December 16
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December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 15 days remaining.
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Events:
- 1653 - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 1689 - The English Parliament adopts the Bill of Rights.
- 1773 - Boston Tea Party
- 1811 - Largest recorded earthquake in the United States, at New Madrid, Missouri
- 1838 - Boers defeat Zulu troops led by Dambuza and Nhlela, celebrated as the day of the vow.
- 1850 - The first four ships arrive at Lyttleton to settle Christchurch, New Zealand.
- 1864 - Union troops led by general George Thomas defeat Confederate troops in the Battle of Nashville.
- 1893 - World premiere of Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony".
- 1910 - Henri Coanda makes first short flight in aircraft with jet engine
- 1915 - Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.
- 1922 - Poland's President Gabriel Narutowicz assassinated.
- 1944 - Battle of the Bulge begins
- 1960 - A United Airlines DC-8 and a TWA Super-Constellation collide over New York City killing 134
- 1969 - The British House of Commons votes to abolish the death penalty.
- 1971 - Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan.
- 1973 - O.J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush for 2000 yards in one season.
- 1990 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected president of Haiti
- 1991 - United Nations reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25, with 13 abstentions
- 1998 - American and British troops bomb Iraqi targets after Iraq obstructs UN weapons inspectors.
- 1999 - Mud streams kill thousands in Venezuela.
- 2000 - NASA announces that there is an ocean beneath Jupiter's moon Ganymede's icy surface.
Births:
- 1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England
- 1742 - Gebhard F�rst Bl�cher von Wahlstatt, general field marshal (+ 1819)
- 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (+ 1827)
- 1775 - Jane Austen, writer (+ 1817)
- 1776 - Johann Wilhelm Ritter, physicist (+ 1810)
- 1790 - King Leopold I of Belgium (+ 1865)
- 1861 - Antonio de La Gandara, painter (+ 1917)
- 1863 - George Santayana, philosopher, poet
- 1882 - [[Zolt�n Kod�ly]], composer (+ 1967)
- 1882 - Walther Meissner, physicist
- 1888 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia (+ 1934)
- 1899 - Noel Coward, playwright (+ 1973)
- 1901 - Margaret Mead, anthropologist (+ 1978)
- 1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, president of the Soviet Union
- 1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer
- 1928 - Philip K. Dick, science fiction writer (+ 1982)
- 1938 - Frank DeFord, sports journalist
- 1938 or 1939 - Liv Ullman, actress
- 1941 - Lesley Stahl, journalist
- 1943 - Steven Bochco, producer, writer
- 1946 - Benny Andersson, musician (ABBA)
- 1952 - Joel Garner, West Indian cricketer
- 1964 - Heike Drechsler, track and field athlete
- 1967 - Donovan Bailey, athlete
Deaths:
- 716 - Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
- 999 - Saint Adelaide of Italy
- 1515 - Afonso de Albuquerque portuguese naval general (in sea)
- 1783 - Johann A. Hasse, composer
- 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, folklorist
- 1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk
- 1921 - Camille Saint-Saens, composer
- 1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland
- 1945 - Fumimaro Konoye, prince and prime minister of Japan
- 1949 - Sidney Olcott, pioneer motion picture director
- 1956 - Nina Hamnett, artist
- 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, writer
- 1980 - Colonel Harland Sanders, fast food entrepreneur (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
- 1980 - Hellmuth Walter, engineer and inventor
- 1985 - Paul Castellano, mafia boss
- 1989 - Lee Van Cleef, actor
- 1993 - Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader
Holidays and Observances:
- Bangladesh - Victory Day
- Kazakhstan - Independence Day
- Nepal - Constitution Day
- South Africa - Day of reconciliation
See Also:
December 15 - December 17 - November 16 - January 16 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "December 16" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16 November 30, 2003
