📜 This Day in History

December 22

• 401Pope Innocent I began his papacy, succeeding Anastasius I.
• 1920The Congress of Soviets approved the GOELRO plan, the first Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development.
• 1948Chaired by Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia was established to counter Dutch attempts to re-assert colonial control.
• 1997Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquished the disputed title of President of Somalia.
• 2008A dike ruptured at a waste containment area for a coal-fired power plant in Kingston, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion gallons (4.2 million m3) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in US history.
• 2018A tsunami, triggered by the partial collapse of Anak Krakatoa, killed 426 people and injured over 14,000 in coastal areas of Indonesia.

Born on this day

• 1639Jean Racine, French poet and playwright (died 1699)
• 1858Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (died 1924)
• 1887Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (died 1920)
• 1984Basshunter, Swedish singer, record producer and DJ