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Page 8: Historical Events In December - 16

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1973  O.J. Simpson becomes first NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On December - 16 kostas Varnalis, writer, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On this day in history george a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On this day in history government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On this day in history george, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  Cleveland, Ohio, become the first city in the post-Depression era to default on its loans on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On this day in history ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On this day in history blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  On December - 16 pres-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  On this day in history harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On this day in history yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74 on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On this day in history challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On this day in history paul Castellano Organized-crime chief shot dead by a NYC restaurant  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On this day in history dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On this day in history roh Tae Woo wins Presidential Election in South Korea  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On this day in history albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On this day in history political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  H "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  On this day in history aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On December - 16 israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  On this day in history mary Durack, poet, dies at 81  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2005  The West Wing Actor John Spencer dies at 58 on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1614  On this day in history birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1652  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In December - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0875  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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