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From Wikipedia's newest articles:

• ...that, according to Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, the land of the Rus was Christianized (Sergei Ivanov's painting pictured) by 867?
• TEST...that Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the first member of the Japanese Imperial Family to die during World War II?
• ...that Pike Island in Minnesota was part of the 100,000 acres (405 km²) purchased from the Dakota Indians in 1805 by Zebulon Pike?
• ...that the first comprehensive campaign of unionized labor was the subject of the 1979 Academy Award-winning film Norma Rae?
• ...that as they don't require fans, ejector venturi scrubbers are able to handle exhaust gases more corrosive or sticky than other systems can?
• ...that Pulau Senang was a penal settlement in Singapore but shut down after only three years when a riot broke out in 1963?

December 16: National Day in Bahrain (1971), Victory Day in Bangladesh (1971), Independence Day in Kazakhstan (1991).

• 1598 - Admiral Yi Sun Sin's Korean navy defeated the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Noryang Point, the final naval battle of the Imjin War.
• 1653 - The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell (pictured) became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England.
• 1689 - The Parliament of England adopted the Bill of Rights, declaring that Englishmen possessed certain positive civil and political rights.
• 1773 - Boston Tea Party: To protest the British Tea Act, members of the Sons of Liberty dumped crates of tea break from three British East India Company ships into Boston Harbor.
• 1971 - The Indo-Pakistani War ended when Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrendered. This also effectively ended the Bangladesh Liberation War and led to Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan.

Recent days: December 15 – December 14 – December 13