December 22

Events

 * 1924 - Thomas Edison is issued U.S. design patent for "Design for a Phonograph Cabinet."
 * 1968 - First U.S. live telecast from a manned spacecraft
 * 2000 - Sirius Radio completes it's satellite system

Births

 * 1723 - Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787)
 * 1819 - Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer (d. 1870)
 * 1853 - Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan pianist (d. 1917)
 * 1874 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (d. 1939)
 * 1883 - Edgard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965)
 * 1921 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, American country singer (d. 1963)
 * 1939 - James Gurley, American musician
 * 1946 - Rick Nielsen, American musician (Cheap Trick)
 * 1949 - Maurice Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003)
 * 1949 - Robin Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees)
 * 1958 - Frank Gambale, Australian musician
 * 1960 - Wakin Chau, Chinese singer
 * 1972 - Vanessa Paradis, French singer