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Kyobanim
12-16-2005, 10:56
What significant event in America's history happened on this day, 16 Dec.?
16 December 1944 German offensive in the Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge. Known to the Germans as Operation Wacht Am Rhein "Watch on the Rhine".
Operation Greif (Seize or Griffin) - Lt. Col. (Obersturmbannführer) Otto Skorzeny infiltrated English speaking troops behind allied lines.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_cont.htm
Kyobanim
12-16-2005, 11:14
That's one but I was thinking of something a little older.
ObliqueApproach
12-16-2005, 11:15
You are probably looking for the the beginning of the Ardennes campaign or The Battle of the Bulge which began on the morning of 16 December 1944.
On the same day in 1864, the Union smashed Confederate forces at the Battle of Nashville.
Kyobanim
12-16-2005, 11:17
On the same day in 1864, the Union smashed Confederate forces at the Battle of Nashville
Heading in the right direction and getting warmer
ObliqueApproach
12-16-2005, 11:19
The Boston Tea Party:)
Kyobanim
12-16-2005, 11:21
Correct!
On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty" went to the Boston Harbor. The men were dressed as Mohawk Indians. They boarded three British ships, the Beaver, the Eleanor and the Dartmouth, and dumped forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Why it happened - The British East India Company had controlled all tea trading between India and the British colonies. As a result of the tea tax, the colonies refused to buy the British tea. Instead, they smuggled tea in from Holland. This left the British East India Company with warehouses full of unsold tea, and the company was in danger of going out of business.
The British government was determined to prevent the British East India Company from going out of business. It was going to force the colonists to buy their tea. In May 1773, Prime Minister North and the British parliament passed the Tea Act. The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists, bypassing the colonial wholesale merchants. This allowed the company to sell their tea cheaper than the colonial merchants who were selling smuggled tea from Holland.
This act revived the colonial issue of taxation without representation. The colonies once again demanded that the British government remove the tax on tea. In addition, the dockworkers began refusing to unload the tea from ships.
The Governor of Massachusetts demanded that the tea be unloaded. He also demanded that the people pay the taxes and duty on tea.
The Reaper
12-16-2005, 12:13
Massachusetts and taxes.
Some things never change.
TR
Warrior-Mentor
12-16-2005, 16:08
At last - the origin of why we (Americans) drink Coffee...
Airbornelawyer
12-16-2005, 17:30
December 16, 1998 - Operation Desert Fox commences; US and UK aircraft begin airstrikes against Iraq. This unilateral move based on potentially faulty intelligence arouses surprisingly little ire from Democratic lawmakers.
December 16, 1994 - Céline Dion marries her long-time manager René Angélil.
December 16, 1985 - "Reputed mafioso" Paul Castellano is shot to death outside a New York City restaurant.
December 16, 1916 - "Reputed mad monk" Grigorii Rasputin is murdered
December 16, 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven is born.
December 16, 1653 - Oliver Cromwell becomes lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
longrange1947
12-16-2005, 18:00
Massachusetts and taxes.
Some things never change.
TR
Thanks, another keyboard and monitor ruined with coffee. :D
NousDefionsDoc
12-20-2005, 18:24
You are probably looking for the the beginning of the Ardennes campaign or The Battle of the Bulge which began on the morning of 16 December 1944.
On the same day in 1864, the Union smashed Confederate forces at the Battle of Nashville.
SMASHED? SMASHED? Looking for a new title I see.
longrange1947
12-20-2005, 19:37
SMASHED? SMASHED? Looking for a new title I see.
OK, OK CRUSHED!!! :munchin
The Reaper
12-20-2005, 20:07
The result was inevitable after Hood replaced Joe Johnston.
Hood was a wreck after Gettysburg, losing the leg at Chickamauga did him in. He was probably drunk on laudnum when he became commander of the Army of Tennesee.
TR
Psywar1-0
12-23-2005, 16:47
The moral of the story here is not to let your subordinates whack diplomats in the head with a tommyhawk! And if you do, you shouldnt get pissed about having to pay for your lack of control thru a few taxs:eek: