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Dezember – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="16. Dezember" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-alt mw-list-item"><a href="https://alt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D2%A5%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%8B%D2%A5_16_%D0%BA%D3%B1%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Јаҥар айдыҥ 16 кӱни – Southern Altai" lang="alt" hreflang="alt" data-title="Јаҥар айдыҥ 16 кӱни" data-language-autonym="Алтай тил" data-language-local-name="Southern Altai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Алтай тил</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_December" title="16 December – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="16 December" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juovl%C3%A2m%C3%A1%C3%A1nu_16." title="Juovlâmáánu 16. – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Juovlâmáánu 16." data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%A4%D1%85%D1%8B%D0%BD%D2%B7%D0%BA%D3%99%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%BC%D0%B7%D0%B0_16" title="Ԥхынҷкәынмза 16 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Ԥхынҷкәынмза 16" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="16 ديسمبر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="16 ديسمبر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_d%27aviento" title="16 d'aviento – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="16 d'aviento" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%A5%D6%80" title="16 Դեկտեմբեր – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="16 Դեկտեմբեր" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_d%C3%A8cembro" title="16 de dècembro – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="16 de dècembro" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%B0" title="১৬ ডিচেম্বৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="১৬ ডিচেম্বৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_d%27avientu" title="16 d'avientu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="16 d'avientu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_jasypak%C3%B5i" title="16 jasypakõi – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="16 jasypakõi" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80" title="16 Декабр – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="16 Декабр" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_dekabr" title="16 dekabr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="16 dekabr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B6_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="۱۶ دسامبر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۱۶ دسامبر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_D%C3%A9s%C3%A9mber" title="16 Désémber – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="16 Désémber" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0" title="১৬ ডিসেম্বর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="১৬ ডিসেম্বর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Disimbir" title="16 Disimbir – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="16 Disimbir" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_goe%CC%8Dh_16_ji%CC%8Dt" title="12 goe̍h 16 ji̍t – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="12 goe̍h 16 ji̍t" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C" title="16 декабрь – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="16 декабрь" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8F" title="16 снежня – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="16 снежня" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8F" title="16 сьнежня – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="16 сьнежня" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0" title="16 दिसंबर – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="16 दिसंबर" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desyembre_16" title="Desyembre 16 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Desyembre 16" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8" title="16 декември – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="16 декември" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%9F%E0%BE%B3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BC%A1%E0%BC%A2%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BC%A1%E0%BC%A6%E0%BD%89%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B" title="ཟླ་༡༢ཚེས་༡༦ཉིན་ – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཟླ་༡༢ཚེས་༡༦ཉིན་" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._decembar" title="16. decembar – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="16. decembar" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Kerzu" title="16 Kerzu – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="16 Kerzu" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_%D2%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD_16" title="12 һарын 16 – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="12 һарын 16" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_desembre" title="16 de desembre – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="16 de desembre" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2,_16" title="Раштав, 16 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Раштав, 16" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disyembre_16" title="Disyembre 16 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Disyembre 16" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._prosinec" title="16. prosinec – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="16. prosinec" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvita_16" title="Zvita 16 – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Zvita 16" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_di_dicembre" title="16 di dicembre – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="16 di dicembre" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Rhagfyr" title="16 Rhagfyr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="16 Rhagfyr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._december" title="16. december – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="16. december" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="16 دجنبر – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="16 دجنبر" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juovlam%C3%A1nu_16." title="Juovlamánu 16. – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Juovlamánu 16." data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._Dezember" title="16. Dezember – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="16. Dezember" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%91%DE%A8%DE%90%DE%AC%DE%89%DE%B0%DE%84%DE%A6%DE%83%DE%AA_16" title="ޑިސެމްބަރު 16 – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ޑިސެމްބަރު 16" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._detsember" title="16. detsember – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="16. detsember" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%CE%94%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" title="16 Δεκεμβρίου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="16 Δεκεμβρίου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_ed_dis%C3%A8mber" title="16 ed disèmber – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="16 ed disèmber" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_16_%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Ацамковонь 16 чи – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Ацамковонь 16 чи" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_diciembre" title="16 de diciembre – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="16 de diciembre" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/16-a_de_decembro" title="16-a de decembro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="16-a de decembro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_diziembri" title="16 diziembri – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="16 diziembri" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenduaren_16" title="Abenduaren 16 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Abenduaren 16" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B6_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="۱۶ دسامبر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۱۶ دسامبر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_December" title="16 December – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="16 December" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._desember" title="16. desember – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="16. desember" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_d%C3%A9cembre" title="16 décembre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="16 décembre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_desimber" title="16 desimber – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="16 desimber" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_di_Dicembar" title="16 di Dicembar – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="16 di Dicembar" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Nollaig" title="16 Nollaig – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="16 Nollaig" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Mee_ny_Nollick" title="16 Mee ny Nollick – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="16 Mee ny Nollick" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_K%C4%B1r%C4%B1m_ay" title="16 Kırım ay – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="16 Kırım ay" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_an_D%C3%B9bhlachd" title="16 an Dùbhlachd – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="16 an Dùbhlachd" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_decembro" title="16 de decembro – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="16 de decembro" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B0%D0%B3%D3%80%D0%BE%D0%B9_16" title="ОагӀой 16 – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="ОагӀой 16" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/12%E6%9C%8816%E8%99%9F" title="12月16號 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="12月16號" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%B0_%E0%AB%A7%E0%AB%AC" title="ડિસેમ્બર ૧૬ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ડિસેમ્બર ૧૬" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-ngie%CC%8Dt_16-ngit" title="12-ngie̍t 16-ngit – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="12-ngie̍t 16-ngit" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80_%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_16" title="Бар сарин 16 – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Бар сарин 16" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/12%EC%9B%94_16%EC%9D%BC" title="12월 16일 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="12월 16일" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_16" title="Դեկտեմբերի 16 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դեկտեմբերի 16" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0" title="१६ दिसम्बर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="१६ दिसम्बर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._decembra" title="16. decembra – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="16. decembra" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._prosinca" title="16. prosinca – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="16. prosinca" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Desember" title="16 Desember – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="16 Desember" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/16ma_di_decembro" title="16ma di decembro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="16ma di decembro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Disemba" title="16 Disemba – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="16 Disemba" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disiembre_16" title="Disiembre 16 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Disiembre 16" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC" title="ডিসেম্বর ১৬ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ডিসেম্বর ১৬" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Desember" title="16 Desember – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="16 Desember" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_decembre" title="16 de decembre – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="16 de decembre" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_decembre" title="16 decembre – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="16 decembre" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._desember" title="16. desember – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="16. desember" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_dicembre" title="16 dicembre – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="16 dicembre" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D7%91%D7%93%D7%A6%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A8" title="16 בדצמבר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="16 בדצמבר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Dh%C3%A9s%C3%A8mber" title="16 Dhésèmber – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="16 Dhésèmber" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%AC" title="ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ೧೬ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ೧೬" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disiembri_16" title="Disiembri 16 – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Disiembri 16" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="16 დეკემბერი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="16 დეკემბერი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8E%D8%B3%D9%8E%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8E%D8%B1_16" title="دَسَمبَر 16 – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="دَسَمبَر 16" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_g%C3%B2dnika" title="16 gòdnika – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="16 gòdnika" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D2%9B%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="16 желтоқсан – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="16 желтоқсан" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Desemba" title="16 Desemba – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="16 Desemba" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A6%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D1%82%D3%A7%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8C_16-%D3%A7%D0%B4_%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Ӧшым тӧлысь 16-ӧд лун – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Ӧшым тӧлысь 16-ӧд лун" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/16-e_ke_santoleaksat" title="16-e ke santoleaksat – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="16-e ke santoleaksat" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_desanm" title="16 desanm – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="16 desanm" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%C3%AA_kan%C3%BBna_p%C3%AA%C5%9F%C3%AEn" title="16ê kanûna pêşîn – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="16ê kanûna pêşîn" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B2" title="16 ທັນວາ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="16 ທັນວາ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Decembris" title="16 Decembris – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="16 Decembris" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._decembris" title="16. decembris – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="16. decembris" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._Dezember" title="16. Dezember – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="16. Dezember" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruod%C5%BEio_16" title="Gruodžio 16 – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Gruodžio 16" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_dex%C3%A9nbre" title="16 dexénbre – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="16 dexénbre" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_december" title="16 december – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="16 december" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._talvikuudu" title="16. talvikuudu – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="16. talvikuudu" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_12" title="16 12 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="16 12" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16." title="December 16. – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="December 16." data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0" title="१६ दिसम्बर – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="१६ दिसम्बर" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8" title="16 декември – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="16 декември" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Desambra" title="16 Desambra – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="16 Desambra" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%BC_16" title="ഡിസംബർ 16 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഡിസംബർ 16" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC" title="डिसेंबर १६ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="डिसेंबर १६" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%97%E1%83%90" title="16 ქირსეთუთა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="16 ქირსეთუთა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="16 ديسمبر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="16 ديسمبر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B6_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="۱۶ دسامبر – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۶ دسامبر" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Disember" title="16 Disember – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="16 Disember" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_ngu%C5%8Fk_16_h%C3%B4%CC%A4" title="12 nguŏk 16 hô̤ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="12 nguŏk 16 hô̤" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD_16" title="12 сарын 16 – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="12 сарын 16" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%81%E1%81%86_%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%87%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC" title="၁၆ ဒီဇင်ဘာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၁၆ ဒီဇင်ဘာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_metztli_diciembre" title="16 metztli diciembre – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="16 metztli diciembre" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_december" title="16 december – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="16 december" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_december" title="16 december – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="16 december" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC" title="डिसेम्बर १६ – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="डिसेम्बर १६" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/12%E6%9C%8816%E6%97%A5" title="12月16日 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="12月16日" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%27e_dicembre" title="16 'e dicembre – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="16 'e dicembre" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C" title="16 декабрь – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="16 декабрь" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._Deetsember" title="16. Deetsember – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="16. Deetsember" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._desember" title="16. desember – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="16. desember" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._desember" title="16. desember – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="16. desember" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_D%C3%A9zembre" title="16 Dézembre – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="16 Dézembre" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_desembre" title="16 de desembre – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="16 de desembre" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_decembre" title="16 de decembre – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="16 de decembre" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="16 теле – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="16 теле" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A7%E0%AD%AC_%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%B0" title="୧୬ ଡିସେମ୍ବର – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୧୬ ଡିସେମ୍ବର" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/16-dekabr" title="16-dekabr – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="16-dekabr" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0" title="16 ਦਸੰਬਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="16 ਦਸੰਬਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disyembre_16" title="Disyembre 16 – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Disyembre 16" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="16 دسمبر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="16 دسمبر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_di_des%C3%A8mber" title="16 di desèmber – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="16 di desèmber" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="16 ډيسمبر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="16 ډيسمبر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._Dezember" title="16. Dezember – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="16. Dezember" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_grudnia" title="16 grudnia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="16 grudnia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_dezembro" title="16 de dezembro – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="16 de dezembro" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/16-dekabr" title="16-dekabr – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="16-dekabr" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._Dezemmber" title="16. Dezemmber – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="16. Dezemmber" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_decembrie" title="16 decembrie – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="16 decembrie" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%C3%B1iqin_qhapaq_raymi_killapi" title="16 ñiqin qhapaq raymi killapi – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="16 ñiqin qhapaq raymi killapi" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80" title="16. децембер – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="16. децембер" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F" title="16 декабря – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="16 декабря" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8B_16" title="Ахсынньы 16 – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Ахсынньы 16" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AC_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0" title="१६ दिसम्बर – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="१६ दिसम्बर" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_December" title="16 December – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="16 December" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._Dezember" title="16. Dezember – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="16. Dezember" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manthole_16" title="Manthole 16 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Manthole 16" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Dhjetor" title="16 Dhjetor – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="16 Dhjetor" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_di_dic%C3%A8mmiru" title="16 di dicèmmiru – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="16 di dicèmmiru" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%99%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_16" title="දෙසැම්බර් 16 – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="දෙසැම්බර් 16" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16" title="December 16 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="December 16" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%DA%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="16 ڊسمبر – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="16 ڊسمبر" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._december" title="16. december – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="16. december" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._december" title="16. december – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="16. december" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_grud%C5%84a" title="16 grudńa – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="16 grudńa" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%A1%D9%A6%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%8C%DB%95%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%85" title="١٦ی کانوونی یەکەم – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="١٦ی کانوونی یەکەم" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80" title="16. децембар – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="16. децембар" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._12." title="16. 12. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="16. 12." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_D%C3%A9s%C3%A9mber" title="16 Désémber – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="16 Désémber" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._joulukuuta" title="16. joulukuuta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="16. joulukuuta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_december" title="16 december – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="16 december" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disyembre_16" title="Disyembre 16 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Disyembre 16" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_16" title="திசம்பர் 16 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="திசம்பர் 16" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_du%C7%A7ember" title="16 duǧember – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="16 duǧember" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C" title="16 декабрь – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="16 декабрь" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%80%9E%E1%82%85%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87%E1%80%95%E1%82%83%E1%82%87_16" title="တီႇသႅမ်ႇပႃႇ 16 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="တီႇသႅမ်ႇပႃႇ 16" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_16" title="డిసెంబర్ 16 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="డిసెంబర్ 16" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A1" title="16 ธันวาคม – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="16 ธันวาคม" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80" title="16 декабр – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="16 декабр" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Aral%C4%B1k" title="16 Aralık – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="16 Aralık" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_dekabr" title="16 dekabr – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="16 dekabr" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%83%D1%80" title="16 толсур – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="16 толсур" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F" title="16 грудня – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="16 грудня" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="16 دسمبر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="16 دسمبر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_nyied_16_hauh" title="12 nyied 16 hauh – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="12 nyied 16 hauh" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_de_disenbre" title="16 de disenbre – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="16 de disenbre" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_th%C3%A1ng_12" title="16 tháng 12 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="16 tháng 12" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" 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clear:right; margin-left:1em; text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr class="datetableheader"> <td><b>December 16 in recent years</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2024 December 16">2024 (Monday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2023 December 16">2023 (Saturday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2022_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2022 December 16">2022 (Friday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2021_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2021 December 16">2021 (Thursday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2020_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2020 December 16">2020 (Wednesday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2019_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2019 December 16">2019 (Monday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2018_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2018 December 16">2018 (Sunday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2017_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2017 December 16">2017 (Saturday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2016_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2016 December 16">2016 (Friday)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  <a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2015_December_16" title="Portal:Current events/2015 December 16">2015 (Wednesday)</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Day of the year</div><p><b>December 16</b> is the 350th day of the year (351st in <a href="/wiki/Leap_year" title="Leap year">leap years</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>;  15 days remain until the end of the year. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-1600">Pre-1600</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-1600"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/714" title="714">714</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pepin_of_Herstal" title="Pepin of Herstal">Pepin of Herstal</a>, mayor of the <a href="/wiki/Merovingian_dynasty" title="Merovingian dynasty">Merovingian</a> palace, dies at <a href="/wiki/Jupille-sur-Meuse" title="Jupille-sur-Meuse">Jupille</a> (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson <a href="/wiki/Theudoald" title="Theudoald">Theudoald</a>, while his widow <a href="/wiki/Plectrude" title="Plectrude">Plectrude</a> holds actual power in the <a href="/wiki/Francia" title="Francia">Frankish Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/755" title="755">755</a> – <a href="/wiki/An_Lushan" title="An Lushan">An Lushan</a> revolts against <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Tang_dynasty" title="Chancellor of the Tang dynasty">Chancellor</a> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Guozhong" title="Yang Guozhong">Yang Guozhong</a> at <a href="/wiki/Yanjing" class="mw-redirect" title="Yanjing">Yanjing</a>, initiating the <a href="/wiki/An_Lushan_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="An Lushan Rebellion">An Lushan Rebellion</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> of China.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1431" title="1431">1431</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England" title="Henry VI of England">Henry VI of England</a> is crowned <a href="/wiki/King_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="King of France">King of France</a> at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="Notre Dame de Paris">Notre Dame</a> in Paris.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1497" title="1497">1497</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a> passes the <a href="/wiki/Great_Fish_River" title="Great Fish River">Great Fish River</a> at the southern tip of <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias" title="Bartolomeu Dias">Bartolomeu Dias</a> had previously turned back to Portugal.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1575" title="1575">1575</a> – <a href="/wiki/1575_Valdivia_earthquake" title="1575 Valdivia earthquake">An earthquake</a> with an estimated magnitude of 8.5M<sub>w</sub>  strikes Valdivia, Chile.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1598" title="1598">1598</a> – <a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasions_of_Korea_(1592%E2%80%9398)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)">Seven-Year War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Noryang" title="Battle of Noryang">Battle of Noryang</a>: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1601–1900"><span id="1601.E2.80.931900"></span>1601–1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1601–1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1653" title="1653">1653</a> – <a href="/wiki/Interregnum_(England)" title="Interregnum (England)">English Interregnum</a>: <a href="/wiki/The_Protectorate" title="The Protectorate">The Protectorate</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Lord_Protector" title="Lord Protector">Lord Protector</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England" title="Commonwealth of England">Commonwealth of England</a>, Scotland and Ireland.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a> – <a href="/wiki/Convention_Parliament_(1689)" title="Convention Parliament (1689)">Convention Parliament</a>: The <i>Declaration of Right</i> is embodied in the <i><a href="/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689" title="Bill of Rights 1689">Bill of Rights</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1707" title="1707">1707</a> – Most Recent <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dei_eruption" title="Hōei eruption">Eruption of Mount Fuji</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Geographic_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Geographic-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1761" title="1761">1761</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: After a <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kolberg_(Seven_Years%27_War)" title="Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War)">four-month siege</a>, the Russians under <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Rumyantsev" title="Pyotr Rumyantsev">Pyotr Rumyantsev</a> take the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> fortress of <a href="/wiki/Ko%C5%82obrzeg" title="Kołobrzeg">Kołobrzeg</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1773" title="1773">1773</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>: <a href="/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party" title="Boston Tea Party">Boston Tea Party</a>: Members of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty" title="Sons of Liberty">Sons of Liberty</a> disguised as <a href="/wiki/Mohawk_people" title="Mohawk people">Mohawk Indians</a> dump hundreds of crates of tea into <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> harbor as a protest against the <a href="/wiki/Tea_Act" title="Tea Act">Tea Act</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1777" title="1777">1777</a> – Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the <a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation" title="Articles of Confederation">Articles of Confederation</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ar/91719.htm">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1782" title="1782">1782</a> – <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a>: <a href="/wiki/Muharram_Rebellion" title="Muharram Rebellion">Muharram Rebellion</a>: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in <a href="/wiki/The_subcontinent" class="mw-redirect" title="The subcontinent">the subcontinent</a> against <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindsay_(Sylhet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Lindsay (Sylhet)">Robert Lindsay</a> and his contingents in <a href="/wiki/Sylhet_Shahi_Eidgah" title="Sylhet Shahi Eidgah">Sylhet Shahi Eidgah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shirsha_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shirsha-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a> – <a href="/wiki/1811%E2%80%9312_New_Madrid_earthquakes" class="mw-redirect" title="1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes">The first two in a series</a> of four severe <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a> occur in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="New Madrid Seismic Zone">New Madrid, Missouri</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_W._Edwards" title="Benjamin W. Edwards">Benjamin W. Edwards</a> rides into Mexican-controlled <a href="/wiki/Nacogdoches,_Texas" title="Nacogdoches, Texas">Nacogdoches, Texas</a>, and declares himself ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Fredonian_Rebellion" title="Fredonian Rebellion">Republic of Fredonia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a> – <a href="/wiki/Great_Trek" title="Great Trek">Great Trek</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Blood_River" title="Battle of Blood River">Battle of Blood River</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Voortrekkers" class="mw-redirect" title="Voortrekkers">Voortrekkers</a></i> led by <a href="/wiki/Andries_Pretorius" title="Andries Pretorius">Andries Pretorius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sarel_Cilliers" title="Sarel Cilliers">Sarel Cilliers</a> defeat <a href="/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Impi" title="Impi">impis</a></i>, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and <a href="/wiki/Ndlela_kaSompisi" title="Ndlela kaSompisi">Ndlela kaSompisi</a> in what is today <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal</a>, South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850" title="1850">1850</a> – The <i><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Jane" title="Charlotte Jane">Charlotte Jane</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Randolph_(ship)" title="Randolph (ship)">Randolph</a></i> bring the first of the <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Association" title="Canterbury Association">Canterbury Pilgrims</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lyttelton,_New_Zealand" title="Lyttelton, New Zealand">Lyttelton, New Zealand</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> President <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Jefferson Davis</a> appoints General <a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Johnston" title="Joseph E. Johnston">Joseph E. Johnston</a> to replace General <a href="/wiki/Braxton_Bragg" title="Braxton Bragg">Braxton Bragg</a> as commander of the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Tennessee" title="Army of Tennessee">Army of Tennessee</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864" title="1864">1864</a> – American Civil War: The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nashville" title="Battle of Nashville">Battle of Nashville</a> ends as the <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Cumberland" title="Army of the Cumberland">Army of the Cumberland</a> under General <a href="/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas" title="George Henry Thomas">George H. Thomas</a> routs and destroys the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General <a href="/wiki/John_Bell_Hood" title="John Bell Hood">John Bell Hood</a>, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880" title="1880">1880</a> – Outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/First_Boer_War" title="First Boer War">First Boer War</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boer</a> <a href="/wiki/South_African_Republic" title="South African Republic">South African Republic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882" title="1882">1882</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> contest the first Home Nations (now <a href="/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship" title="Six Nations Championship">Six Nations</a>) rugby union match.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883" title="1883">1883</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tonkin_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonkin Campaign">Tonkin Campaign</a>: <a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">French</a> forces <a href="/wiki/S%C6%A1n_T%C3%A2y_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Sơn Tây Campaign">capture</a> the <a href="/wiki/S%C6%A1n_T%C3%A2y_(Hanoi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sơn Tây (Hanoi)">Sơn Tây</a> citadel.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1901–present"><span id="1901.E2.80.93present"></span>1901–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1901–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1905" title="1905">1905</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby Union">Rugby Union</a>, The "<i><a href="/wiki/Match_of_the_Century_(Rugby_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Match of the Century (Rugby Union)">Match of the Century</a></i>" is played between <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Arms_Park" title="Cardiff Arms Park">Cardiff Arms Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912" title="1912">1912</a> – <a href="/wiki/First_Balkan_War" title="First Balkan War">First Balkan War</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Navy" title="Hellenic Navy">Royal Hellenic Navy</a> defeats the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Navy" title="Ottoman Navy">Ottoman Navy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Elli" title="Battle of Elli">Battle of Elli</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>: Admiral <a href="/wiki/Franz_von_Hipper" title="Franz von Hipper">Franz von Hipper</a> commands a <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Scarborough,_Hartlepool_and_Whitby" title="Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby">raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920" title="1920">1920</a> – The <a href="/wiki/1920_Haiyuan_earthquake" title="1920 Haiyuan earthquake">Haiyuan earthquake</a> of 8.5M<sub>w</sub> , rocks the <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a>: <a href="/wiki/Schutzstaffel" title="Schutzstaffel">Schutzstaffel</a> chief <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler" title="Heinrich Himmler">Heinrich Himmler</a> orders that <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Roma</a> candidates for extermination be deported to <a href="/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp" title="Auschwitz concentration camp">Auschwitz</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a> begins with the surprise offensive of three <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German armies</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes">Ardennes</a> forest.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951" title="1951">1951</a> – A Miami Airlines <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">Curtiss C-46 Commando</a> <a href="/wiki/1951_Miami_Airlines_C-46_crash" title="1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash">crashes</a> in <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth, New Jersey</a>, killing all 58 aboard including dancer <a href="/wiki/Doris_Ruby" title="Doris Ruby">Doris Ruby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dead_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dead-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a> – A <a href="/wiki/United_Airlines" title="United Airlines">United Air Lines</a> Douglas DC-8 and a <a href="/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines" title="Trans World Airlines">TWA</a> Lockheed Super Constellation <a href="/wiki/1960_New_York_mid-air_collision" title="1960 New York mid-air collision">collide</a> over <a href="/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Staten Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>: Official revocation of the <a href="/wiki/Alhambra_Decree" title="Alhambra Decree">Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_Instrument_of_Surrender" title="Pakistani Instrument of Surrender">surrender</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a> brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as <a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)" title="Victory Day (Bangladesh)">Victory Day</a> in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India respectively.</li> <li>1971 – The United Kingdom recognizes <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>'s independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Bahrain)" title="Independence Day (Bahrain)">National Day</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a> – <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Bangladesh" title="Constitution of Bangladesh">The Constitution</a> of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Bangladesh">People's Republic of Bangladesh</a> was enacted.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_2022" title="Aeroflot Flight 2022">Aeroflot Flight 2022</a> crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) <a href="/wiki/Volokolamsky_District" title="Volokolamsky District">Volokolamsky District</a>, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986" title="1986">1986</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jeltoqsan" title="Jeltoqsan">Jeltoqsan</a>: Riots erupt in <a href="/wiki/Almaty" title="Almaty">Alma-Ata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic">Kazakh SSR</a>, in response to Soviet leader <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a>'s dismissal of ethnic Kazakh <a href="/wiki/Dinmukhamed_Kunaev" title="Dinmukhamed Kunaev">Dinmukhamed Kunaev</a>, the First Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Kazakhstan_(Soviet_Union)" title="Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Soviet Union)">Communist Party of Kazakhstan</a>, and his replacement with <a href="/wiki/Gennady_Kolbin" title="Gennady Kolbin">Gennady Kolbin</a>, an ethnic Russian from the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian SFSR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanian Revolution">Romanian Revolution</a>: Protests break out in <a href="/wiki/Timi%C8%99oara" title="Timișoara">Timișoara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_T%C5%91k%C3%A9s" title="László Tőkés">László Tőkés</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – <a href="/wiki/Zhanaozen_massacre" title="Zhanaozen massacre">Zhanaozen massacre</a>: Violent protests by oil workers take place in <a href="/wiki/Zhanaozen" title="Zhanaozen">Zhanaozen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – A <a href="/wiki/2013_Manila_Skyway_bus_accident" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Manila Skyway bus accident">bus falls</a> from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan">Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan</a> militants <a href="/wiki/2014_Peshawar_school_massacre" title="2014 Peshawar school massacre">attack</a> an Army Public School in <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a> – <a href="/wiki/2022_Batang_Kali_landslide" title="2022 Batang Kali landslide">A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm</a> near the town of <a href="/wiki/Batang_Kali" title="Batang Kali">Batang Kali</a> in <a href="/wiki/Selangor" title="Selangor">Selangor</a>, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024" title="2024">2024</a> – A <a href="/wiki/Abundant_Life_Christian_School_shooting" title="Abundant Life Christian School shooting">Abundant Life Christian School shooting</a>: A mass shooting occurs at <a href="/wiki/Abundant_Life_Christian_School" title="Abundant Life Christian School">Abundant Life Christian School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, killing 3 people (including the shooter) and injuring several others.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-1600_2">Pre-1600</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pre-1600"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1364" title="1364">1364</a> – Emperor <a href="/wiki/Manuel_III_of_Trebizond" title="Manuel III of Trebizond">Manuel III of Trebizond</a> (d. 1417)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1485" title="1485">1485</a> – <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon" title="Catherine of Aragon">Catherine of Aragon</a>, Spanish princess, later queen consort of England (d. 1536)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1534" title="1534">1534</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hans_Bol" title="Hans Bol">Hans Bol</a>, Flemish artist (d. 1593)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1582" title="1582">1582</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bertie,_1st_Earl_of_Lindsey" title="Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey">Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey</a> (d. 1642)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1584" title="1584">1584</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Selden" title="John Selden">John Selden</a>, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1585" title="1585">1585</a> – <a href="/wiki/Livia_della_Rovere" title="Livia della Rovere">Livia della Rovere</a>, Italian noble (d. 1641)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1601–1900_2"><span id="1601.E2.80.931900_2"></span>1601–1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1601–1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1605" title="1605">1605</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Weston,_2nd_Earl_of_Portland" title="Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland">Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland</a>, English diplomat (d. 1663)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1614" title="1614">1614</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eberhard_III,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg">Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg</a> (d. 1674)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1630" title="1630">1630</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Somerset,_Duchess_of_Beaufort_(1630%E2%80%931715)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1630–1715)">Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort</a>, British botanist (d. 1715)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1714" title="1714">1714</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Whitefield" title="George Whitefield">George Whitefield</a>, English Anglican priest (d. 1770)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1716" title="1716">1716</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_Jules_Mancini_Mazarini" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini">Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini</a>, French poet and diplomat (d. 1798)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1717" title="1717">1717</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Carter" title="Elizabeth Carter">Elizabeth Carter</a>, English poet and scholar (d. 1806)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1730" title="1730">1730</a> – <a href="/wiki/Diego_Silang" title="Diego Silang">Diego Silang</a>, Filipino revolutionary leader (d. 1763)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1742" title="1742">1742</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher">Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher</a>, German field marshal (d. 1819)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1770" title="1770">1770</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a>, composer (d. 1827)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a>, English novelist (d. 1817)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1775 – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Adrien_Boieldieu" title="François-Adrien Boieldieu">François-Adrien Boieldieu</a>, French pianist and composer (d. 1834)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1776" title="1776">1776</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Wilhelm_Ritter" title="Johann Wilhelm Ritter">Johann Wilhelm Ritter</a>, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1778" title="1778">1778</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Ordronaux_(privateer)" title="John Ordronaux (privateer)">John Ordronaux</a>, French-American soldier (d. 1841)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Russell_Mitford" title="Mary Russell Mitford">Mary Russell Mitford</a>, English author and playwright (d. 1855)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1790" title="1790">1790</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium" title="Leopold I of Belgium">Leopold I of Belgium</a> (d. 1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804" title="1804">1804</a> – <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Bunyakovsky" title="Viktor Bunyakovsky">Viktor Bunyakovsky</a>, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812" title="1812">1812</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Donaldson" title="Stuart Donaldson">Stuart Donaldson</a>, English-Australian politician, 1st <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_South_Wales" title="Premier of New South Wales">Premier of New South Wales</a> (d. 1867)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a> – <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Walras" title="Léon Walras">Léon Walras</a>, French-Swiss economist and theorist (d. 1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ernst_von_Bergmann" title="Ernst von Bergmann">Ernst von Bergmann</a>, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (d. 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849" title="1849">1849</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Hartwell_Catherwood" title="Mary Hartwell Catherwood">Mary Hartwell Catherwood</a>, American author and poet (d. 1902)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_La_G%C3%A1ndara" title="Antonio de La Gándara">Antonio de La Gándara</a>, French painter and illustrator (d. 1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Santayana" title="George Santayana">George Santayana</a>, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a> – <a href="/wiki/Olavo_Bilac" title="Olavo Bilac">Olavo Bilac</a>, Brazilian journalist and poet (d. 1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866" title="1866">1866</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky" title="Wassily Kandinsky">Wassily Kandinsky</a>, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a> – <a href="/wiki/Amy_Carmichael" title="Amy Carmichael">Amy Carmichael</a>, Irish missionary and humanitarian (d. 1951)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hristo_Tatarchev" title="Hristo Tatarchev">Hristo Tatarchev</a>, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Macedonian_Revolutionary_Organization" title="Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization">Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization</a> (d. 1952)</li> <li>1869 – <a href="/wiki/Bertha_Lamme_Feicht" title="Bertha Lamme Feicht">Bertha Lamme Feicht</a>, American electrical engineer (d. 1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anton_Denikin" title="Anton Denikin">Anton Denikin</a>, Russian general (d. 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882" title="1882">1882</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hobbs" title="Jack Hobbs">Jack Hobbs</a>, English cricketer and journalist (d. 1963)</li> <li>1882 – <a href="/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly" title="Zoltán Kodály">Zoltán Kodály</a>, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)</li> <li>1882 – <a href="/wiki/Walther_Meissner" title="Walther Meissner">Walther Meissner</a>, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883" title="1883">1883</a> – <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_K%C3%B3s" title="Károly Kós">Károly Kós</a>, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)</li> <li>1883 – <a href="/wiki/Max_Linder" title="Max Linder">Max Linder</a>, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884" title="1884">1884</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Gunn_(Australian_politician)" title="John Gunn (Australian politician)">John Gunn</a>, Australian politician, 29th <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_South_Australia" title="Premier of South Australia">Premier of South Australia</a> (d. 1959)</li> <li>1884 – <a href="/wiki/Seibo_Kitamura" title="Seibo Kitamura">Seibo Kitamura</a>, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888" title="1888">1888</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Yugoslavia" title="Alexander I of Yugoslavia">Alexander I of Yugoslavia</a> (d. 1934)</li> <li>1888 – <a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Juin" title="Alphonse Juin">Alphonse Juin</a>, Algerian-French general (d. 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889" title="1889">1889</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kim_Chwa-chin" title="Kim Chwa-chin">Kim Chwa-chin</a>, South Korean <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrilla">guerrilla</a> leader (d. 1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895" title="1895">1895</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Hall_Ets" title="Marie Hall Ets">Marie Hall Ets</a>, American author and illustrator (d. 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896" title="1896">1896</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anna_Anderson" title="Anna Anderson">Anna Anderson</a>, an imposter who claimed to be <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia" title="Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia">Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia</a> (d. 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899" title="1899">1899</a> – <a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a>, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900" title="1900">1900</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lucille_Lortel" title="Lucille Lortel">Lucille Lortel</a>, American actress and producer (d. 1999)</li> <li>1900 – <a href="/wiki/V._S._Pritchett" title="V. S. Pritchett">V. S. Pritchett</a>, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1901–present_2"><span id="1901.E2.80.93present_2"></span>1901–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1901–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1901" title="1901">1901</a> – <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mead" title="Margaret Mead">Margaret Mead</a>, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902" title="1902">1902</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Alberti" title="Rafael Alberti">Rafael Alberti</a>, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hardie_Albright" title="Hardie Albright">Hardie Albright</a>, American actor (d. 1975)</li> <li>1903 – <a href="/wiki/Harold_Whitlock" title="Harold Whitlock">Harold Whitlock</a>, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905" title="1905">1905</a> – <a href="/wiki/Piet_Hein_(scientist)" title="Piet Hein (scientist)">Piet Hein</a>, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)</li> <li>1905 – <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Nirvi" title="Ruben Nirvi">Ruben Nirvi</a>, Finnish linguist and professor (d. 1986)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907" title="1907">1907</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Kent" title="Barbara Kent">Barbara Kent</a>, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908" title="1908">1908</a> – <a href="/wiki/Remedios_Varo" title="Remedios Varo">Remedios Varo</a>, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910" title="1910">1910</a> – <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Brown_(cricketer)" title="Freddie Brown (cricketer)">Freddie Brown</a>, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Ignatieff" title="George Ignatieff">George Ignatieff</a>, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th <a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_ambassadors_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Canadian ambassadors to the United Nations">Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations</a> (d. 1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – <a href="/wiki/O._Winston_Link" title="O. Winston Link">O. Winston Link</a>, American photographer (d. 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916" title="1916">1916</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Johnson_Colvin" title="Ruth Johnson Colvin">Ruth Johnson Colvin</a>, American author and educator, founded <a href="/wiki/ProLiteracy_Worldwide" class="mw-redirect" title="ProLiteracy Worldwide">ProLiteracy Worldwide</a> (d. 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nabi_Bux_Khan_Baloch" class="mw-redirect" title="Nabi Bux Khan Baloch">Nabi Bux Khan Baloch</a>, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)</li> <li>1917 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_T._Cenarrusa" class="mw-redirect" title="Pete T. Cenarrusa">Pete T. Cenarrusa</a>, American soldier, pilot, and politician, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Idaho" title="Secretary of State of Idaho">Secretary of State of Idaho</a> (d. 2013)</li> <li>1917 – <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke" title="Arthur C. Clarke">Arthur C. Clarke</a>, English science fiction writer (d. 2008)<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920" title="1920">1920</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Rotimi_Williams" title="Frederick Rotimi Williams">Frederick Rotimi Williams</a>, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eulalio_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Eulalio González">Eulalio González</a>, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922" title="1922">1922</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cy_Leslie" title="Cy Leslie">Cy Leslie</a>, American record producer, founded <a href="/wiki/Pickwick_Records" title="Pickwick Records">Pickwick Records</a> (d. 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a> – <a href="/wiki/Menahem_Pressler" title="Menahem Pressler">Menahem Pressler</a>, German-American pianist (d. 2023)</li> <li>1923 – <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Florian_Winter" title="Ernst Florian Winter">Ernst Florian Winter</a>, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924" title="1924">1924</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Sidjakov" title="Nicolas Sidjakov">Nicolas Sidjakov</a>, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926" title="1926">1926</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_McCracken" title="James McCracken">James McCracken</a>, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)</li> <li>1926 – <a href="/wiki/A._N._R._Robinson" title="A. N. R. Robinson">A. N. R. Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tobagonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Tobagonian">Tobagonian</a> lawyer and politician, 3rd <a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago">President of Trinidad and Tobago</a> (d. 2014)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1926 – <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Stone" title="Jeffrey Stone">Jeffrey Stone</a>, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927" title="1927">1927</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dickinson" title="Peter Dickinson">Peter Dickinson</a>, Rhodesian-English author and poet (d. 2015)</li> <li>1927 – <a href="/wiki/Randall_Garrett" title="Randall Garrett">Randall Garrett</a>, American author and poet (d. 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928" title="1928">1928</a> – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Carter" title="Terry Carter">Terry Carter</a>, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2024)</li> <li>1928 – <a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Dick" title="Philip K. Dick">Philip K. Dick</a>, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)<sup id="cite_ref-UPI_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPI-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929" title="1929">1929</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Courtney" title="Nicholas Courtney">Nicholas Courtney</a>, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930" title="1930">1930</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Brittain" title="Bill Brittain">Bill Brittain</a>, American author (d. 2011)</li> <li>1930 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Most" title="Sam Most">Sam Most</a>, American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)</li> <li>1930 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Bill Young</a>, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932" title="1932">1932</a> – <a href="/wiki/Grace_Alele-Williams" title="Grace Alele-Williams">Grace Alele-Williams</a>, Nigerian mathematician and academic (d. 2022) <sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1932 – <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Blake" title="Quentin Blake">Quentin Blake</a>, English author and illustrator</li> <li>1932 – <a href="/wiki/Lin_Zhao" title="Lin Zhao">Lin Zhao</a>, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a> (d. 1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – <a href="/wiki/Morris_Dees" title="Morris Dees">Morris Dees</a>, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center" title="Southern Poverty Law Center">Southern Poverty Law Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937" title="1937">1937</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Bulifant" title="Joyce Bulifant">Joyce Bulifant</a>, American actress<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1937 – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Ruscha" title="Edward Ruscha">Edward Ruscha</a>, American painter and photographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938" title="1938">1938</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Deford" title="Frank Deford">Frank Deford</a>, American journalist and author (d. 2017)<sup id="cite_ref-UPI_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPI-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1938 – <a href="/wiki/Liv_Ullmann" title="Liv Ullmann">Liv Ullmann</a>, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philip_Langridge" title="Philip Langridge">Philip Langridge</a>, English tenor (d. 2010)</li> <li>1939 – <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Miller_(athlete)" title="Gordon Miller (athlete)">Gordon Miller</a>, English high jumper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Stahl" title="Lesley Stahl">Lesley Stahl</a>, American journalist and actress<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1941 – <a href="/wiki/Roger_Wheeler_(British_Army_officer)" title="Roger Wheeler (British Army officer)">Roger Neil Wheeler</a>, English general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Carcieri" title="Donald Carcieri">Donald Carcieri</a>, American educator and politician, 73rd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rhode_Island" title="Governor of Rhode Island">Governor of Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – <a href="/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a>, American television writer and producer (d. 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-UPI_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPI-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1943 – <a href="/wiki/Patti_Deutsch" title="Patti Deutsch">Patti Deutsch</a>, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kanew" title="Jeff Kanew">Jeff Kanew</a>, American director and screenwriter</li> <li>1944 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Meyer" title="Don Meyer">Don Meyer</a>, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hicks" title="Tony Hicks">Tony Hicks</a>, English singer and guitarist<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946" title="1946">1946</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benny_Andersson" title="Benny Andersson">Benny Andersson</a>, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1946 – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dennis" title="Charles Dennis">Charles Dennis</a>, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter</li> <li>1946 – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Pinnock" title="Trevor Pinnock">Trevor Pinnock</a>, English <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichord</a> player and conductor</li> <li>1946 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Stern_(cinematographer)" title="Tom Stern (cinematographer)">Tom Stern</a>, American cinematographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Cross" title="Ben Cross">Ben Cross</a>, English actor (d. 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-UPI_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPI-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1947 – <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Matthews_(athlete)" title="Vincent Matthews (athlete)">Vincent Matthews</a>, American sprinter</li> <li>1947 – <a href="/wiki/Martyn_Poliakoff" title="Martyn Poliakoff">Martyn Poliakoff</a>, English chemist and academic</li> <li>1947 – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_%C5%BBahra" title="Trevor Żahra">Trevor Żahra</a>, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a> – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Gibbons" title="Billy Gibbons">Billy Gibbons</a>, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1949 – <a href="/wiki/Heather_Hallett" class="mw-redirect" title="Heather Hallett">Heather Hallett</a>, English lawyer and judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a> – <a href="/wiki/Claudia_Cohen" title="Claudia Cohen">Claudia Cohen</a>, American journalist (d. 2007)</li> <li>1950 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Schuiten" title="Roy Schuiten">Roy Schuiten</a>, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951" title="1951">1951</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aykut_Barka" title="Aykut Barka">Aykut Barka</a>, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)</li> <li>1951 – <a href="/wiki/Sally_Emerson" title="Sally Emerson">Sally Emerson</a>, English author and poet</li> <li>1951 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Flanagan_(baseball)" title="Mike Flanagan (baseball)">Mike Flanagan</a>, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)</li> <li>1951 – <a href="/wiki/Robben_Ford" title="Robben Ford">Robben Ford</a>, American guitarist and songwriter</li> <li>1951 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Heard" title="Mark Heard">Mark Heard</a>, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Garner" title="Joel Garner">Joel Garner</a>, Barbadian cricketer and manager</li> <li>1952 – <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Graziani" title="Francesco Graziani">Francesco Graziani</a>, Italian footballer and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953" title="1953">1953</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Forstadt" title="Rebecca Forstadt">Rebecca Forstadt</a>, American voice actress and screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955" title="1955">1955</a> – <a href="/wiki/Xander_Berkeley" title="Xander Berkeley">Xander Berkeley</a>, American actor and producer<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1955 – <a href="/wiki/Carol_Browner" title="Carol Browner">Carol Browner</a>, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th <a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency">Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency</a></li> <li>1955 – <a href="/wiki/Prince_Lorenz_of_Belgium,_Archduke_of_Austria-Este" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este">Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este</a></li> <li>1955 – <a href="/wiki/Chiharu_Matsuyama" title="Chiharu Matsuyama">Chiharu Matsuyama</a>, Japanese singer-songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lizzy_Mercier_Descloux" title="Lizzy Mercier Descloux">Lizzy Mercier Descloux</a>, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957" title="1957">1957</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Vega_(singer)" title="Antonio Vega (singer)">Antonio Vega</a>, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bart_Oates" title="Bart Oates">Bart Oates</a>, American football player and lawyer</li> <li>1958 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Ruland" title="Jeff Ruland">Jeff Ruland</a>, American basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959" title="1959">1959</a> – <a href="/wiki/H._D._Kumaraswamy" title="H. D. Kumaraswamy">H. D. Kumaraswamy</a>, Indian social worker and politician, 18th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a></li> <li>1959 – <a href="/wiki/Alison_La_Placa" title="Alison La Placa">Alison La Placa</a>, American actress<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1959 – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Lebedev" title="Alexander Lebedev">Alexander Lebedev</a>, Russian businessman and politician</li> <li>1959 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Mattsson" title="Steve Mattsson">Steve Mattsson</a>, American author and illustrator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Van_Den_Hauwe" title="Pat Van Den Hauwe">Pat Van Den Hauwe</a>, Belgian footballer and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a> – <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Andersen" title="André Andersen">André Andersen</a>, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer</li> <li>1961 – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Black" title="Shane Black">Shane Black</a>, American actor, director, and screenwriter</li> <li>1961 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hicks" title="Bill Hicks">Bill Hicks</a>, American comedian and musician (d. 1994)</li> <li>1961 – <a href="/wiki/LaChanze" title="LaChanze">LaChanze</a>, American actress, singer, and dancer</li> <li>1961 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Robards" title="Sam Robards">Sam Robards</a>, American actor<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1961 – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Tenney" title="Jon Tenney">Jon Tenney</a>, American actor and director<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962" title="1962">1962</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maruschka_Detmers" title="Maruschka Detmers">Maruschka Detmers</a>, Dutch-French actress</li> <li>1962 – <a href="/wiki/William_Perry_(American_football)" title="William Perry (American football)">William Perry</a>, American football player and wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Bratt" title="Benjamin Bratt">Benjamin Bratt</a>, American actor and producer<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1963 – <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Johnston-Forbes" title="Cathy Johnston-Forbes">Cathy Johnston-Forbes</a>, American golfer</li> <li>1963 – <a href="/wiki/James_Mangold" title="James Mangold">James Mangold</a>, American director, producer, and screenwriter</li> <li>1963 – <a href="/wiki/Nadia_Moscufo" title="Nadia Moscufo">Nadia Moscufo</a>, Belgian politician<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a> – <a href="/wiki/Heike_Drechsler" title="Heike Drechsler">Heike Drechsler</a>, German sprinter and long jumper</li> <li>1964 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Glass" title="Todd Glass">Todd Glass</a>, American comedian</li> <li>1964 – <a href="/wiki/John_Kirwan_(rugby)" title="John Kirwan (rugby)">John Kirwan</a>, New Zealand rugby player and coach</li> <li>1964 – <a href="/wiki/Georgie_Parker" title="Georgie Parker">Georgie Parker</a>, Australian actress</li> <li>1964 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ripken" title="Billy Ripken">Billy Ripken</a>, American baseball player and sportscaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – <a href="/wiki/Melanie_Sloan" title="Melanie Sloan">Melanie Sloan</a>, American lawyer and activist</li> <li>1965 – <a href="/wiki/J._B._Smoove" title="J. B. Smoove">J. B. Smoove</a>, American comedian, writer, and actor<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fatima_Lamarti" title="Fatima Lamarti">Fatima Lamarti</a>, Belgian politician<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1966 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_McGinley" title="Paul McGinley">Paul McGinley</a>, Irish golfer</li> <li>1966 – <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Robinson_(basketball,_born_1966)" title="Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)">Clifford Robinson</a>, American basketball player (d. 2020)</li> <li>1966 – <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Wise" title="Dennis Wise">Dennis Wise</a>, English footballer and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – <a href="/wiki/Donovan_Bailey" title="Donovan Bailey">Donovan Bailey</a>, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster</li> <li>1967 – <a href="/wiki/Indrek_Kaseorg" title="Indrek Kaseorg">Indrek Kaseorg</a>, Estonian decathlete</li> <li>1967 – <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Otto" title="Miranda Otto">Miranda Otto</a>, Australian actress<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Doolan" title="Wendy Doolan">Wendy Doolan</a>, Australian golfer</li> <li>1968 – <a href="/wiki/Lalah_Hathaway" title="Lalah Hathaway">Lalah Hathaway</a>, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer</li> <li>1968 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kovacs" title="Greg Kovacs">Greg Kovacs</a>, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – <a href="/wiki/Simon_Grayson" title="Simon Grayson">Simon Grayson</a>, English footballer and manager</li> <li>1969 – <a href="/wiki/Kent_Hehr" title="Kent Hehr">Kent Hehr</a>, Canadian politician</li> <li>1969 – <a href="/wiki/Adam_Riess" title="Adam Riess">Adam Riess</a>, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize</a> laureate</li> <li>1969 – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Smith" title="Michelle Smith">Michelle Smith</a>, Irish swimmer</li> <li>1969 – <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Tymoczko" title="Dmitri Tymoczko">Dmitri Tymoczko</a>, American composer and theorist</li> <li>1969 – <a href="/wiki/Craig_White" title="Craig White">Craig White</a>, English cricketer and coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – <a href="/wiki/Valerie_Chow" title="Valerie Chow">Valerie Chow</a>, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist</li> <li>1970 – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Cosgrove" title="Daniel Cosgrove">Daniel Cosgrove</a>, American actor<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seyhan_Kurt" title="Seyhan Kurt">Seyhan Kurt</a>, French-Turkish poet and sociologist</li> <li>1971 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_van_Dyk" title="Paul van Dyk">Paul van Dyk</a>, German musician, producer and DJ<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1971 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_McCary" title="Michael McCary">Michael McCary</a>, American R&B singer<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gipson" title="Charles Gipson">Charles Gipson</a>, American baseball player</li> <li>1972 – <a href="/wiki/Zeljko_Kalac" title="Zeljko Kalac">Zeljko Kalac</a>, Australian soccer player and manager<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1972 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Leyden" title="Paul Leyden">Paul Leyden</a>, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter</li> <li>1972 – <a href="/wiki/Travis_Morrison" title="Travis Morrison">Travis Morrison</a>, American singer-songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – <a href="/wiki/Themba_Mnguni" title="Themba Mnguni">Themba Mnguni</a>, South African footballer</li> <li>1973 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Storch" title="Scott Storch">Scott Storch</a>, American songwriter and producer, founded <a href="/wiki/Storch_Music_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Storch Music Company">Storch Music Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> – <a href="/wiki/Valentin_B%C4%83doi" title="Valentin Bădoi">Valentin Bădoi</a>, Romanian footballer and manager</li> <li>1975 – <a href="/wiki/Kaba_Diawara" title="Kaba Diawara">Kaba Diawara</a>, French-Guinean footballer</li> <li>1975 – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Kowalewicz" title="Benjamin Kowalewicz">Benjamin Kowalewicz</a>, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist</li> <li>1975 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Maynard" title="Paul Maynard">Paul Maynard</a>, English politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jen_Golbeck" title="Jen Golbeck">Jen Golbeck</a>, American computer scientist and academic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9langer" title="Éric Bélanger">Éric Bélanger</a>, Canadian ice hockey player</li> <li>1977 – <a href="/wiki/Sylvain_Distin" title="Sylvain Distin">Sylvain Distin</a>, French footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978" title="1978">1978</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Morris_(curler)" title="John Morris (curler)">John Morris</a>, Canadian curler and firefighter</li> <li>1978 – <a href="/wiki/Gunter_Van_Handenhoven" title="Gunter Van Handenhoven">Gunter Van Handenhoven</a>, Belgian footballer and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Immelman" title="Trevor Immelman">Trevor Immelman</a>, South African golfer</li> <li>1979 – <a href="/wiki/Brodie_Lee" title="Brodie Lee">Brodie Lee</a>, American wrestler (d. 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1979 – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Narcisse" title="Daniel Narcisse">Daniel Narcisse</a>, French handball player<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1979 – <a href="/wiki/Mihai_Tr%C4%83istariu" title="Mihai Trăistariu">Mihai Trăistariu</a>, Romanian singer-songwriter</li> <li>1979 – <a href="/wiki/Jessie_Ward" title="Jessie Ward">Jessie Ward</a>, American wrestler and producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a> – <a href="/wiki/Danish_Kaneria" title="Danish Kaneria">Danish Kaneria</a>, Pakistani cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a> – <a href="/wiki/Krysten_Ritter" title="Krysten Ritter">Krysten Ritter</a>, American actress, musician, and model<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1981 – <a href="/wiki/Reanna_Solomon" title="Reanna Solomon">Reanna Solomon</a>, Nauruan weightlifter (d. 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1981 – <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Williams_(Scottish_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gareth Williams (Scottish footballer)">Gareth Williams</a>, Scottish footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antrel_Rolle" title="Antrel Rolle">Antrel Rolle</a>, American football player</li> <li>1982 – <a href="/wiki/Anna_Sedokova" title="Anna Sedokova">Anna Sedokova</a>, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter</li> <li>1982 – <a href="/wiki/Stanislav_%C5%A0est%C3%A1k" title="Stanislav Šesták">Stanislav Šesták</a>, Slovak footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kelenna_Azubuike" title="Kelenna Azubuike">Kelenna Azubuike</a>, Nigerian-American basketball player</li> <li>1983 – <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Ballard" title="Frankie Ballard">Frankie Ballard</a>, American singer-songwriter and guitarist</li> <li>1983 – <a href="/wiki/Joey_Dorsey" title="Joey Dorsey">Joey Dorsey</a>, American basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a> – <a href="/wiki/Theo_James" title="Theo James">Theo James</a>, English actor<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stanislav_Manolev" title="Stanislav Manolev">Stanislav Manolev</a>, Bulgarian footballer</li> <li>1985 – <a href="/wiki/James_Nash_(racing_driver)" title="James Nash (racing driver)">James Nash</a>, English race car driver</li> <li>1985 – <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Setton" title="Amanda Setton">Amanda Setton</a>, American actress<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986" title="1986">1986</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alcides_Escobar" title="Alcides Escobar">Alcides Escobar</a>, Venezuelan baseball player</li> <li>1986 – <a href="/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(footballer,_born_1986)" title="Zoltán Kovács (footballer, born 1986)">Zoltán Kovács</a>, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)</li> <li>1986 – <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A4rt_Uusberg" title="Pärt Uusberg">Pärt Uusberg</a>, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mame_Biram_Diouf" title="Mame Biram Diouf">Mame Biram Diouf</a>, Senegalese footballer</li> <li>1987 – <a href="/wiki/Beau_Dowler" title="Beau Dowler">Beau Dowler</a>, Australian footballer</li> <li>1987 – <a href="/wiki/Hallee_Hirsh" title="Hallee Hirsh">Hallee Hirsh</a>, American actress<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mats_Hummels" title="Mats Hummels">Mats Hummels</a>, German footballer</li> <li>1988 – <a href="/wiki/Anna_Popplewell" title="Anna Popplewell">Anna Popplewell</a>, English actress<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1988 – <a href="/wiki/Alexey_Shved" title="Alexey Shved">Alexey Shved</a>, Russian basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mikkel_B%C3%B8dker" title="Mikkel Bødker">Mikkel Bødker</a>, Danish ice hockey player<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Marino" title="Rebecca Marino">Rebecca Marino</a>, Canadian tennis player<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – <a href="/wiki/Craig_Goodwin" title="Craig Goodwin">Craig Goodwin</a>, Australian footballer</li> <li>1991 – <a href="/wiki/David_Johnson_(running_back)" title="David Johnson (running back)">David Johnson</a>, American football player<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ulrikke_Eikeri" title="Ulrikke Eikeri">Ulrikke Eikeri</a>, Norwegian tennis player<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1992 – <a href="/wiki/Anamul_Haque" title="Anamul Haque">Anamul Haque</a>, Bangladeshi cricketer</li> <li>1992 – <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Perdichizzi" title="Pietro Perdichizzi">Pietro Perdichizzi</a>, Belgian footballer</li> <li>1992 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Rogic" title="Tom Rogic">Tom Rogic</a>, Australian footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jyoti_Amge" title="Jyoti Amge">Jyoti Amge</a>, Indian actress<sup id="cite_ref-UPI_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPI-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1993 – <a href="/wiki/Stephan_James_(actor)" title="Stephan James (actor)">Stephan James</a>, Canadian actor<sup id="cite_ref-AP_34-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Hayes" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigel Hayes">Nigel Hayes</a>, American basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1994 – <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Lee" title="Elliot Lee">Elliot Lee</a>, English footballer</li> <li>1994 – <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Murru" title="Nicola Murru">Nicola Murru</a>, Italian footballer</li> <li>1994 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(footballer,_born_1994)" title="José Rodríguez (footballer, born 1994)">José Rodríguez</a>, Spanish footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Ndidi" title="Wilfred Ndidi">Wilfred Ndidi</a>, Nigerian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1996 – <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Reguil%C3%B3n" title="Sergio Reguilón">Sergio Reguilón</a>, Spanish footballer<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1996 – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Thornton_(cricketer)" title="Henry Thornton (cricketer)">Henry Thornton</a>, Australian cricketer<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mira_Antonitsch" title="Mira Antonitsch">Mira Antonitsch</a>, Austrian tennis player<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998 – <a href="/wiki/Zhou_Jieqiong" title="Zhou Jieqiong">Zhou Jieqiong</a>, Chinese singer and actress<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kai_Cenat" title="Kai Cenat">Kai Cenat</a>, American streamer<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-1600_3">Pre-1600</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pre-1600"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/604" title="604">604</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chen_Shubao" title="Chen Shubao">Houzhu</a>, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 553)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/705" title="705">705</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wu_Zetian" title="Wu Zetian">Wu Zetian</a>, Empress of the Zhou dynasty (b. 624)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/714" title="714">714</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pepin_of_Herstal" title="Pepin of Herstal">Pepin of Herstal</a>, Frankish statesman (b. 635)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/867" title="867">867</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eberhard_of_Friuli" title="Eberhard of Friuli">Eberhard of Friuli</a>, Frankish duke (b. 815)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/874" title="874">874</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ado_of_Vienne" title="Ado of Vienne">Ado</a>, archbishop of Vienne</li> <li><a href="/wiki/882" title="882">882</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_VIII" title="Pope John VIII">John VIII</a>, pope of the Catholic Church</li> <li><a href="/wiki/902" title="902">902</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wei_Yifan" title="Wei Yifan">Wei Yifan</a>, chancellor of the Tang dynasty</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_999" title="AD 999">999</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_of_Italy" title="Adelaide of Italy">Adelaide of Italy</a>, Holy Roman Empress (b. 931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1153" title="1153">1153</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ranulf_de_Gernon,_4th_Earl_of_Chester" title="Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester">Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester</a>, Norman nobleman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1263" title="1263">1263</a> – <a href="/wiki/Haakon_IV_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Haakon IV of Norway">Haakon IV</a>, king of Norway (b. 1204)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1316" title="1316">1316</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C3%96ljait%C3%BC" title="Öljaitü">Öljaitü</a>, Mongolian ruler (b. 1280)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1325" title="1325">1325</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Count_of_Valois" title="Charles, Count of Valois">Charles</a>, French nobleman (b. 1270)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1378" title="1378">1378</a> – <a href="/wiki/Secondotto,_Marquess_of_Montferrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat">Secondotto</a>, marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1379" title="1379">1379</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_FitzAlan,_1st_Baron_Arundel" title="John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel">John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel</a>, English general and politician, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Marshal#Lords_Marshal_of_England,_1135–1397" title="Earl Marshal">Lord Marshall of England</a> (b. 1348)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1470" title="1470">1470</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_II,_Duke_of_Lorraine" title="John II, Duke of Lorraine">John II</a>, duke of Lorraine (b. 1424)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1474" title="1474">1474</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ali_Qushji" title="Ali Qushji">Ali Qushji</a>, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1515" title="1515">1515</a> – <a href="/wiki/Afonso_de_Albuquerque" title="Afonso de Albuquerque">Afonso de Albuquerque</a>, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Portuguese_India" title="List of governors of Portuguese India">Viceroy of Portuguese India</a> (b. 1453)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1558" title="1558">1558</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cheney" title="Thomas Cheney">Thomas Cheney</a>, English diplomat and Lord Warden of the <i>Cinque Ports</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1583" title="1583">1583</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Fyodorov_(printer)" title="Ivan Fyodorov (printer)">Ivan Fyodorov</a>, Russian printer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1594" title="1594">1594</a> – <a href="/wiki/Allison_Balfour" title="Allison Balfour">Allison Balfour</a>, Scottish witch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1598" title="1598">1598</a> – <a href="/wiki/Yi_Sun-sin" title="Yi Sun-sin">Yi Sun-sin</a>, Korean general (b. 1545)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1601–1900_3"><span id="1601.E2.80.931900_3"></span>1601–1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1601–1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1669" title="1669">1669</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Fiennes" title="Nathaniel Fiennes">Nathaniel Fiennes</a>, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1687" title="1687">1687</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Petty" title="William Petty">William Petty</a>, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1751" title="1751">1751</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leopold_II,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau" title="Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau">Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau</a> (b. 1700)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1774" title="1774">1774</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Quesnay" title="François Quesnay">François Quesnay</a>, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1783" title="1783">1783</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Adolph_Hasse" title="Johann Adolph Hasse">Johann Adolph Hasse</a>, German composer and educator (b. 1699)</li> <li>1783 – <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_James,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William James, 1st Baronet">Sir William James, 1st Baronet</a>, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1805" title="1805">1805</a> – <a href="/wiki/Saverio_Cassar" title="Saverio Cassar">Saverio Cassar</a>, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Fran%C3%A7ois,_comte_de_Fourcroy" class="mw-redirect" title="Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy">Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy</a>, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Grimm" title="Wilhelm Grimm">Wilhelm Grimm</a>, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Yesler" title="Henry Yesler">Henry Yesler</a>, American businessman and politician, 7th <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Seattle" title="Mayor of Seattle">Mayor of Seattle</a> (b. 1810)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897" title="1897">1897</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Daudet" title="Alphonse Daudet">Alphonse Daudet</a>, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898" title="1898">1898</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Tretyakov" title="Pavel Tretyakov">Pavel Tretyakov</a>, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1901–present_3"><span id="1901.E2.80.93present_3"></span>1901–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1901–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1908" title="1908">1908</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Horse" title="American Horse">American Horse</a>, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gotch" title="Frank Gotch">Frank Gotch</a>, American wrestler (b. 1878)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> – <a href="/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Camille Saint-Saëns</a>, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922" title="1922">1922</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Narutowicz" title="Gabriel Narutowicz">Gabriel Narutowicz</a>, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928" title="1928">1928</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elinor_Wylie" title="Elinor Wylie">Elinor Wylie</a>, American poet and author (b. 1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935" title="1935">1935</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thelma_Todd" title="Thelma Todd">Thelma Todd</a>, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Eugene" title="Frank Eugene">Frank Eugene</a>, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Dubois" title="Eugène Dubois">Eugène Dubois</a>, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)</li> <li>1940 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)" title="Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)">Billy Hamilton</a>, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Bambridge" title="George Bambridge">George Bambridge</a>, English diplomat (b. 1892)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="/wiki/Betsie_ten_Boom" title="Betsie ten Boom">Betsie ten Boom</a>, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Agnelli" title="Giovanni Agnelli">Giovanni Agnelli</a>, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866)</li> <li>1945 – <a href="/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe" title="Fumimaro Konoe">Fumimaro Konoe</a>, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Olcott" title="Sidney Olcott">Sidney Olcott</a>, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Henry_Best" title="Robert Henry Best">Robert Henry Best</a>, American journalist (b. 1896)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nina_Hamnett" title="Nina Hamnett">Nina Hamnett</a>, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hans_Rebane" title="Hans Rebane">Hans Rebane</a>, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – <a href="/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham" title="W. Somerset Maugham">W. Somerset Maugham</a>, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – <a href="/wiki/Futabayama_Sadaji" title="Futabayama Sadaji">Futabayama Sadaji</a>, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th <a href="/wiki/Makuuchi#Yokozuna" title="Makuuchi">Yokozuna</a> (b. 1912)</li> <li>1968 – <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Suheimat" title="Muhammad Suheimat">Muhammad Suheimat</a>, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Castex" title="Alphonse Castex">Alphonse Castex</a>, French rugby union player (b. 1899)</li> <li>1969 – <a href="/wiki/Soe_Hok_Gie" title="Soe Hok Gie">Soe Hok Gie</a>, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Lewis" title="Oscar Lewis">Oscar Lewis</a>, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kostas_Varnalis" title="Kostas Varnalis">Kostas Varnalis</a>, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a> – <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9al_Caouette" title="Réal Caouette">Réal Caouette</a>, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – <a href="/wiki/Risto_Jarva" title="Risto Jarva">Risto Jarva</a>, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a> – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_Sanders" title="Colonel Sanders">Colonel Sanders</a>, American businessman, founded <a href="/wiki/KFC" title="KFC">KFC</a> (b. 1890)</li> <li>1980 – <a href="/wiki/Hellmuth_Walter" title="Hellmuth Walter">Hellmuth Walter</a>, German-American engineer (b. 1900)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a> – <a href="/wiki/Colin_Chapman" title="Colin Chapman">Colin Chapman</a>, English engineer and businessman, founded <a href="/wiki/Lotus_Cars" title="Lotus Cars">Lotus Cars</a> (b. 1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – <a href="/wiki/Debs_Garms" title="Debs Garms">Debs Garms</a>, American baseball player (b. 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a> – <a href="/wiki/Karl_Deichgr%C3%A4ber" title="Karl Deichgräber">Karl Deichgräber</a>, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bilotti" title="Thomas Bilotti">Thomas Bilotti</a>, American mobster (b. 1940)</li> <li>1985 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Castellano" title="Paul Castellano">Paul Castellano</a>, American mobster (b. 1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Alfredo_G%C3%A1lvez" title="Oscar Alfredo Gálvez">Oscar Alfredo Gálvez</a>, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913)</li> <li>1989 – <a href="/wiki/Silvana_Mangano" title="Silvana Mangano">Silvana Mangano</a>, Italian actress (b. 1930)</li> <li>1989 – <a href="/wiki/Aileen_Pringle" title="Aileen Pringle">Aileen Pringle</a>, American actress (b. 1895)</li> <li>1989 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Van_Cleef" title="Lee Van Cleef">Lee Van Cleef</a>, American actor (b. 1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eszter_Tam%C3%A1si" title="Eszter Tamási">Eszter Tamási</a>, Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> – <a href="/wiki/Moses_Gunn" title="Moses Gunn">Moses Gunn</a>, American actor (b. 1929)</li> <li>1993 – <a href="/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka" title="Kakuei Tanaka">Kakuei Tanaka</a>, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister of Japan</a> (b. 1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> – <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Bell" title="Quentin Bell">Quentin Bell</a>, English historian and author (b. 1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lillian_Disney" title="Lillian Disney">Lillian Disney</a>, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Gaddis" title="William Gaddis">William Gaddis</a>, American author and academic (b. 1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Adamson" title="Stuart Adamson">Stuart Adamson</a>, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)</li> <li>2001 – <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Heym" title="Stefan Heym">Stefan Heym</a>, German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Stanfield" title="Robert Stanfield">Robert Stanfield</a>, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Premier of Nova Scotia">Premier of Nova Scotia</a> (b. 1914)</li> <li>2003 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Stewart_(singer)" title="Gary Stewart (singer)">Gary Stewart</a>, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Abernathy" title="Ted Abernathy">Ted Abernathy</a>, American baseball player (b. 1933)</li> <li>2004 – <a href="/wiki/Deyda_Hydara" title="Deyda Hydara">Deyda Hydara</a>, Gambian journalist, co-founded <i><a href="/wiki/The_Point_(the_Gambia)" title="The Point (the Gambia)">The Point</a></i> (b. 1946)</li> <li>2004 – <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Martin" title="Agnes Martin">Agnes Martin</a>, American painter and educator (b. 1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Bulmer" title="Kenneth Bulmer">Kenneth Bulmer</a>, English author (b. 1921)</li> <li>2005 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hansen" title="Ed Hansen">Ed Hansen</a>, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)</li> <li>2005 – <a href="/wiki/John_Spencer_(actor)" title="John Spencer (actor)">John Spencer</a>, American actor (b. 1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Jardine" class="mw-redirect" title="Don Jardine">Don Jardine</a>, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940)</li> <li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/Taliep_Petersen" title="Taliep Petersen">Taliep Petersen</a>, South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950)</li> <li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/Pnina_Salzman" title="Pnina Salzman">Pnina Salzman</a>, Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922)</li> <li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/Stanford_J._Shaw" title="Stanford J. Shaw">Stanford J. Shaw</a>, American historian and academic (b. 1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fogelberg" title="Dan Fogelberg">Dan Fogelberg</a>, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – <a href="/wiki/Roy_E._Disney" title="Roy E. Disney">Roy E. Disney</a>, American businessman (b. 1930)</li> <li>2009 – <a href="/wiki/Yegor_Gaidar" title="Yegor Gaidar">Yegor Gaidar</a>, Russian economist and politician, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Russia" title="Prime Minister of Russia">Prime Minister of Russia</a> (b. 1956)</li> <li>2009 – <a href="/wiki/Manto_Tshabalala-Msimang" title="Manto Tshabalala-Msimang">Manto Tshabalala-Msimang</a>, South African physician and politician, 22nd <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Health_(South_Africa)" title="Minister of Health (South Africa)">South African Minister of Health</a> (b. 1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – <a href="/wiki/Melvin_E._Biddle" title="Melvin E. Biddle">Melvin E. Biddle</a>, American soldier, <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> recipient (b. 1923)</li> <li>2010 – <a href="/wiki/Ayinde_Barrister" title="Ayinde Barrister">Ayinde Barrister</a>, Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Easton_(actor)" title="Robert Easton (actor)">Robert Easton</a>, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)</li> <li>2011 – <a href="/wiki/Nicol_Williamson" title="Nicol Williamson">Nicol Williamson</a>, Scottish actor (b. 1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elwood_V._Jensen" title="Elwood V. Jensen">Elwood V. Jensen</a>, American biologist and academic (b. 1920)</li> <li>2012 – <a href="/wiki/Jake_Adam_York" title="Jake Adam York">Jake Adam York</a>, American poet and academic (b. 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Flint_(RAF_officer)" title="James Flint (RAF officer)">James Flint</a>, English commander (b. 1913)</li> <li>2013 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Price (musician)">Ray Price</a>, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)</li> <li>2013 – <a href="/wiki/Marta_Russell" title="Marta Russell">Marta Russell</a>, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Brasier" title="Martin Brasier">Martin Brasier</a>, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)</li> <li>2014 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Cochran" title="Tim Cochran">Tim Cochran</a>, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dickinson" title="Peter Dickinson">Peter Dickinson</a>, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)</li> <li>2015 – <a href="/wiki/Lizmark" title="Lizmark">Lizmark</a>, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950)</li> <li>2015 – <a href="/wiki/George_Earl_Ortman" title="George Earl Ortman">George Earl Ortman</a>, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> – <a href="/wiki/Keely_Smith" title="Keely Smith">Keely Smith</a>, American singer and actress (b. 1928)<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024" title="2024">2024</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Arsdale" title="Dick Van Arsdale">Dick Van Arsdale</a>, American basketball player (b. 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Holidays_and_observances">Holidays and observances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Holidays and observances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Christian <a href="/wiki/Feast_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast day">feast day</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_of_Italy" title="Adelaide of Italy">Adelaide of Italy</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haggai" title="Haggai">Haggai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Adams_Cram" title="Ralph Adams Cram">Ralph Adams Cram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Upjohn" title="Richard Upjohn">Richard Upjohn</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_La_Farge" title="John La Farge">John La Farge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(USA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church (USA)">Episcopal Church (USA)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)" title="December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)">December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Reconciliation" title="Day of Reconciliation">Day of Reconciliation</a>, formerly celebrated as <a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Vow" title="Day of the Vow">Day of the Vow</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaner">Afrikaners</a> (South Africa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Kazakhstan)" title="Independence Day (Kazakhstan)">Independence Day</a>, celebrates the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_independence_of_Kazakhstan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Declaration of independence of Kazakhstan (page does not exist)">independence</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="National Day">National Day</a>, celebrates the withdrawal of <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Sports_Day_(Thailand)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Sports Day (Thailand)">National Sports Day (Thailand)</a></li> <li>The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which <a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">Mary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a> endured before finding a place to stay where <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> could be born (<a href="/wiki/Hispanidad" title="Hispanidad">Hispanidad</a>): <ul><li>The first day of <i><a href="/wiki/Las_Posadas" title="Las Posadas">Las Posadas</a></i> (Mexico, <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>)</li> <li>The first day of the <i><a href="/wiki/Simbang_Gabi" title="Simbang Gabi">Simbang Gabi</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Novena" title="Novena">novena</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">masses</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)" title="Victory Day (Bangladesh)">Victory Day</a> observances, celebration of the Indo-Bangla allied victory over <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan armed forces">Pakistan armed forces</a> and the Liberation of Bangladesh. (<a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As 'Vijay Diwas'</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_16&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDavid2009" class="citation book cs1">David, Saul (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YpRT7qBPDAwC"><i>The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare: From Ancient Egypt to Iraq</i></a>. 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