December 16 - This day in History

December 16: General Interest
1773: The Boston Tea Party

In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor... read more


American Revolution
1773 : Sons of Liberty dump British tea
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sons-of-liberty-dump-british-tea


Automotive
1979 : OPEC states raise oil prices
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/opec-states-raise-oil-prices


Civil War
1863 : Johnston named commander of Army of Tennessee
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnston-named-commander-of-army-of-tennessee


Cold War
1950 : Truman declares state of emergency
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-declares-state-of-emergency


Crime
1989 : A terrorist bomber begins his deadly rampage
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-terrorist-bomber-begins-his-deadly-rampage


Disaster
1960 : Two airplanes collide over New York City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/two-airplanes-collide-over-new-york-city


General Interest
1811 : Earthquake rocks the American wilderness
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-rocks-the-american-wilderness

1920 : Earthquake devastates Gansu province of China
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-devastates-gansu-province-of-china

1944 : Battle of the Bulge begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge-begins

1971 : Pakistani forces defeated in Bangladesh
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pakistani-forces-defeated-in-bangladesh


Hollywood
1977 : Saturday Night Fever turns Travolta into movie star
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saturday-night-fever-turns-travolta-into-movie-star

2010 : "Larry King Live" ends after 25 years on CNN
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/larry-king-live-ends-after-25-years-on-cnn


Literary
1775 : Jane Austen's birthday
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jane-austens-birthday


Music
1893 : Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony" receives its world premiere in New York City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/antonin-dvorak39s-quotnew-world-symphonyquot-receives-its-world-premiere-in-new-york-city


Old West
1826 : Edwards declares the Texas Republic of Fredonia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/edwards-declares-the-texas-republic-of-fredonia


Presidential
1998 : Clinton orders air attack on Iraq
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clinton-orders-air-attack-on-iraq


Sports
1973 : OJ Simpson rushes record 2,000 yards in a season
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oj-simpson-rushes-record-2000-yards-in-a-season


Vietnam War
1965 : Westmoreland asks for more troops
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/westmoreland-asks-for-more-troops

1972 : Kissinger announces that North Vietnamese left negotiations
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kissinger-announces-that-north-vietnamese-left-negotiations


World War I
1914 : Germans bombard English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-bombard-english-ports-of-hartlepool-and-scarborough


World War II
1944 : Battle of the Bulge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge