On this day, December 22, is the birth of National Scientist Francisco M. Fronda (1896). National Scientist Francisco Fronda was the first Filipino researcher to work on improving duck meat. These ducks were often referred to as “fronducks,” in recognition of his success in breeding and in producing stocks.
The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014].
On this day in 1989, the authorities opened the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, a symbol of the reunification of East and West Germany.
https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/December-22
On this day in 1938, Hendrik Goosen discovered a coelacanth while fishing, a primitive fish that scientists thought was extinct. It was caught in the Chalumna River in East London.
https://www.todayinsci.com/12/12_22.htm
December is Energy Consciousness Month (Proclamation No. 1427, s. 2007).
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