16 December
Notable Births
Kai Cenat
b. 2001
American internet personality and online streamer (born 2001)
Zhou Jieqiong
b. 1998
Chinese singer and actress (born 1998)
Wilfred Ndidi
b. 1996
Nigerian footballer (born 1996)
Sergio Reguilón
b. 1996
Spanish footballer (born 1996)
Nigel Hayes-Davis
b. 1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
José Rodríguez (footballer, born 1994)
b. 1994
Spanish footballer
Jyoti Amge
b. 1993
Smallest living woman (born 1993)
Stephan James (actor)
b. 1993
Canadian actor
Anamul Haque
b. 1992
Bangladeshi cricketer
Tom Rogic
b. 1992
Australian footballer (born 1992)
Craig Goodwin
b. 1991
Australian soccer player
David Johnson (running back)
b. 1991
American football player (born 1991)
Mats Hummels
b. 1988
German footballer (born 1988)
Anna Popplewell
b. 1988
English actress (born 1988)
Alexey Shved
b. 1988
Russian basketball player (born 1988)
Alcides Escobar
b. 1986
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1986)
Pärt Uusberg
b. 1986
Estonian composer and conductor
Stanislav Manolev
b. 1985
Bulgarian footballer
James Nash (racing driver)
b. 1985
British racing driver (born 1985)
Amanda Setton
b. 1985
American actress (born 1985)
Notable Deaths
Dick Van Arsdale
d. 2024
American basketball player (1943–2024)
Tulsi Gowda
d. 2024
Indian environmentalist (1937 or 1938 – 2024)
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
d. 2023
Emir of Kuwait from 2020 to 2023
Keely Smith
d. 2017
American jazz and popular music singer (1928–2017)
Peter Dickinson
d. 2015
English author & poet (1927–2015)
Lizmark
d. 2015
Mexican professional wrestler (1950 – 2015)
Martin Brasier
d. 2014
British paleontologist (1947–2014)
Tim Cochran
d. 2014
American mathematician
Tahira Qazi
d. 2014
Pakistani educationist (1951 – 2014)
Ray Price
d. 2013
American singer (1926–2013)
Marta Russell
d. 2013
American journalist
Elwood V. Jensen
d. 2012
American biologist (1920–2012)
Jake Adam York
d. 2012
American poet (1972–2012)
Robert Easton (actor)
d. 2011
American actor (1930–2011)
Nicol Williamson
d. 2011
British actor (1936–2011)
Roy E. Disney
d. 2009
American businessman and filmmaker (1930–2009)
Yegor Gaidar
d. 2009
Soviet-Russian economist and politician (1956–2009)
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
d. 2009
South African politician (1940–2009)
Dan Fogelberg
d. 2007
American singer-songwriter (1951–2007)
The Spoiler (wrestler)
d. 2006
Canadian professional wrestler (1940–2006)
On This Day in History
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2024
The Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people.
Abundant Life Christian School shooting
2022
A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.
2022 Batang Kali landslide
2014
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
Pakistani Taliban
2013
A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
2013 Metro Manila Skyway bus accident
2011
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.
Zhanaozen massacre
1997
Dennō Senshi Porygon: Over 600 kids in Japan suffer photosensitive epileptic seizures after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime.
Dennō Senshi Porygon
1992
Deportation of Hamas members: Israeli authorities began deporting hundreds of Palestinians suspected to be members of Hamas across the Lebanese border.
1992 deportation of Hamas members
1989
Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
Romanian revolution
1986
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.
Jeltoqsan
1973
Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.
Aeroflot Flight 2022
1972
The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is enacted.
Constitution of Bangladesh
1971
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.
Bangladesh Liberation War
1971
The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
Bahrain
1968
Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
Second Vatican Council
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.
United Airlines
1951
A Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in Elizabeth, New Jersey, killing all 58 aboard including dancer Doris Ruby.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
1944
World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
World War II
1942
The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
The Holocaust
1920
The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
1920 Haiyuan earthquake
1914
World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
World War I