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Tuesday
December 22, 2026 — day 356 of 365
- Day of the year
- 356 of 365
- Week of the year
- 52
- Days left in 2026
- 9
The sky on December 22, 2026
Moon phase on December 22, 2026: Waxing Gibbous
- Illumination
- 93.63%
- Moon age
- 12.37 days
- Sunrise
- 7:50 am
- Day length
- 9h 20m
- Sunset
- 5:10 pm
Times for Columbus, US (America/New_York), approximate
Date formats for December 22, 2026
- United States 12/22/2026 · December 22, 2026
- UK / Europe 22/12/2026 · 22 December 2026
- ISO 8601 2026-12-22
- Abbreviated Dec 22, 2026 · 22 Dec 2026
- Full format Tuesday, December 22nd, 2026
This day in history — December 22
What happened on December 22
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1989
German reunification: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
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1808
Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy.
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2010
The United States repealed its "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the military.
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1989
Romanian Revolution: Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife Elena flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
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1978
The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for the reform and opening up.
Famous births on December 22
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1949
Maurice Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
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1949
Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
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1858
Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator
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1962
Ralph Fiennes, English actor
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1960
Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet
Famous deaths on December 22
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1989
Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
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1880
George Eliot, English novelist and poet
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2014
Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter
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2002
Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter
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1943
Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator