December 16: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com

December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 15 days remaining.

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1653 - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1689 - The English Parliament adopts the Bill of Rights.
1773 - Boston Tea Party
1811 - Largest recorded earthquake in the United States, at New Madrid, Missouri
1838 - Boers defeat Zulu troops led by Dambuza[?] and Nhlela[?], celebrated as the day of the vow[?].
1850 - The first four ships arrive at Lyttleton to settle Christchurch, New Zealand.
1864 - Union troops led by general George Thomas defeat Confederate troops in the Battle of Nashville[?].
1893 - World premiere of Anton Dvorak[?]'s "New World Symphony".
1910 - Henri Coanda makes first short flight in aircraft with jet engine
1915 - Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.
1922 - Poland's President Gabriel Narutowicz[?] assassinated.
1944 - Battle of the Bulge begins
1969 - The British House of Commons votes to abolish the death penalty.
1971 - Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan.
1990 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected president of Haiti
1991 - United Nations reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25, with 13 abstentions
1998 - American and British troops bomb Iraqi targets after Iraq obstructs UN weapons inspectors.
1999 - Mud streams kill thousands in Venezuela.
2000 - NASA announces that there is an ocean beneath Jupiter's moon Ganymede's icy surface.

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