16TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST HENRY OF CROCKET; ST MARCELLUS,
POPE; ST BERARD & OTHERS; ST FURSEY; ST PRISCILLA; & ST HONORATUS OF ARLES." |
| 16TH |
308 |
"ST MARCELLUS I" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 16TH |
1547 |
"IVAN THE TERRIBLE" 17,
CROWNS HIMSELF FIRST TSAR OF RUSSIA. |
| 16TH |
1759 |
THE BRITISH MUSEUM OPENS IN LONDON. |
| 16TH |
1793 |
THE FIRST IMMIGRANT FREE SETTLERS, FIVE
MEN, ONE WITH WIFE & CHILDREN ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA ABOARD THE BELLONA ARRIVES AT
PORT JACKSON.
THERE WERE ALSO 17 WOMEN CONVICTS ON BOARD. |
| 16TH |
1877 |
THE NARACOORTE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY LINE IS EXTENDED TO
KINGSTON. |
| 16TH |
1882 |
MANY BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED WHEN A
CYCLONE HITS DARWIN. |
| 16TH |
1888 |
THE BRISBANE TO SYDNEY RAIL LINK IS COMPLETED. |
| 16TH |
1889 |
53.1 deg C. AT CLONCURRY, QUEENSLAND,
IS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN AUSTRALIA. |
| 16TH |
1908 |
THE PORT OF OUTER HARBOUR, PORT ADELAIDE, IS OFFICIALLY
OPENED. |
| 16TH |
1909 |
"T.W. EDGEWORTH DAVID,"
"DOUGLAS MAWSON," "A.F. McKAY" OF THE SHACKLETON EXPEDITION REACH THE
SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE. |
| 16TH |
1920 |
AMERICA INTRODUCES PROHIBITION, BANNING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL. |
| 16TH |
1932 |
"DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS
ORCHESTRA" RECORDED "IT DON’T MEAN A THING" IN NEW YORK. |
| 16TH |
1938 |
"BENNY GOODMAN" REFUSES TO PLAY CARNEGIE HALL WHEN
BLACK MEMBERS OF HIS BAND WERE BARRED FROM PERFORMING. |
| 16TH |
1939 |
THE COMIC STRIP "SUPERMAN"
DEBUTS. |
| 16TH |
1942 |
ACTRESS, "CAROLE LOMBARD" IS KILLED IN A PLANE
CRASH NEAR LAS VEGAS. |
| 16TH |
1962 |
THE PASSENGER LINER ‘STRATHNAVER’
DEPARTED FROM ADELAIDES, OUTER HARBOUR FOR THE LAST TIME. |
| 16TH |
1965 |
THE PASSENGER & CAR FERRY EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA BEGINS
OPERATING BETWEEN SYDNEY & HOBART. |
| 16TH |
1970 |
"COLONEL KHADDAFI" BECAME
PRESIDENT OF LIBYA. |
| 16TH |
1979 |
SINGER, "CHER" & MUSICIAN, "GREG
ALLMAN" DIVORCE. |
| 16TH |
1980 |
"PAUL McCARTNEY" IS GAOLED IN
TOKYO FOR 10 DAYS ON MARIJUANA POSSESSION. |
| 16TH |
1981 |
"IVAN LENDL" INTENTIONALLY LOSES A MATCH IN THE
VOLVO MASTERS, IN ORDER TO AVOID HAVING TO PLAY "BJORN BORG." |
| 16TH |
1981 |
"PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY"
ARE ARRESTED IN BARBADOS ON POSSESSION OF CANNIBAS. |
| 16TH |
1985 |
THE "SULTAN OF BRUNEI" PURCHASES LONDON’S
"DORCHESTER HOTEL." |
| 16TH |
1985 |
U.S. PLAYBOY ANNOUNCES END TO STAPLING
OF CENTREFOLDS. |
| 16TH |
1991 |
THE U.S. LAUNCHED "OPERATION DESERT STORM" AGAINST
IRAQ, LESS THAN 17 HOURS AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR IRAQ TO WITHDRAW FROM KUWAIT. |
| 16TH |
1992 |
34 MEN & WOMEN CLAIMING TO BE
STUDENTS & TEACHERS FROM BEIJING, REACH DOONGAN CATTLE STATION, NEAR WYNDHAM, WESTERN
AUSTRALIA, AFTER WALKING FOR 10 DAYS FROM THEIR WRECKED BOAT AT SWIFT BAY.
ANOTHER 22 ARE STILL MISSING. (FOUND ON 25TH) |
| 16TH |
1997 |
"ENNIS WILLIAM COSBY," 27, SON OF U.S. COMEDIAN,
"BILL COSBY," IS SHOT DEAD WHILE CHANGING THE WHEEL OF HIS CAR BY THE SIDE OF A
CALIFORNIA FREEWAY. |
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