Page 6: Historical Events In December - 16

1925  Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity is founded at Lafayette College on December - 16.   

1926  Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris on December - 16.   

1926  On December - 16 alfred Koerppen, composer   

1927  On December - 16 cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia   

1927  G Randall P D Garrett, US, sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!) on this day in history.   

1927  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1928  On December - 16 peter Nailor, civil servant/historian   

1929  On December - 16 the first NHL game at Chicago Stadium (Black Hawks)   

1929  On this day in history chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pitts Pirates, 3-1   

1929  On December - 16 ian Board, barkeeper   

1930  Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award on December - 16.   

1931  On this day in history german SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism   

1931  On this day in history gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82   

1932  On this day in history heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed   

1932  Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse) on this day in history.   

1933  Abe de Vries & Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30   

1936  John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1936  On December - 16 morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center   

1937  On December - 16 theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.   

1937  Jim Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again) on December - 16.   

1938  Bradman scores 143 South Aust v NSW, 11 fours 91 singles on this day in history.   

1939  Bradman scores 251* SA v NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes on this day in history.   

1940  British air raid on Mannheim on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history m Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies   

1941  Sarawak occupied by the Japanese on December - 16.   

1941  On December - 16 sarawak occupied by Japanese   

1942  On December - 16 hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkan   

1943  On this day in history "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 & injures 200   

1944  On December - 16 battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium   

1944  On December - 16 germans begin Battle of the Bulge to strike back at U.S. troops.   

1944  The Battle of the Bulge begins in WWII as Germany launches a surprise counter-attack against Allied forces in Belgium on December - 16.   

1944  On December - 16 battle of Bulge begins in Belgium   

1944  On December - 16 glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.   

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.   

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)   

0705  On December - 16 death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.   

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.