Τι συνέβη στις 16 Δεκεμβρίου;

1. Τι συνέβη στις 16 Δεκεμβρίου;

• 2014 – A hostage crisis in a Lindt chocolate café in Sydney, Australia, ended with police storming the building, killing the perpetrator and one of the hostages.
• 2012 – A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.
• 1997 – Amid an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the British government banned the sale of beef on the bone for human consumption.
• 1997 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children.
• 1971 – The surrender of Pakistani forces in Dacca, East Pakistan, concluded the Bangladesh Liberation War and the India-Pakistan War.

2. Ποιος γεννήθηκε στις 16 Δεκεμβρίου;

• 2001 – Kai Cenat, American streamer
• 1998 – Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player
• 1998 – Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer and actress
• 1997 – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
• 1996 – Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer

3. Ποιος πέθανε στις 16 Δεκεμβρίου;

• 2025 – Lusanda Dumke, South African professional rugby union player who played as a flanker (born 1996)
• 2024 – Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (born 1943)
• 2024 – Tulsi Gowda, Indian environmentalist (born 1937/1938)
• 2023 – Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (born 1937)
• 2017 – Keely Smith, American singer and actress (born 1928)

4. Τι γιορτάζεται στις 16 Δεκεμβρίου;

• Christian feast day: Adelaide of Italy
• Christian feast day: Haggai
• Christian feast day: Blessed Marianna Fontanella
• Christian feast day: Blessed Philip Siphong Onphitak
• Christian feast day: Ralph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA))