Check out what Wikipedia has to say about it.
Some of my favorites:
Events:
- 1653 - English Interregnum: The Protectorate - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 1707 - Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
- 1773 - American Revolution: Boston Tea Party - Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
- 1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
- 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
- 1775 - Jane Austen, English writer (d. 181
- 1901 - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (d. 1978)
Feel free to add your own. What's special about your birthday (other than you of course)?
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On an international note, December 16th in South Africa is a public holiday known as the Day of Reconciliation. It used to be known as the Day of the Vow or Dingane’s Day, commemorating the victory of a group of Afrikaaners over the Zulu king Dinagane in 1838. Clearly it is not politically correct to celebrate such things, so now we foster reconciliation and national unity. Amen.
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