Event:
President Barack Obama and the First Family begin their 17-day Hawaiian vacation; this is the sixth year in a row the Obama's have visited family and friends on the island of Oahu for Christmas and New Year's
More Notable Events on December 22:
1990 Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait
1990 Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president
1963 Official 30-day mourning period for President John F. Kennedy ends
1962 1,000,000th NBA point scored
1937 Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic
