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Events from History on December 16

xxxx : Manus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII
1431 : King Henry VI of England crowned king of France
1538 : King Fran‡ois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants
1577 : Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istv n B thory
1617 : Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
1617 : Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces R¡o de la
1631 : Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000
1653 : Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector
1659 : General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
1689 : English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution
1740 : Prussian Libya falls to Silezie
1761 : Russian army occupies Kolberg
1767 : Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers
1773 : Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)
1809 : Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate
1811 : 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1817 : Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon
1824 : Great North Holland Canal opens
1835 : Fire consumes over 600 buildings in NYC
1838 : Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa
1857 : Earthquake in Naples, Italy
1858 : Dutch govt decides to vacate Schokland Island
1862 : Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution
1864 : Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
1877 : Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres
1880 : Republic of South-Africa forms
1884 : Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1886 : Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"
1890 : Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN
1893 : Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
1897 : 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
1900 : Boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony
1901 : Boer general Kritzinger captured
1903 : Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers
1905 : "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published
1907 : Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Bkln Navy Yard NY)
1907 : Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
1908 : 1st credit union in US forms (Manchester NH)
1909 : US pressure forces Nicaraguan Pres Jos‚ Santos Zelaya from office
1912 : 1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20› parcel post, issued
1912 : Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia
1913 : Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week
1914 : French offensive in Artois (P‚tain)
1915 : Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity"
1918 : Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds
1920 : 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000ý miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die
1922 : Mutual Assn of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs) formally organizes
1924 : Noel Coward's "Vortex," premieres in London
1926 : Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris
1926 : Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner
1926 : WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions
1929 : Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pitts Pirates, 3-1
1931 : German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
1932 : Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed
1933 : Abe de Vries & Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht
1936 : John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in NYC
1938 : Bradman scores 143 South Aust v NSW, 11 fours 91 singles
1939 : Bradman scores 251* SA v NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes
1940 : British air raid on Mannheim
1940 : Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
1941 : Sarawak occupied by Japanese
1942 : Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkan
1943 : "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 & injures 200
1944 : Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1944 : Gen Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie
1944 : German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)
1944 : US 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid
1948 : "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater NYC for 460 performances
1949 : Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
1950 : "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 perfs
1950 : Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1953 : 1st White House Press Conference (Pres Eisenhower & 161 reporters)
1953 : Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A
1956 : "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances
1958 : Bogot warehouse fire kills 82
1959 : Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
1960 : "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 172 performances
1960 : TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134
1961 : "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC after 55 perfs
1962 : 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
1962 : David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres
1962 : Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy
1964 : US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1965 : Gemini 6 returns to Earth
1965 : Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
1965 : Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga
1966 : Beatles release "Everywhere its Christmas" in UK
1966 : Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK
1968 : KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI begins broadcasting
1969 : "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko"
1969 : Brit House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty
1969 : posters begin appearing
1970 : 1st successful landing on Venus (USSR)
1970 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 : Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
1971 : Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released
1971 : India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
1972 : Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect
1973 : US kidnap victem Paul Getty III freed
1974 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 : 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV
1975 : Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn
1976 : #2669 Shostakovich, #2692 Chkalov, #2699 Kalinin, #3052 Herzen,
1976 : #3147 Samantha, #3483, #3719, #3967 Shekhtelia, #4560 Klyuchevskij,
1976 : #5158 Ogarev, #5361, #5613 Donskoj, #6755 & #6942
1976 : Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN
1976 : Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins
1976 : Govt halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis
1976 : Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea
1978 : Ronald Reagan denounces Pres Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR
1979 : QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1980 : Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State
1980 : Pres-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state
1981 : Dutch Van Agt's 2nd govt falls
1982 : Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets
1983 : Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato
1983 : Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
1983 : Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
1983 : request to starve herself to death in a county hospital
1985 : Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission
1987 : Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea
1988 : Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
1989 : Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia
1990 : Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected pres of Haiti
1990 : KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1990 : Rev Jean Betrand Aristide elected president of Haiti
1991 : Fla Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
1991 : UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
1993 : "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 5 performances
1993 : Shannen Doherty (Brenda) is fired from Beverly Hills 90210
1994 : Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI
1997 : President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy"

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