Talk:December 16

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December 16: National Day in Bahrain (1971); Victory Day in Bangladesh (1971); Independence Day in Kazakhstan (1991) 1653 – The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell (pictured) became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England. 1689 – The Parliament of England adopted the Bill of Rights, declaring that Englishmen possessed certain positive civil and political rights. 1850 – The Canterbury Pilgrims aboard Randolph and Charlotte-Jane arrived to settle Christchurch, New Zealand. 1944 – World War II: The Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany launched its final offensive in the western front, the Battle of the Bulge. 1971 – Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrendered, ending the Indo-Pakistani War and the Bangladesh Liberation War. More events: December 15 – December 16 – December 17 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 11:41, June 15, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Dingaan replaced with Dambuza and Nhlela as Zulu forces leaders. Source Day of reconciliation, South African government site.

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The December 16 pages says "1998 - Operation Desert Fox: American and British troops begin to bomb Iraqi targets after Iraq obstructs UN weapons inspectors." However, this is not quite correct, IMHO. It is often asserted that the UNSCOM weapons inspection team was kicked out of Iraq by Saddam Hussein.

Richard Butler, head of UNSCOM, withdrew the team from Iraq, to protect his staff from the air strikes that the US and UK governments were threatening.

The events surrounding the withdrawal are recounted in Butler's book, Saddam Defiant: (2000): “I received a telephone call from US Ambassador Peter Burleigh inviting me for a private conversation at the US mission ... Burleigh informed me that on instructions from Washington it would be ‘prudent to take measures to ensure the safety and security of UNSCOM staff presently in Iraq.’ I told him that I would act on his advice and remove my staff from Iraq.”

Evidence abounds that "obstruction" by Iraq was not the cause of the invasion.

See http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/myths.html#_ftn40, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/crisis_in_the_gulf/road_to_the_brink/216264.stm, and the UNSCOM chronology http://www.un.org/Depts/unscom/Chronology/chronologyframe.htm

—the preceding unsigned comment is by 203.220.141.222 (talk • contribs) 22:56, 2004 December 15 (UTC)

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Does ASU winning a football game really warrant entry on this page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.244.161.98 (talk • contribs) 18:48, August 4, 2006 (UTC).

No, I don't think so, and I've removed it. We shouldn't list sports results for a particular year like that. Graham talk 12:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deaths-Rasputin's Murder?

According to the New York Times link on this page (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20071216.html), Gregory Rasputin was murdered on this date in 1916. Should this be included? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.174.119 (talk) 02:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

The date depends on if you use the old style or new style date. The entry can't be listed on both days so it is best to expect to see these types of things on the new style date (December 29 in this case). -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 03:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)