Page 9: Historical Events In December - 16

2011  Tropical Storm Washi causes 1,257 flash flood fatalities in the Philippines with 85 people officially listed as missing on this day in history.   

2012  4 people are killed after Cyclone Evan strikes Fiji on December - 16.   

2018  On December - 16 huge explosion and fire in a restaurant in Sapporo, Japan injures 42   

2018  Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn back into office two months after being removed by President Sirisena on December - 16.   

2019  Mariah Carey 's single "All I Want For Christmas Is You" reaches No. 1, 25 years after release on December - 16.   

2019  Drew Brees breaks Peyton Manning's NFL record (539) for career touchdown passes as New Orleans Saints rout Indianapolis Colts, 34-7; Brees 29 of 30 for 307 yards & 4 TDs for record 96.7% pass completion on December - 16.   

2020  On December - 16 the United States formally designates Switzerland and Vietnam as being currency manipulators.   

2023  On December - 16 emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies at the age of 86 and is succeeded by his half-brother Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.   

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1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

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

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.   

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

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

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

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.