DECEMBER 22
1894: French army officer Capt. Alfred Dreyfus is convicted by a secret military tribunal of treason and passing French secrets to Germany; four months later, he begins serving five years of what is meant to be a life sentence. Dreyfus will eventually be exonerated of the unfounded charges and his rank reinstated, after an international scandal erupts that reveals the anti-Semitism of his military accusers, who had framed the Alsatian-Jewish Dreyfus to cover up the guilt of the real culprit.
1956: The Western gorilla Colo is born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio (hence her name); she is the first gorilla born in captivity. Now celebrating her 56th birthday, Colo remains the oldest gorilla in captivity, boasting an exceptionally big family that now includes several great-great-grandchildren.
1968: Republican Party offspring Julie Nixon (daugher of president-elect Richard Nixon) and David Eisenhower (grandson of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower) are married in a ceremony in New York City. The pair, who met at the Republican National Convention in 1956, are still married and have three children.
1937:Lincoln Tunnel opens: connecting the Big Apple to New Jersey.
1943:Dr. W.E.B. DuBois becomes the first African American admitted to the National Institute of Arts and Letters
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