Historical Events for 22nd December 2025

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1890 - Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.
1894 - Claude Debussy's first orchestral masterpiece "Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune" premieres in Paris
1930 - Convention of Economic Rapprochement/Oslo Agreesments signed between some European countries in response to the Great Depression
1940 - World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.
1942 - World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon
2017 - UN Security Council votes 15 to 0 for additional sanctions on North Korea, including measures to slash the country's petrol imports by up to 90%
2018 - Partial shutdown of US federal government begins
2022 - US Drug Enforcement Administration says it seized enough fentanyl in 2022 to kill every American, more than 379 million doses

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