December 22

Thursday 22, 1988:

Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, was assassinated.

Friday 22, 1944:

Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Vietnam

Thursday 22, 1864:

Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman

Saturday 22, 1849:

The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is canceled at the last second.

Tuesday 22, 1807:

The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.

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