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16 December 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2014 - A hostage crisis in a Lindt chocolate café in Sydney, Australia, ended with police storming the building, killing the perpetrator and one of the hostages.Terror hostage-taking in 2014 in Sydney, Australia
Anniversary
2012 - A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.Gang rape, torture, murder and assault incident in India
Anniversary
1997 - Amid an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the British government banned the sale of beef on the bone for human consumption.Zoonotic epidemic in the United Kingdom
Anniversary
1997 - "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children.38th episode of the 1st season of Pokémon
Anniversary
1971 - The surrender of Pakistani forces in Dacca, East Pakistan, concluded the Bangladesh Liberation War and the India-Pakistan War.Country in South Asia
Historical events
History
2024 - The Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people.Mass shooting in Wisconsin, U.S.
History
2022 - A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.Natural disaster in Selangor, Malaysia
History
2014 - Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.Islamist militant organisation
History
2013 - A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.2013 vehicle crash in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines
History
2011 - The Zhanaozen massacre occurs when violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, resulting in security forces killing at least 14 and injuring 100 more.2011 mass killing of protesters in western Kazakhstan
History
1997 - Dennō Senshi Porygon: Over 600 kids in Japan suffer photosensitive epileptic seizures after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime.38th episode of the 1st season of Pokémon
History
1992 - Deportation of Hamas members: Israeli authorities began deporting hundreds of Palestinians suspected to be members of Hamas across the Lebanese border.Deportation of Hamas members by Israel
History
1989 - Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.1989 popular uprising in Romania
History
1986 - 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.1986 Alma-Ata protests and riots against an ethnic Russian leader
History
1973 - Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.1973 aviation accident in the Soviet Union
Notable births
Born
2001 - Kai Cenat, American streamerAmerican internet personality and online streamer (born 2001)
Born
1998 - Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis playerAustrian tennis player (born 1998)
Born
1998 - Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer and actressChinese singer and actress (born 1998)
Born
1997 - Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriterSwedish singer and songwriter (born 1997)
Born
1994 - Nigel Hayes, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Lusanda Dumke, South African professional rugby union player who played as a flanker (born 1996)South African rugby union player (1996–2025)
Died
2024 - Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (born 1943)American basketball player (1943–2024)
Died
2024 - Tulsi Gowda, Indian environmentalist (born 1937/1938)Indian environmentalist (1937 or 1938 – 2024)
Died
2023 - Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (born 1937)Emir of Kuwait from 2020 to 2023
Died
2017 - Keely Smith, American singer and actress (born 1928)American jazz and popular music singer (1928–2017)
Died
2015 - Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (born 1927)English author & poet (1927–2015)
Died
2015 - Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (born 1950)Mexican professional wrestler (1950 – 2015)
Died
2015 - George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (born 1926)American painter, printmaker, constructionist and sculptor (1926-2015)
Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated
Lunar age: 15.3 days
Sun zodiac
Sagittarius
25.02 degrees
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Moon zodiac
Cancer
9.74 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.