Editing December 16 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; In [[Rugby Union]], The "''[[Match of the Century (Rugby Union)|Match of the Century]]''" is played between [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] at [[Cardiff Arms Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=1083 |title=All Blacks vs. Wales |website=All Blacks.com |access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The history of WALES v NEW ZEALAND |url=http://www.rugbyrelics.com/Museum/exhibits/WvNZ.htm |website=World Rugby Museum.com |publisher=RugbyRelics}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[First Balkan War]]: The [[Hellenic Navy|Royal Hellenic Navy]] defeats the [[Ottoman Navy]] at the [[Battle of Elli]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Admiral [[Franz von Hipper]] commands a [[raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[1920 Haiyuan earthquake|Haiyuan earthquake]] of 8.5{{M|w}}, rocks the [[Gansu]] province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. 
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Schutzstaffel]] chief [[Heinrich Himmler]] orders that [[Romani people|Roma]] candidates for extermination be deported to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of the Bulge]] begins with the surprise offensive of three [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German armies]] through the [[Ardennes]] forest.
*[[1951]] &ndash; A Miami Airlines [[Curtiss C-46 Commando]] [[1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash|crashes]] in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]], killing all 58 aboard including dancer [[Doris Ruby]].<ref name="dead">{{Cite news |date=December 17, 1951 |title=List of Dead in Crash of Plane in New Jersey |pages=2 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; A [[United Airlines|United Air Lines]] Douglas DC-8 and a [[Trans World Airlines|TWA]] Lockheed Super Constellation [[1960 New York mid-air collision|collide]] over [[Staten Island]], [[New York City|New York]] and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Second Vatican Council]]: Official revocation of the [[Alhambra Decree|Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline of the Spanish Inquisition |url=https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-spanish-inquisition |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]: The [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender|surrender]] of the [[Pakistan Army]] brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as [[Victory Day (Bangladesh)|Victory Day]] in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India respectively.
*  1971 &ndash; The United Kingdom recognizes [[Bahrain]]'s independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's [[Independence Day (Bahrain)|National Day]].
* [[1972]] &ndash; [[Constitution of Bangladesh|The Constitution]] of the [[People's Republic of Bangladesh]] was enacted.
*  [[1973]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 2022]] crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) [[Volokolamsky District]], killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dargis |first=Dailius |date=19 April 2010 |title=Gydytojų tragedijos žaizdų neužgydė dešimtmečiai |trans-title=The wounds of the doctors' tragedy did not heal for decades |url=https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/naujienos/385040/gydytoju-tragedijos-zaizdu-neuzgyde-desimtmeciai |access-date=11 May 2019 |publisher=TV3.lt |language=lt}}</ref>
*  [[1986]] &ndash; [[Jeltoqsan]]: Riots erupt in [[Almaty|Alma-Ata]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]], in response to Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]'s dismissal of ethnic Kazakh [[Dinmukhamed Kunaev]], the First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Kazakhstan]], and his replacement with [[Gennady Kolbin]], an ethnic Russian from the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Putz |first=Catherine |date=2016-12-16 |title=1986: Kazakhstan's Other Independence Anniversary |url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/12/1986-kazakhstans-other-independence-anniversary/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Romanian Revolution]]: Protests break out in [[Timișoara]], [[Romania]], in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor [[László Tőkés]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Zhanaozen massacre]]: Violent protests by oil workers take place in [[Zhanaozen]], [[Kazakhstan]], leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sindelar |first1=Daisy |last2=Toiken |first2=Saniya |date=2012-12-16 |title=A Year After Deadly Riots, Zhanaozen Is Quiet But Angry |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/zhanaozen-a-year-after-the-riots/24798726.html |access-date=2023-08-17}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[2013 Manila Skyway bus accident|bus falls]] from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital [[Manila]] killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]] militants [[2014 Peshawar school massacre|attack]] an Army Public School in [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]], killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan remembers school attack |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-35103616/pakistan-remembers-peshawar-army-public-school-attack |access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[2022 Batang Kali landslide|A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm]] near the town of [[Batang Kali]] in [[Selangor]], Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-16 |title=Malaysia landslide: At least 21 campers dead and more missing |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63995931 |access-date=2022-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-24 |title=Malaysia finds body of last person unaccounted for in campsite landside |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysia-finds-body-last-person-unaccounted-campsite-landside-2022-12-24/ |access-date=2022-12-29}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – A [[Abundant Life Christian School shooting]]: A mass shooting occurs at [[Abundant Life Christian School]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], killing 3 people (including the shooter) and injuring several others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 16, 2024 |title=Live updates: 3 dead in shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/abundant-life-school-shooting-madison-live-updates-rcna184404 |access-date=December 16, 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=December 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216181839/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/abundant-life-school-shooting-madison-live-updates-rcna184404 |url-status=live }}</ref>