December 16th, 1773, The Boston Tea Party takes place more than a year before the revolutionary war breaks out. American colonists board British ship to protest tea taxes and dump hundreds of chests of tea over board.

1944, World War II’s battle of the Bulge begins as German forces launch a surprise counterattack against Allied forces in Belgium. The Bastogne battle is Nazi Germany’s last attempt to drive back the Allies from its home soil.

And 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the world’s great classical composers is born in Bonn, Germany.

Today in History, December 16th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

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