Historical Events In December - 16

1973  On this day in history o.J. Simpson becomes first NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season  

1973  On this day in history syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies  

1974  On this day in history kostas Varnalis, writer, dies  

1976  On December - 16 george a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months  

1976  On December - 16 government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis  

1976  On December - 16 george, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies  

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

1978  On December - 16 ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR  

1978  On this day in history blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76  

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 this day in history.  

1983  On this day in history yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time  

1983  On this day in history kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74  

1985  On this day in history challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission  

1985  Paul Castellano Organized-crime chief shot dead by a NYC restaurant on this day in history.  

1985  Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies on this day in history.  

1987  On December - 16 roh Tae Woo wins Presidential Election in South Korea  

1987  Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1988  On December - 16 political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud  

1988  On December - 16 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  UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote on this day in history.  

1991  Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history 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.  

1992  Israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity on December - 16.  

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 December - 16.  

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

1996  On December - 16 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 this day in history.  

2005  On this day in history the West Wing Actor John Spencer dies at 58.  

2007  On this day in history parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.  

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1485  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)  

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.  

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

1716  On December - 16 birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)  

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.  

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)  

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.  

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli  

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

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  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.