16TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST IRENION; SAINTS ANANIAH, AZARIAH,
& MICHAEL; & ADELAIDE." |
| 16TH |
687 |
"ST SERGIA I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 16TH |
882 |
"JOHN VIII" ENDS HIS REIGN AS
CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 16TH |
882 |
"MARINUS I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 16TH |
1631 |
MOUNT VESUVIUS, ITLAY, ERUPTS,
DESTROYING SIX VILLAGES & KILLING 4,000. |
| 16TH |
1773 |
AMERICAN COLONISTS, DRESSED AS INDIANS, STAGED THE
‘BOSTON TEA PARTY’ AGAINST A BRITISH SHIP, DUMPING 342 CHESTS OF TEA OVERBOARD. |
| 16TH |
1809 |
"NAPOLEON BONAPARTE" DIVORCED
HIS WIFE "JOSEPHINE" BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT PRODUCED CHILDREN. |
| 16TH |
1835 |
A HUGE FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY DESTROYS MORE THAN 600 BUILDINGS
& CAUSES $U.S.20 million DAMAGE. |
| 16TH |
1850 |
THE FIRST IMMIGRANT SHIP TO NEW
ZEALAND, THE CHARLOTTE JANE, ARRIVED AT LYTTLETON. |
| 16TH |
1920 |
ONE OF THE WORST EARTHQUAKES OF ALL TIME KILLS ABOUT 180,000
IN KANSU PROVINCE, CHINA. |
| 16TH |
1939 |
FIRST COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURE OF NYLON
YARN, SEAFORD, DELAWARE, USA. |
| 16TH |
1941 |
THE USS ‘SWORDFISH’ BECOMES THE FIRST U.S.
SUBMARINE TO SINK A JAPANESE SHIP. |
| 16TH |
1942 |
PREFERENTIAL VOTING IS MADE COMPULSORY
IN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOWER HOUSE ELECTIONS. |
| 16TH |
1944 |
BANDLEADER, "GLENN MILLER," IS LOST OVER THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL. |
| 16TH |
1948 |
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY’S FIRST
AIRCRAFT CARRIER, HMAS SYDNEY IS COMMISIONED. |
| 16TH |
1948 |
THE TOWN OF "SOUTH COAST" LATER CALLED "THE
CITY OF GOLD COAST" IS ESTABLISHED IN QUEENSLAND. |
| 16TH |
1950 |
FORMER CHILD FILM STAR, "SHIRLEY
TEMPLE" 22, MARRIES BUSINESSMAN "CHARLES BLACK." |
| 16TH |
1960 |
A UNITED AIRLINES ‘DC8’ & TWA, ‘LOCKHEED
SUPER CONSTELLATION’ COLLIDED OVER BROOKLYN NEW YORK KILLING 129 PASSENGERS AND
CREW. |
| 16TH |
1964 |
CANADA ADOPTS THE MAPLE LEAF FLAG. |
| 16TH |
1969 |
THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS VOTES 343 - 185 TO APPROVE THE
PERMANENT ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY. |
| 16TH |
1970 |
SOVIET ‘VENERA 7’ IS
THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON ANOTHER PLANET (VENUS) |
| 16TH |
1977 |
2 DIED, AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED WHEN FIRES SWEPT
THROUGH CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS, NSW. |
| 16TH |
1980 |
"APPLE COMPUTERS" IS FLOATED
ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE FOR $1.2 BILLION. |
| 16TH |
1985 |
"SYLVESTER STALLONE" & "BRIGITTE
NIELSON" WED. |
| 16TH |
1988 |
"LORI DAVIS" OF LONG ISLAND,
SUES "MIKE TYSON" FOR GRABBING HER BUTTOCKS. |
| 16TH |
1991 |
CANADIAN, "CONRAD BLACK" GAINS CONTROL OF THE
"JOHN FAIRFAX GROUP." |
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