December 16
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
- 1960
A United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
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Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
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Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India respectively.
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The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
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The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is enacted.
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Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.
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The Jeltoqsan riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR.
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Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
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Dennō Senshi Porygon: Over 600 kids in Japan suffer photosensitive epileptic seizures after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime.
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The Zhanaozen massacre occurs when violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, resulting in security forces killing at least 14 and injuring 100 more.
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Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
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The Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people.
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2001Kai Cenat, American streamer
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1998Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer and actress
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1997Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
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1996Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer
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1996Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer
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1996Henry Thornton, Australian cricketer
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1994Nigel Hayes, American basketball player
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1994José Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
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1993Jyoti Amge, Indian actress
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1993Stephan James, Canadian actor
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1992Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
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1992Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
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