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DECEMBER 22

For those who can't go to Waimea Bay for the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, but live in Hawaii, watch Channel 1005 if you are on Spectrum.  For others all over the world, just click on  THIS  to view the whole thing live!  The spectacle is spectacular. We celebrate Christmas on December 25 because that was the date Jesus Christ was born.  But not in the Year Zero, because there is no such thing.  More like, between 7BC and 2BC.  Also, too, some early Christians believe that Jesus was actually born today,  December 22 .  The exact date is thus also a guess. What else happened in history on December 22? AD 69   –   Vespasian   is proclaimed   Emperor of Rome ; his predecessor,   Vitellius , attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the   Gemonian stairs . [ 1 ]     There were four emperors that year. 401   –   Pope Innocent I   is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in...