1. 1807: The Embargo Act, which aimed to force peace between Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars, was signed into law by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
2. 1885: Italo-Turkish War: Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
3. 1894: The Dreyfus Affair: Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in France, a decision later overturned.
4. 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel opened to traffic in New York City.
5. 1944: World War II: The Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise counter-attack against Allied forces in Belgium.
6. 1964: The first test flight of the SR-71 Blackbird, the world's fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft, took place.
7. 1984: Bernhard Goetz shot four African-American would-be muggers on a New York City subway train.
8. 1989: Romanian Revolution: The last major protests against Nicolae Ceaușescu's communist regime took place in Timișoara.
9. 2001: Richard Reid attempted to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
10. 2001: The Hamill Brothers, owners of the Buffalo Sabres, announced that they had reached a tentative agreement to sell the NHL franchise to B. Thomas Golisano.
These events span a wide range of historical periods and significance, reflecting the diversity of occurrences on December 22 throughout history.
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