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.
ClockHorizon daily selection“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
The Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people.
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.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
The Zhanaozen massacre occurs when violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, resulting in security forces killing at least 14 and injuring 100 more.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
One highlighted entry is from 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.
People listed for December 16 include Kai Cenat (2001), Zhou Jieqiong (1998), and Zara Larsson (1997).
Observances listed for December 16 include Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991., National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971., and Christian feast day: Adelaide of Italy.
