th birthday celebration. At the time of her death, Colo was the oldest gorilla ever on record. More

Apartheid in South Africa is further entrenched with the passing of the Suppression of Communism Act.

2001 “Shoe bomber” Richard Reid attempts to detonate bombs on a Paris to Miami flight, just months after the 9/11 attacks. More