December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years). There are 9 days remaining.
- 1924 — Karl Denke died.
- 1936 — Thaddeus Lewingdon is born.
- 1943 — Robert Frederick Carr is born.
- 1950 — Earl Daughtrey is born.
- 1962 — Scott Erskine is born.
- 1973 — Nikolai Dudin is born.
- 1992 — Frank Masini is apprehended.
- 1999 — William Patrick Fyfe is apprehended.
- 2015 — Billy Glaze died.
- 2016 — Bradley Edwards is apprehended.