December 22: December Solstice (00:22 UTC, 2006); Yule; last night of Hanukkah (Judaism, 2006).
1864 - American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea ended with the capture of Savannah, Georgia.
1885 - Itō Hirobumi, a samurai from Chōshū, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
1989 - Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate re-opened after nearly 30 years, symbolizing the unity of East and West Germany.
2001 - Burhanuddin Rabbani of the Northern Alliance handed over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by Hamid Karzai (pictured).
2001 - CC the cat, the first cloned pet, was born.
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