Event:
WEB Du Bois elected 1st black member, National Inst of Arts and Letters
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
