Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Today in History December 16

1653 :Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

1773 :The Boston Tea Party took place.

1916 :Grigori Rasputin assassinated by a group of noble Russian conspirators.

1920 :One of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit the Gansu province in China. The 8.6 quake killed 200,000 people.

1944 :The Battle of the Bulge during World War II began in Belgium.

1990 :Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of Haiti in the country's first democratic elections.

2000 :Colin Powell was selected to become the first African-American secretary of state.

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