On this day …
December 22, 2014
- In 1808, Ludwig van Beethoven conducted the premiere of his Fifth Symphony in Vienna.
- In 1891, asteroid 323 Brucia was the first asteroid discovered using photography.
- In 1937, New York City’s Lincoln Tunnel opened to traffic.
- In 1956, Colo, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity, was born at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio.
- In 1984, Bernhard Goetz shot four would-be muggers on a train in New York City.
- In 1989, Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate re-opened after nearly 30 years.
- In 2001, Richard Reid attempted to destroy a passenger plane by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
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