December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 15 days remaining.
- 1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 1689: The English Parliament adopts the Bill of Rights.
- 1773: Boston Tea Party: In Boston, tea is thrown in the sea as a protest against British taxation. This event marks the beginning of the [American War of Independence]? (it doesn't really mark the beginning, the [Boston Massacre]? was earlier. Historian to advise?).
- 1809: The French Senate divorces Napoleon Bonaparte from empress Josephine.
- 1838: Boer?s defeat Zulu chieftain Dingaan?.
- 1864: Union troops led by general [George Thomas]? crush federate troops in the [Battle of Nashville]?.
- 1893: World premier of Dvorak?'s "New World Symphony".
- 1915: Albert Einstein publishes the General Relativity.
- 1969: The British House of Commons votes to abolish the death penalty.
- 1971: Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan.
- 1990: [Jean-Bertrand Aristide]? elected president in Haiti's first democratic election.
- 1998: Beginning of [Desert Fox]?: American and British troops bomb Iraqi targets after Iraq obstructs the workings of the UNSCOM (UN inspection of Iraqi weapons).
- 1999: Mud streams kill thousands in Venezuela.
- 2000: NASA announces that there is an ocean beneath Jupiter moon Ganymedes?'s icy surface.
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