Mar 2nd, 2005, 11:30 AM
December 16th
Events
1689 - The English Parliament adopts the Bill of Rights.
1773 - The Boston Tea Party
1960 - A United Airlines DC-8 and a TWA Super-Constellation collide over New York City killing 134
1973 - O.J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush for 2000 yards in one season. - wooooo! go bills 32 years ago!
1985 - In New York City, mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead when exiting from Sparks Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the powerful Gambino organized crime family.
Births
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (d. 1827)
1775 - Jane Austen, writer (d. 1817)
1790 - King Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer - 1
1927 - Randall Garrett, science fiction writer - 2
1928 - Philip K. Dick, science fiction writer (d. 1982) - 3
1934 - Elgin Baylor, basketball great
1946 - Benny Andersson, Swedish singer, songwriter, ABBA member
1946 - Trevor Pinnock, English conductor, harpsichordist
1961 - Bill Hicks, comedian (d. 1994)
Deaths
714 - Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia (b. 635 or 640)
999 - Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
1515 - Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (at sea) (b. 1453)
1783 - Johann A. Hasse, composer
1783 - William James (naval commander) (b. c. 1720)
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, folklorist (b. 1786)
1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, composer (b. 1835)
1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (b. 1865)
1928 - Elinor Wylie, writer
1942 - Heinrich Himmler orders that the Roma (gypsy) candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
1945 - Fumimaro Konoye, prince and prime minister of Japan (b. 1891)
1949 - Sidney Olcott, pioneer motion picture director (b. 1873)
1956 - Nina Hamnett, artist (b. 1890)
1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, writer (b. 1874)
1977 - Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
1980 - Colonel Harland Sanders, fast food entrepreneur (Kentucky Fried Chicken) (b. 1890)
1980 - Hellmuth Walter, engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
1982 - Colin Chapman, engineer, founder of Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
1985 - Paul Castellano, mafia boss (b. 1915)
1989 - Lee Van Cleef, actor (b. 1925)
1993 - Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (b. 1918)
1996 - Quentin Bell, biographer, author
2003 - Robert Stanfield, Canadian politician (b. 1914)
2003 - Gary Stewart, Country music singer (suicide)
2004 - Ted Abernathy, Major League Baseball player (b. 1933)
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