Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 22

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.

Recent days: December 21 – December 20 – December 19

More anniversaries:

• November 30
• December 1
• December 2