100 years anniversary |
16 Dec 1924
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birth
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Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993) |
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16 Dec 1924
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event
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Noel Coward's "Vortex" premieres in London
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75 years anniversary |
16 Dec 1949
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death
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Traitsjo Kostov: Bulgarian communist Vice Premier, executed
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16 Dec 1949
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event
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Sukarno becomes President Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta Premier
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16 Dec 1949
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birth
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Billy Gibbons, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (ZZ Top and Moving Sidewalks) |
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16 Dec 1949
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birth
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Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge |
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16 Dec 1949
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death
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Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873) |
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16 Dec 1949
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birth
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Billy Gibbons Houston TX, jazz guitarist (Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top)
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16 Dec 1949
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death
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Traitsjo Kostov Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
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16 Dec 1949
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event
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Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
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50 years anniversary |
16 Dec 1974
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death
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Kostas Varnalis: Writer
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16 Dec 1974
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birth
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Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress |
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16 Dec 1974
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birth
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Earl C. Poitier, American actor |
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16 Dec 1974
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death
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Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (b. 1884) |
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16 Dec 1974
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music
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Guitarist Mick Taylor announced he was leaving The Rolling Stones, saying he felt that now was the time to move on and do something new.
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16 Dec 1974
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death
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Kostas Varnalis writer, dies
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16 Dec 1974
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event
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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16 Dec 1974
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event
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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25 years anniversary |
16 Dec 1999
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music
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A 28 year-old man died after falling more than 80ft at Earls Court, London, while dismantling the set at a Spice Girls concert.
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20 years anniversary |
16 Dec 2004
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death
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Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
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16 Dec 2004
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death
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Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (b. 1946) |
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16 Dec 2004
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music
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A Detroit studio where Eminem recorded My Name Is went up for auction on the website eBay. Studio 8, in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale was to be listed in eBay's commercial property section for 30 days, with a minimum bid is $215,000 (£161,448).
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16 Dec 2004
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music
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Gold and silver Black Sabbath discs were stolen from the Kent home of Ozzy Osbourne's former manager Patrick Meehan. Police recovered the discs a week later after they were offered for sale on the internet auction site eBay.
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15 years anniversary |
16 Dec 2009
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death
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Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930) |
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16 Dec 2009
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death
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Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956) |
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16 Dec 2009
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death
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Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (b. 1940) |
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10 years anniversary |
16 Dec 2014
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death
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Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947) |
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16 Dec 2014
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death
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Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955) |
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16 Dec 2014
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death
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Man Haron Monis, Iranian-Australian cleric (b. 1964) |
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16 Dec 2014
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death
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Wendy Rene, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947) |
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16 Dec 2014
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death
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Ernie Terrell, American boxer and singer (b. 1939) |
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16 Dec 2014
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event
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Militants belonging to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attacked an Army Public School in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killing 145 people. |
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