Monday, December 22, 2025

History for December 22

History for December 22 - On-This-Day.com 
Ted Cruz 1970 - Politician from Texas
  • 1894 - French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. Dreyfus was eventually vindicated.
  • 1895 - German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen made the first X-ray, of his wife's hand.
  • 1961 - James Davis became the first U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam, while U.S. involvement was still limited to the provision of military advisers.
  • 1990 - Lech Walesa was sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president.
  • 1991 - The body of Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, an American hostage murdered by his captors, was found along a highway in Lebanon.

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