User:Venustas 12/December 16 2010 Selected Anniversaries/
User:Venustas 12/December 16 2010 Selected Anniversaries/doc December 16: Day of Ashura (Islam, 2010); National Day in Bahrain (1971); Victory Day in Bangladesh (1971); Independence Day in Kazakhstan (1991)
- 755 – An Lushan revolted against Tang Chinese Chancellor Yang Guozhong, initiating the An Shi Rebellion, which lasted eight years before it was put down.
- 1689 – The Parliament of England adopted the Bill of Rights, declaring that Englishmen possessed certain positive civil and political rights.
- 1838 – Great Trek: Over 450 Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius (pictured) defeated an estimated 10,000 Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- 1960 – United Airlines Flight 826 and Trans World Airlines Flight 266 collided in mid-air in heavy clouds over Staten Island, New York City, killing 134 people.
- 1997 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children.
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