Page 4: Historical Events In December - 16
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1877 On December - 16 anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres
1879 On December - 16 william Duncan, Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail)
1880 On this day in history republic of South-Africa forms
1882 The birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer on this day in history.
1882 Jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever) on this day in history.
1883 Max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain) on December - 16.
1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State on this day in history.
1886 Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" on December - 16.
1888 On this day in history alphonse Juin, French marshal
1890 On this day in history negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN
1890 On December - 16 harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
1892 Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW on this day in history.
1892 A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Neth very old lady on December - 16.
1893 Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres on this day in history.
1893 On December - 16 vladimir Golschmann, Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat
1895 Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on December - 16.
1897 The first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.
1897 On December - 16 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
1897 On December - 16 jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29)
1897 On this day in history alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57
1899 Harold Walter Bailey, philologist on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony
1900 Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author (Myth Makers) on this day in history.
1901 On December - 16 boer general Kritzinger captured
1901 On December - 16 margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa)
1903 Majestic Theater, New York NY, becomes first in US to employ women ushers on December - 16.
1903 Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers on this day in history.
1903 On December - 16 hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter)
1904 Edward Morris Bernstein, economist on this day in history.
1905 On December - 16 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, first published
1905 On this day in history "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published
1905 On this day in history piet Hein, poet/inventor
1906 On December - 16 john Morrison, politician/landowner
1907 On this day in history great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise
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