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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 16th December 2018   
   16 Dec 18 03:52:49   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-1h8-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1598 - Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - in the final battle of the   
   war Korean navy decisively defeats the Japanese   
      
   1918 - German troops evacuate Finland, give over Kiev in the Ukraine to   
   revolutionary forces and pull back from Estonia as Bolshevik forces move in   
      
   1927 - Don Bradman makes his cricket 1st-class debut for NSW v South Australia   
      
   1959 - Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48   
      
   1960 - TWA 266 and United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134   
      
   1989 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1734 - Georg Peter Weimar, composer   
      
   1830 - John Frederick Hartranft, American politician, 17th Governor of   
   Pennsylvania (1873-1879), and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New   
   Hanover Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1889)   
      
   1895 - Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia   
      
   1938 - Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director (The Emigrants, Persona),   
   born in Tokyo, Japan   
      
   1950 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (d. 2006)   
      
   1972 - Željko Kalac, Australian soccer player   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1379 - John Fitzalan, Marshal of England   
      
   1870 - StanisÅ‚aw Duniecki, Polish composer, dies at 31   
      
   1914 - Ivan Zajc, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 82   
      
   1978 - Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76   
      
   1985 - Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies   
      
   1993 - Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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