Happy birthday and many happy returns Isaias Moreno and to those born on this day, across the years 1485 – Catherine of Aragon, Spanish wife of Henry VIII of England (d. 1536) 1716 – Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French diplomat (d. 1798) 1775 – Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817) 1770 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827) 1787 – Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855) 1882 – Jack Hobbs, English cricketer (d. 1963) 1899 – Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973) 1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, English-Sri Lankan author (d. 2008) 1928 – Philip K. Dick, American author (d. 1982) 1938 – Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress 1943 – Steven Bochco, American screenwriter and producer 1945 – Tony Hicks, English guitarist and singer (The Hollies) 1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (ABBA and Hep Stars) 1999 – Bryce Robinson, American actor December 16: National Day in Bahrain; Victory Day in Bangladesh and India (1971) Battle of the Bulge 1598 – Admiral Yi Sun-sins Korean navy defeated the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Noryang, the final naval battle of the Imjin War. 1689 – The Parliament of England adopted the Bill of Rights, declaring that Englishmen possessed certain positive civil and political rights. 1944 – World War II: The Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany launched its final offensive in the western front, the Battle of the Bulge (German tank pictured). 1986 – Dinmukhamed Konayev was dismissed from the post of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, sparking riots throughout the country. 2012 – A woman in New Delhi was gang-raped on a bus, generating public protests across the country against the Government of India and the Government of Delhi for not providing adequate security for women. You defeated the foe. You have rights. You weathered the final offensive. You dismissed the hindrance. You shared a ride on a bus. Now we can party.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:00:25 +0000