Page 6: Historical Events In December - 16

1925  On December - 16 alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity is founded at Lafayette College.   

1926  On December - 16 darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris   

1926  Alfred Koerppen, composer on December - 16.   

1927  Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia on this day in history.   

1927  On December - 16 g Randall P D Garrett, US, sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!)   

1927  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 on December - 16.   

1928  On this day in history peter Nailor, civil servant/historian   

1929  The first NHL game at Chicago Stadium (Black Hawks) on December - 16.   

1929  Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pitts Pirates, 3-1 on this day in history.   

1929  On December - 16 ian Board, barkeeper   

1930  Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award on this day in history.   

1931  On December - 16 german SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism   

1931  Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82 on December - 16.   

1932  On December - 16 heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed   

1932  Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse) on December - 16.   

1933  Abe de Vries & Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht on December - 16.   

1935  Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30 on December - 16.   

1936  John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center   

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 on December - 16.   

1937  On December - 16 jim Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)   

1938  Bradman scores 143 South Aust v NSW, 11 fours 91 singles on this day in history.   

1939  Bradman scores 251* SA v NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes on this day in history.   

1940  On December - 16 british air raid on Mannheim   

1940  M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history sarawak occupied by the Japanese   

1941  Sarawak occupied by Japanese on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkan   

1943  "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 & injures 200 on December - 16.   

1944  On December - 16 battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium   

1944  On this day in history germans begin Battle of the Bulge to strike back at U.S. troops.   

1944  The Battle of the Bulge begins in WWII as Germany launches a surprise counter-attack against Allied forces in Belgium on this day in history.   

1944  Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium on December - 16.   

1944  On this day in history glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

1584  On December - 16 birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.   

1652  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.   

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat