December 22
1943
A 135 day strike by 23 conscientious objectors (COs) ended dining hall segregation at Danbury Federal Penitentiary, Connecticut. The number of conscientious objectors had increased from 15 in early 1941 to 200 by the time of the strike.
1965
Henry House is first soldier court-martialed for protesting the Vietnam War.
1982
Congress passed the Boland Amendment (411-0) which prohibited covert efforts by the President to overthrow the Nicaraguan government.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 