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. Date: December 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1960…
Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. Date: December 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day. Date: December 16, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 16, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day…
The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is enacted. Date: December 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors. Date: December 16, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 16, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. Date: December 16, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Deportation of Hamas members: Israeli authorities began deporting hundreds of Palestinians suspected to be members of Hamas across the Lebanese border. Date: December 16, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
Dennō Senshi Porygon: Over 600 kids in Japan suffer photosensitive epileptic seizures after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime. Date: December 16, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)