Notable Historical Events on December 16th
December 16th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
755 |
An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China. |
882 |
Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII |
1392 |
Nanboku-chō - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu. |
1431 |
King Henry VI of England crowned king of France |
1497 |
Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama sailing along African East Coast names it Natal, first European to sail so far |
1538 |
King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants |
1575 |
The 1575 Valdivia earthquake takes place. |
1577 |
Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory |
1598 |
Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - The final battle of the Seven Year War is fought between the Korean and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive Korean victory. |
1617 |
Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) |
1631 |
Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000 |
1653 |
Parliamentarian General Oliver Cromwell appointed as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland |
1659 |
General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland |
1689 |
English Parliament passes Bill of Rights establishing limits on crown powers and requirement for regular elections |
1707 |
Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. |
1740 |
Prussian Libya falls to Silezie |
1761 |
Seven Years' War: After four-month siege, Russian army under Pyotr Rumyantsev takes Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg (German: Kolberg). |
1767 |
Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers |
1773 |
Boston tea party incident - Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbour in protest against British omposed Tea Act |
1811 |
Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage |
1817 |
Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon |
1824 |
Great North Holland Canal opens |
1826 |
Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. |
1835 |
Fire consumes over 600 buildings in NYC |
1838 |
Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa |
1850 |
Ships the Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand |
1857 |
Earthquake in Naples, Italy |
1858 |
Dutch government 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 |
Transvaal region declares itself as the Republic of South Africa |
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 |
1892 |
Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW |
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 |
1900 |
A National Civic Federation is formed in the US to arbitrate labor disputes |
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 |
As a gesture of the US's new presence as a world power, President Roosevelt sends the US Battle Fleet on a round-the-world cruise, visiting ports internationally |
1908 |
1st credit union in US forms (Manchester NH) |
1909 |
A conservative revolution and US pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos from office |
1912 |
1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent 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 (Pétain) |
1914 |
World War I: German battleships under Franz Von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough. |
1918 |
Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds |
1920 |
8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000 |
1921 |
The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) calls for a united front in a pass burning campaign on Dingaan's Day |
1922 |
Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes |
1922 |
NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket |
1924 |
Noel Coward's "Vortex" premieres in London |
1924 |
Hiram Bingham is elected as a Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate forcing him to resign as Governor of Connecticut after serving only one day in office, the shortest term of any Connecticut Governor |
1925 |
Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity is founded at Lafayette College. |
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 |
1927 |
Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia |
1929 |
Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1 |
1930 |
Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award |
1931 |
German SPD begins Iron Front against fascism |
1933 |
Abe de Vries & Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht |
1936 |
John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat" premieres in NYC |
1937 |
Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again. |
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" (New York to Florida) trains collide, kills 73 & injures 200 |
1944 |
Ardennes campaign ('Battle of the Bulge') begins in Belgium |
1944 |
German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill) |
1944 |
US 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid |
1945 |
Cleveland Rams win NFL championship |
1948 |
"Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater NYC for 460 performances |
1949 |
Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, Mohammed Hatta Premier |
1949 |
Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden. |
1950 |
"Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 perfs |
1950 |
Harry 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 |
1957 |
Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan. |
1958 |
Bogota 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 |
David Lean's film "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres, starring Peter O'Toole |
1962 |
NY Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31) |
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 it's Christmas" in UK |
1966 |
Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK |
1967 |
Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago |
1968 |
KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI begins broadcasting |
1969 |
British House of Commons votes 343-185 to abolish the death penalty |
1969 |
"War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" 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 |
1972 |
Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0) |
1973 |
O J Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season |
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 |
Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN |
1976 |
Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins |
1976 |
Government 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 President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR |
1978 |
Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks. |
1979 |
68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0) |
1979 |
QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys |
1979 |
4 British Army soldiers are killed by a PIRA landmine near Dungannon, County Tyrone. Another British Army soldier was killed by a PIRA landmine near Forkill, County Armagh |
1980 |
President-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state |
1981 |
Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls |
1982 |
Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets |
1982 |
The Federal Reserve announces that the operating capacity of factories has gone down to 67.8%. |
1983 |
Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding |
1983 |
Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time |
1983 |
Riverside, California; judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital |
1985 |
Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission |
1986 |
Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist party, known as Zheltoksan, which becomes the first sign of ethnic strife during Gorbachev's tenure |
1987 |
Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea |
1988 |
Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud |
1989 |
Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL) |
1989 |
Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia |
1989 |
Protest breaks out in Timişoara in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor, László Tőkés. |
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 |
1991 |
Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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" |
1998 |
Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox - the United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq. |
2012 |
4 people are killed after Cyclone Evan strikes Fiji |
2012 |
Corinthians defeat Chelsea 1-0 to win the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup |
2012 |
A gang rape of a woman on a bus in India that resulted in her death leads to national and international outrage |
2013 |
21 people are killed and 20 are injured after a bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, Philippines |
2015 |
North Korea sentences Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim to life in prison |
2016 |
Dylann Roof Found Guilty in Charleston Church Massacre |
2016 |
Russia and Assad 'responsible' for Aleppo, says US |
2016 |
White House supports claim Putin directed US election hack |
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