Page 8: Historical Events In December - 16

1973  On December - 16 o.J. Simpson becomes first NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season   

1973  Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 16 kostas Varnalis, writer, dies   

1976  On this day in history george a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months   

1976  Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis on December - 16.   

1976  George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies on this day in history.   

1978  On December - 16 cleveland, Ohio, become the first city in the post-Depression era to default on its loans.   

1978  On this day in history ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR   

1978  Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76 on December - 16.   

1980  Pres-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state on December - 16.   

1980  On December - 16 harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90   

1982  On this day in history anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54   

1983  Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital on December - 16.   

1983  On December - 16 yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time   

1983  Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74 on December - 16.   

1985  Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission on December - 16.   

1985  On December - 16 paul Castellano Organized-crime chief shot dead by a NYC restaurant   

1985  On December - 16 dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies   

1987  On this day in history roh Tae Woo wins Presidential Election in South Korea   

1987  On December - 16 albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79   

1988  Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud on December - 16.   

1988  On this day in history h "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies   

1989  Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history uN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote   

1991  On this day in history fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies   

1992  IBM said it would make its first layoffs in fifty years. The company announced it would trim its staff by 25,000 employees and dispose of some of the assets of its mainframebusiness on December - 16.   

1992  On this day in history israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity   

1992  Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1993  Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 on this day in history.   

1994  Mary Durack, poet, dies at 81 on December - 16.   

1996  On this day in history iBM announced on this day in 1996 it would stop selling computers that used that PowerPC chip and ran Windows NT. IBM, Motorola, and Apple had teamed up to challenge Intel Corporation's dominance in chips and Microsoft's near monopoly on operating systems   

2005  43rd Mersenne prime found, 230,402,457 - 1. Discovered with the GIMPS project by Dr. Curtis Cooper and Dr. Steven Boone, professors at Central Missouri State University on December - 16.   

2005  The West Wing Actor John Spencer dies at 58 on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.   

1614  On this day in history birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)   

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on December - 16.   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

0999  On December - 16 adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.   

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat