12-16-2004, 06:37 AM
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December 16th
1653 ~ Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1770 ~ Birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer.
1773 ~ The Boston Tea Party.
1775 ~ Birthday of Jane Austen, Writer.
1893 ~ World premiere of Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony"
1901 ~ Birthday of Margaret Mead, Anthropologist.
1917 ~ Birthday of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Writer.
1928 ~ Birthday of Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction Writer.
1944 ~ World War II: The Battle of the Bulge began. A V-2 rocket hit the Rex Cinema in Antwerp killing 567 people.
1998 ~ Operation Desert Fox: American and British aircraft began to bomb Iraqi targets after Iraq obstructed UN weapons inspectors.
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