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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">December 16</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Reconciliation" title="Day of Reconciliation">Day of Reconciliation</a></b> in South Africa
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1598" title="1598">1598</a> – Led by Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Sun-sin" title="Yi Sun-sin">Yi Sun-sin</a>, the Korean navy defeated a Japanese fleet at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Noryang" title="Battle of Noryang">Battle of Noryang</a></b>, ending <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasions_of_Korea_(1592%E2%80%931598)" title="Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)">their invasions of the Korean peninsula</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1773" title="1773">1773</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>: A group of colonists <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party" title="Boston Tea Party">threw chests of tea</a></b> into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Harbor" title="Boston Harbor">Boston Harbor</a> to protest British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation" title="No taxation without representation">taxation without representation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938" title="1938">1938</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> instituted the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Honour_of_the_German_Mother" title="Cross of Honour of the German Mother">Cross of Honour of the German Mother</a></b> as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit">order of merit</a> for German mothers with at least four children.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a> – Amid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_BSE_outbreak" title="United Kingdom BSE outbreak">an outbreak</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy" title="Bovine spongiform encephalopathy">bovine spongiform encephalopathy</a>, the British government <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_Bones_Regulations_1997" title="Beef Bones Regulations 1997">banned the sale</a></b> of beef <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_on_the_bone" title="Meat on the bone">on the bone</a> for human consumption.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Delhi_gang_rape_and_murder" title="2012 Delhi gang rape and murder">A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted</a></b> on a bus in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Carter" title="Elizabeth Carter">Elizabeth Carter</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1717); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murrell" title="James Murrell">James Murrell</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1860); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Camille Saint-Saëns</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1921); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliep_Petersen" title="Taliep Petersen">Taliep Petersen</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2006)</p>
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