December 22

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	69	Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered by the Gemonian stairs in Rome.	Led Zeppelin	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin IV
2.	1807	The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.	The Smiths	I Won't Share You	Strangeways, Here We Come
3.	1851	The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.	Evergreen	Freight Trains and Windsongs	Discography
4.	1885	Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.	The Microphones	Samurai Sword	The Glow, Pt 2
5.	1956	Colo is born, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity.	Gorilla Biscuits	Gorilla Biscuits	Gorilla Biscuits
6.	1965	In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.	New Order	Slow Jam	Get Ready
7.	1989	After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceauşescu'sCommunist dictatorship.	The Faith	In Control	Faith / Void Split
8.	1989	Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany	State of Alert	Gatecrashers	No Policy
9.	1992	The Archives of Terror are discovered.	The Anniversary	I Believe That the End of the Reign of Terror Is Soon Near	Another Year on the Streets

(Historical facts about December 22 are from Wikipedia.)