Hello everyone, today is December 16, 2023, and here are some of the major events that happened today in history:
Domestic: 1On December 16, 705, Wu Zetian, the first female emperor of China and the founding monarch of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, died
2.On December 16, 755 AD, the Anshi Rebellion broke out during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty;
3.On December 16, 1920, at 20:06 (**9th year), Guyuan County and Haiyuan County in Gansu Province (now Yuanzhou District and Haiyuan County, Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region) occurred 8Level 5 extra-large**, also known as "Haiyuan Large**".
4.On December 16, 1937, more than 5,000 Chinese soldiers and refugees in Nanjing were escorted by the Japanese army to the riverside of Zhongshan Wharf, where they were first shot to death with machine guns and thrown into the river, and only a few people survived
5.On December 16, 1992, the Shanghai Stock Exchange was connected to Reuters
6.On December 16, 1996, "People's **" published the "stock review" for the first time
7.On December 16, 1998, China established the first large-scale "** network";
8.On December 16, 2006, Wu Peiwen, a famous patriot and a hero of the Ding Protector, passed away
9.At 15:22 on December 16, 2019, the first Beidou navigation satellite was successfully launched with the Long March-3B carrier rocket (and the supporting Yuanzheng-1 upper stage) at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. So far, all the medium-circle earth orbit satellites of the Beidou-3 global system have been launched, marking the completion of the deployment of the core constellation of the Beidou-3 global system.
Abroad: 1On December 16, 1653, Cromwell became the Lord Protector of the English Republic, and England entered the period of Lord Protectorate
2.On December 16, 1689, the English Parliament passed the Bill of Rights, which established the inalienable civil and political rights of the people;
3.On December 16, 1770, Beethoven, a famous ** family and known as the "King of Symphonies" by later generations, was born;
4.On December 16, 1890, the first human use of serum injection of ** disease was successful;
5.On December 16, 1941, the world's largest battleship "Yamato" was commissioned;
6.On December 16, 1944, the German army attacked the Allied forces on the Western Front, and the Battle of the Ardennes began;
7.The Hague Convention was signed on 16 December 1970
8.On December 16, 1998, the United States launched Operation Desert Fox against Iraq
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