Topic: Edvard Munch

On Aug. 22, 1922, Michael Collins, a founder of the Irish Republican Army and a key figure in Ireland's independence movement, was assassinated.

Singer Dionne Warwick turns 81 and actor Regina Hall turns 51, among the famous birthdays for Dec. 12.

On Aug. 22, 2011, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington opened to the public.

On Aug. 22, 2011, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington opened to the public.

On Dec. 12, 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first African American to be ranked No. 1 in tennis in the United States.

In 2004, two masked robbers stole Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and another painting from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.

On Aug. 22, 2004, two masked robbers stole Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and another painting from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.

On Dec. 12, 1975, Sara Jane Moore said she willfully tried to kill U.S. President Gerald Ford. She was sentenced to life in prison but released Dec. 31, 2007.

Edvard Munch's iconic painting "The Scream" was the subject of a notorious art theft on Aug. 22, 2004.

Norway chose Edvard Munch's "The Scream" as the motif this year for its annual Christmas tree installation in New York.