iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.
iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.



Link to original content: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/22
BBC ON THIS DAY | 22
BBC Home
Explore the BBC
22 December  
Search ON THIS DAY by date
Go back one day Go forward one day  
Front Page |  Years |  Themes |  Witness
About This Site | Text Only
Survivors sitting in fuselage 1972: Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash

The Chilean Air Force finds 14 survivors two months after their plane crashed in the Andes.

Brandenburg Gate 1989: Brandenburg Gate re-opens
Berlin's most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate, opens for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Edward Heath 1974: Heath's home is bombed
Terrorists bomb the home of the Conservative leader and former Prime Minister Edward Heath.

Madonna emerges from Dornoch Cathedral 2000: Madonna weds her Guy
The American superstar marries British film maker Guy Ritchie at an exclusive ceremony in a Scottish castle hours after their son is christened.

Mark Henderson 2003: Hostages freed by Colombian rebels
Guerrillas in Colombia release the Briton Mark Henderson and four Israelis who were kidnapped in September.

1997: BSE inquiry to be 'far-reaching'
An independent inquiry into the BSE "disaster" and the devastation it wreaked on British farming is announced.
 Around this Day
19 December
Top Story 1984: Britain signs over Hong Kong to China
20 December
Top Story 1973: Spanish prime minister assassinated
21 December
Top Story 1988: Jumbo jet crashes onto Lockerbie
23 December
Top Story 1972: Earthquake wreaks devastation in Nicaragua
24 December
Top Story 1962: Bay of Pigs prisoners fly to freedom
25 December
Top Story 1989: Romania's 'first couple' executed
Witness memories
0 Looking back
A selection of the best of your memories

World War II - 1939 to 1945
0 Britain and France joined the war on 3 September 1939A compilation of key stories as they broke throughout the war

On This Day
0 Graphic image - text with red squaresHeadlines delivered to your desktop - find out about RSS

BBC History>>
0 BBC HistoryArticles, biographies and multimedia on historical events

BBC Radio 4 History>>
0 Radio 4 logoFind out what Radio 4 has to offer history lovers

 
Search ON THIS DAY by date
Go back one day Go forward one day  

^^ back to top
Front Page |  Years |  Themes |  Witness
©MMVIII | News Sources | Privacy & Cookies Policy