Born on 22 December 2019

At A Glance

22 December 2019 at a glance

Day of the week

22 December 2019 was a Sunday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “I Love Sausage Rolls” by LadBaby.

Top Film of 2019

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.

Star sign

The star sign for 22 December is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 22 December 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for December is Turquoise.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 22 December 2019 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 22 December

• 2008 An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.
• 2010 The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
• 2016 A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
• 2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.
• 2018 The 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown, the second-longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins.

Famous people born on 22 December

• Ralph Fiennes, English actor (born 1962)
• Ted Cruz, Canadian-American lawyer and politician (born 1970)
• Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (1960–1988)
• Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (1887–1920)

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