• Loading...
  • Loading...
Home | Birthdays | Events | Facts | Holidays | Inventions
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Eventful Years |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

Historical Events In December - 16

Saturday, 10 June 2023

1973  On this day in history o.J. Simpson becomes first NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  On this day in history syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On this day in history kostas Varnalis, writer, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On December - 16 george a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On December - 16 government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On December - 16 george, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies  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 December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1980  On December - 16 harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On this day in history anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54  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 this day in history.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

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

1987  On December - 16 roh Tae Woo wins Presidential Election in South Korea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1988  On December - 16 political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1991  UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1992  Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Mary Durack, poet, dies at 81 on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2005  On this day in history the West Wing Actor John Spencer dies at 58.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  On this day in history parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

Days In December

List Of Important Days In December

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

Famous Birthdays In December - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1485  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In December - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0999  On December - 16 adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Popular Searches

Poll

Cast Your Vote

Are Women Better Leaders?
Yes
No
Don't Know