Replaying Saturday, December 22, 2001

The December 22, 2001 was a Saturday under the star sign of . It was the 355 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.

If you were born on this day, you are 24 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, December 22, 2025, 193 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, December 22, 2026, in 171 days. You have lived for 8,959 days, or about 215,022 hours, or about 12,901,338 minutes, or about 774,080,280 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Ralph Fiennes (actor, character actor, film actor, film director, film producer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 22, 1962)
  • Srinivasa Ramanujan (mathematician, born December 22, 1887)
  • Ted Cruz (law clerk, lawyer, politician, born December 22, 1970)
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat (actor, artivist, composer, draftsperson, drawer, graffiti artist, installation artist, musicologist, painter, photographer, record producer, sculptor, born December 22, 1960)
  • Vanessa Paradis (actor, fashion model, film actor, model, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born December 22, 1972)
  • Robin Gibb (composer, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 22, 1949)
  • Maurice Gibb (composer, guitarist, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 22, 1949)
  • Diocletian (cavalry officer, politician, born December 22, 244)
  • Meghan Trainor (composer, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 22, 1993)
  • Giacomo Puccini (composer, conductor, musician, opera composer, organist, politician, born December 22, 1858)
  • Hideo Nakano (actor, born December 22, 1964)
  • Guru Gobind Singh (guru, philosopher, poet, born December 22, 1666)
  • Dina Meyer (actor, film actor, film producer, model, television actor, born December 22, 1968)
  • Pamela Courson (singer, born December 22, 1946)
  • Shiori Kutsuna (actor, model, born December 22, 1992)
  • Héctor Elizondo (actor, film actor, film producer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 22, 1936)
  • Jordin Sparks (actor, businessperson, composer, film actor, model, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 22, 1989)
  • Lady Bird Johnson (entrepreneur, politician, born December 22, 1912)
  • Galba (military personnel, politician, born December 24, 3)
  • Chris Carmack (actor, film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, born December 22, 1980)
  • Poorna Jagannathan (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 22, 1972)
  • Diane Sawyer (journalist, news presenter, weather presenter, born December 22, 1945)
  • Éder (association football player, born December 22, 1987)
  • Abel Ferreira (association football manager, association football player, born December 22, 1978)
  • José Fonte (association football player, born December 22, 1983)
  • Edurne (actor, model, singer, television presenter, born December 22, 1985)
  • Mia Tyler (actor, film actor, lawyer, model, born December 22, 1978)
  • David S. Goyer (cartoonist, executive producer, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television producer, writer, born December 22, 1965)
  • Jean-Baptiste Maunier (actor, film actor, model, singer, television actor, born December 22, 1990)
  • Richey Edwards (guitarist, lyricist, musician, poet, songwriter, born December 22, 1967)
  • Bernd Schuster (association football manager, association football player, born December 22, 1959)
  • Wakin Chau (actor, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 22, 1959)
  • Norman Parke (judoka, mixed martial arts fighter, born December 22, 1986)
  • Raphaël Guerreiro (association football player, born December 22, 1993)
  • Afida Turner (singer, born December 22, 1976)
  • Gary Anderson (darts player, born December 22, 1970)
  • Barbara Billingsley (film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 22, 1915)
  • Gene Rayburn (radio personality, television presenter, born December 22, 1917)
  • Isha Talwar (actor, model, television actor, born December 22, 1987)
  • Óscar Valdez (boxer, born December 22, 1990)
  • John Casablancas (model agent, born December 22, 1942)
  • Basshunter (disc jockey, record producer, singer, songwriter, born December 22, 1984)
  • Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (composer, designer, photographer, playwright, poet, politician, science fiction writer, writer, born December 22, 1876)
  • Giuseppe Bergomi (association football player, pundit, born December 22, 1963)
  • Rambod Javan (actor, film director, presenter, screenwriter, television actor, television presenter, born December 22, 1971)
  • Piero Angela (journalist, pianist, science journalist, screenwriter, television presenter, born December 22, 1928)
  • Wojciech Frykowski (actor, author, film producer, writer, born December 22, 1936)
  • José Marquez (diplomat, military personnel, politician, born December 22, 1854)
  • Anthony Jeselnik (screenwriter, stand-up comedian, television actor, television producer, born December 22, 1978)
  • Anne of Denmark (aristocrat, consort, patron of the arts, philanthropist, born December 12, 1574)
  • Maria Antonieta de las Nieves (announcer, businessperson, dub actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born December 22, 1950)
  • Noboru Takachi (actor, born December 22, 1964)
  • Dan Petrescu (association football manager, born December 22, 1967)
  • Chika Anzai (actor, seiyū, born December 22, 1990)
  • Chagatai Khan (Khan, born December 15, 1183)
  • Gabriel Medina (surfer, born December 22, 1993)
  • Brian Murphy (actor, television actor, born December 22, 1933)
  • Lynne Thigpen (film actor, stage actor, teacher, television actor, born December 22, 1948)
  • Heather Donahue (cannabis grower, film actor, stage actor, born December 22, 1974)
  • Lee Eun-ju (actor, film actor, born December 22, 1980)
  • Noel Edmonds (disc jockey, game show host, helicopter pilot, news presenter, screenwriter, television presenter, born December 22, 1948)
  • Nathalie Péchalat (ice dancer, born December 22, 1983)
  • Paul Wolfowitz (banker, diplomat, economist, political scientist, politician, born December 22, 1943)
  • Mark Bogatyryov (actor, born December 22, 1984)
  • Bern Nadette Stanis (actor, author, television actor, born December 22, 1953)
  • Ray Lui (actor, born December 22, 1956)
  • Téji Savanier (association football player, born December 22, 1991)
  • Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (aristocrat, chairperson, large estate owner, military officer, philanthropist, politician, born December 22, 1951)
  • Sarada Devi (philosopher, born December 22, 1853)
  • Manu Payet (actor, comedian, film director, journalist, radio personality, screenwriter, singer, television actor, television presenter, born December 22, 1975)
  • Alinne Moraes (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born December 22, 1982)
  • Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (engineer, terrorist, born December 22, 1986)
  • Nicolas Vaporidis (actor, film producer, television actor, born December 22, 1981)
  • Kae Tempest (composer, poet, rapper, singer, writer, born December 22, 1986)
  • Rick Nielsen (guitarist, musician, songwriter, born December 22, 1948)
  • Alex Baroni (singer, singer-songwriter, born December 22, 1966)
  • Connie Mack (baseball manager, baseball player, baseball player-managers, born December 22, 1862)
  • Ruth Roman (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 22, 1922)
  • Hiroaki Murakami (actor, born December 22, 1956)
  • Drew Hankinson (professional wrestler, born December 22, 1983)
  • G Hannelius (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 22, 1998)
  • Luis Hernández (association football player, born December 22, 1968)
  • Joanne Kelly (actor, born December 22, 1978)
  • Sayuri Kokushō (actor, seiyū, singer, tarento, born December 22, 1966)
  • Gregor Fisher (actor, comedian, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 22, 1953)
  • Brooke Nevin (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 22, 1982)
  • Ali Lohan (actor, film actor, model, musician, singer, born December 22, 1993)
  • David Lemieux (boxer, born December 22, 1988)
  • Andrew Fastow (businessperson, born December 22, 1961)
  • Varun Kamalakannan (actor, born December 22, 1992)
  • Everson Griffen (American football player, born December 22, 1987)
  • Asuka Kurosawa (actor, child actor, glamour model, model, born December 22, 1971)
  • Emmanuel Olisadebe (association football player, born December 22, 1978)
  • Steve Garvey (baseball player, born December 22, 1948)
  • Eduard Uspensky (children's writer, engineer, film producer, playwright, poet, presenter, screenwriter, television presenter, writer, born December 22, 1937)
  • Sergi López (film actor, stage actor, born December 22, 1965)
  • Edgard Varèse (composer, conductor, musicologist, born December 22, 1883)
  • Yuya Hasegawa (baseball player, born December 22, 1984)
  • Tsai Chin (film actor, singer, born December 22, 1957)
  • Robert Hotung (justice of the peace, politician, born December 22, 1862)
  • Kazuo Hirai (entrepreneur, born December 22, 1960)
  • Mahmoud el-Meliguy (actor, screenwriter, television actor, born December 22, 1910)
  • Megumi Yasu (actor, model, singer, tarento, born December 22, 1981)
  • Jennifer Hawkins (beauty pageant contestant, model, television presenter, born December 22, 1983)
  • Gustaf Gründgens (film actor, film director, film producer, intendant, stage actor, born December 22, 1899)
  • Peggy Ashcroft (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 22, 1907)
  • Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (association football manager, association football player, born December 22, 1967)
  • Steve Carlton (baseball player, born December 22, 1944)
  • Patricia Hayes (comedian, film actor, born December 22, 1909)
  • Avinash (actor, born December 22, 1959)
  • Místico (professional wrestler, born December 22, 1982)
  • Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (faculty member, politician, born December 22, 1930)
  • Juan Manuel Bernal Chávez (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 22, 1967)
  • Pierre Brasseur (film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, born December 22, 1905)
  • Agbani Darego (beauty pageant contestant, model, born December 22, 1982)
  • Anna Galiena (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 22, 1954)
  • Marko Vovchok (children's writer, editor, translator, writer, born December 22, 1833)
  • Danny Ahn (actor, singer, television actor, born December 22, 1978)
  • Martin Yan (businessperson, chef, born December 22, 1948)
  • Pierre Levegh (ice hockey player, motorcycle rider, racing automobile driver, born December 22, 1905)
  • Ricky Ross (guitarist, pianist, singer, songwriter, born December 22, 1957)
  • Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (art collector, born December 22, 1617)
  • Kenji Nomura (seiyū, born December 22, 1968)
  • Mark Robins (association football manager, association football player, born December 22, 1969)
  • Zalman Shazar (journalist, poet, politician, writer, born December 22, 1889)
  • Omar Dorsey (actor, television actor, born December 22, 1975)
  • Crissy Moran (film actor, model, pornographic actor, born December 22, 1975)
  • Hugh Quarshie (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 22, 1954)
  • Iván Kamarás (actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 22, 1972)
  • Sandy Lamb (singer, born December 22, 1963)
  • Michael Bacon (composer, songwriter, born December 22, 1949)
  • Tony Scotti (actor, film producer, singer, television actor, television producer, born December 22, 1939)
  • Zeki Velidi Togan (historian, military personnel, opinion journalist, politician, turkologist, university teacher, born December 22, 1890)
  • Bashar Rasan (association football player, born December 22, 1996)
  • Dan Devine (American football player, born December 22, 1924)
  • Josef Newgarden (racing automobile driver, born December 22, 1990)
  • Kassim Majaliwa (politician, teacher, born December 22, 1961)
  • James Oglethorpe (diplomat, military personnel, politician, born December 22, 1696)
  • Liz Rose (songwriter, born December 22, 1968)
  • Tato Gabus Mendes (actor, television actor, born December 22, 1960)
  • Jody Morris (association football player, coach, born December 22, 1978)
  • Lefter Küçükandonyadis (association football manager, association football player, born December 22, 1925)
  • Karin Keller-Sutter (interpreter, politician, teacher, born December 22, 1963)
  • Cheek (rapper, singer, songwriter, born December 22, 1981)
  • Lenny Von Dohlen (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 22, 1959)
  • Lee Hye-young (actor, film actor, singer, born December 22, 1971)
  • Victoria Alonso (executive producer, film producer, born December 22, 1965)
  • Satchidananda Saraswati (writer, born December 22, 1914)
  • Cesare Mori (politician, born December 22, 1871)
  • Leigh Halfpenny (rugby union player, born December 22, 1988)

22nd of December 2001 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 22, 2001

Imagine; From Hussy to Helpmeet

Date: 23 December 2001

By Dean E. Murphy

Dean Murphy

Judith Nathan is appointed by Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani to oversee family assistance center for victims of Sept 11 World Trade Center attack, and there is no significant public reaction; prior to attack, Nathan had been cast by some in news media as home-wrecking other woman in mayor's marriage to Donna Hanover (S)

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Imagine; The Penalty of Death

Date: 23 December 2001

By Jim Yardley

Jim Yardley

Media coverage that has provided forum for death penalty debate around country disappears following Sept 11 terrorist attacks (S)

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U.S. Expatriate Is Seen Facing Capital Charge

Date: 22 December 2001

By Neil A. Lewis and Katharine Q. Seelye

Neil Lewis

Pres Bush makes direct link between John Walker, American captured in Afghanistan, and terrorist group Al Qaeda, and administration officials say he will probably face at last one charge that carries death penalty; Walker is expected to be returned to US soon; Bush says he has not ruled out charge of treason; lawyer hired by Walker's family, James Brosnahan, has said there have been no discussions with government about plea negotiations; videotape of interview with Walker shown on CNN appears to have erased any sympathy some in government had expressd earlier for him as possibly misguided naif; officials say when Walker is returned to US he will land in Virginia; this would allow prosecutors to try him in home state of Johnny Spann, CIA officer killed in prison uprising in Afghanistan where Walker was captured (M)

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OXFORD HEALTH TO BUY MEDSPAN FOR $19 MILLION

Date: 22 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

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NORTEL, PHONE EQUIPMENT MAKER, EXPECTS LOWER LOSS

Date: 22 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Nortel Networks says its fourth-quarter loss will be lower-than-expected 16 cents a share; extends credit line and will cut 3,000 fewer jobs than planned (S)

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York Research Forced Into Bankruptcy Court by Unit's Creditors

Date: 22 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

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Ted Turner Signs a 2-Year Agreement With AOL Time Warner

Date: 22 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

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World Business Briefing | Asia: Taiwan: Funds To Sell Chip Maker's Stock

Date: 22 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Two Taiwan government funds and other investors to sell up to 350 million shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co; stock falls 6.4 percent on news (S)0

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World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Steel Acquisition

Date: 22 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Kawasaki Steel Corp to buy rival NKK Corp for 314 billion yen ($2.5 billion) in stock (S)1

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World Business Briefing | Europe: Belgium: Chemicals Acquisition

Date: 22 December 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

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