Daily Archives: 12/16/2021
On this day ,,,12/16

- 1773 The Boston Tea Party
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- 1773 Sons of Liberty dump British tea
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- 1979 OPEC states raise oil prices
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- 1863 Johnston named commander of Army of Tennessee
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- 1950 Truman declares state of emergency
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- 1989 A terrorist bomber begins his deadly rampage
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- 1960 Two airplanes collide over New York City
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- 1811 Earthquake rocks the American wilderness
- 1920 Earthquake devastates Gansu province of China
- 1944 Battle of the Bulge begins
- 1971 Pakistani forces defeated in Bangladesh
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- 1977 Saturday Night Fever turns Travolta into movie star
- 2010 “Larry King Live” ends after 25 years on CNN
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- 1775 Jane Austen’s birthday
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- 1893 Antonin Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” receives its world premiere in New York City
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- 1826 Edwards declares the Texas Republic of Fredonia
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- 1998 Clinton orders air attack on Iraq
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- 1973 OJ Simpson rushes record 2,000 yards in a season
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- 1965 Westmoreland asks for more troops
- 1972 Kissinger announces that North Vietnamese left negotiations
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- 1914 Germans bombard English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough
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- 1944 Battle of the Bulge
1981 – The U.S. Congress restored the $122 minimum monthly social security benefit for current recipients
December 16, 1981 President Reagan promulgated Executive Order 12335, which established the National Commission on Social Security Reform. The Commission was created as a result of the continuing deterioration of the financial position of the Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and to made recommendations to assure the financial integrity of the Social Security System.
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