History for December 16 - On-This-Day.com
Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770 - Composer, Jane Austen 1775, George Santayana 1863,
Margaret Mead 1901, Arthur C. Clarke 1917 - Author, Benny Andersson 1946 - Singer, keyboards, synthesizers (ABBA)
1773 - Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off of British ships by Colonial patriots. The patriots were disguised as Indians. The act was to protest taxation without representation and the monopoly the government granted to the East India Company.
1944 - During World War II, the Battle of the Bulge began in Belgium. It was the final major German counteroffensive in the war.
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