Daily Archives: December 22, 2021

Churchill arrives at White House to confer with FDR 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 22 1941)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: 'Churchill And Roosevelt At White House (1941)'

(Monday, December 22, 1941, 6:50 p.m. EST; during the Arcadia Conference) — 15 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the American entry into World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived at the White House tonight in Washington, D.C., after a secret ten-day journey across the Atlantic aboard HMS Duke of York to confer with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on “all questions related to the war effort.” Continue reading Churchill arrives at White House to confer with FDR 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 22 1941) →

‘How You Remind Me’ by Nickelback peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 22 2001)

2000s, Popular Music 2000s

(Saturday, December 22, 2001) — “How You Remind Me” by Nickelback peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of four weeks (Dec. 22/29, 2001, Jan. 5/12, 2002). Continue reading ‘How You Remind Me’ by Nickelback peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 22 2001) →

Shoe bombing attempt aboard transatlantic flight thwarted by flight attendants and passengers 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 22 2001)

2000s


Video: 'BBC1 News - The "Shoe-bomber" - Christmas Eve 2001' (video of landing at 2:00)

(Saturday, December 22, 2001, at approximately 10:50 a.m. EST; during the 2001 shoe bomb attempt) — Richard Reid, an Islamic fundamentalist from the United Kingdom and self-proclaimed Al-Qaeda operative, tried to detonate plastic explosives concealed within his shoes today on a jetliner bound from Paris to Miami but was subdued by flight attendants and fellow passengers. Continue reading Shoe bombing attempt aboard transatlantic flight thwarted by flight attendants and passengers 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 22 2001) →