Page 8: Historical Events In December - 16

1973  On December - 16 o.J. Simpson becomes first NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season   

1973  On December - 16 syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies   

1974  On December - 16 kostas Varnalis, writer, dies   

1976  On December - 16 george a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months   

1976  Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis on this day in history.   

1976  On December - 16 george, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies   

1978  Cleveland, Ohio, become the first city in the post-Depression era to default on its loans on December - 16.   

1978  Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76   

1980  Pres-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state on December - 16.   

1980  On December - 16 harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90   

1982  Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital   

1983  Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time on December - 16.   

1983  On this day in history kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74   

1985  On December - 16 challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission   

1985  Paul Castellano Organized-crime chief shot dead by a NYC restaurant on this day in history.   

1985  Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies on December - 16.   

1987  Roh Tae Woo wins Presidential Election in South Korea on this day in history.   

1987  Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79 on December - 16.   

1988  Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud on December - 16.   

1988  On December - 16 h "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies   

1989  Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies on this day in history.   

1991  UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote on this day in history.   

1991  Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies on December - 16.   

1992  IBM said it would make its first layoffs in fifty years. The company announced it would trim its staff by 25,000 employees and dispose of some of the assets of its mainframebusiness on this day in history.   

1992  On December - 16 israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity   

1992  On this day in history anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80   

1993  On this day in history bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46   

1994  Mary Durack, poet, dies at 81 on December - 16.   

1996  IBM announced on this day in 1996 it would stop selling computers that used that PowerPC chip and ran Windows NT. IBM, Motorola, and Apple had teamed up to challenge Intel Corporation's dominance in chips and Microsoft's near monopoly on operating systems on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history 43rd Mersenne prime found, 230,402,457 - 1. Discovered with the GIMPS project by Dr. Curtis Cooper and Dr. Steven Boone, professors at Central Missouri State University.   

2005  The West Wing Actor John Spencer dies at 58 on December - 16.   

2007  On December - 16 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.   

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1485  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  On this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.   

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)   

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

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

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

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.   

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

1325  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat