Important Events From This day in History – 16th December

Today in History

• 2010 Last episode of Larry King Live aired

  Larry King Live, one of CNN’s most-watched TV shows, aired its final episode after 25 years. While the talk show’s official end date was December 16, an episode about cancer aired two days later on December 18. Piers Morgan Tonight took its place.

• 1991 Kazakhstan independence

  The Central Asian country was the last Soviet republic to declare its independence.

• 1971 End of Indo-Pakistani War

  Because India supported Bangladesh’s War of Liberation, the two countries fought their third major conflict. The war ended 13 days later, establishing Bangladesh as an independent state.

• 1773 Boston Tea Party

  Considered one of the key events in the American Revolution, the Tea Party occurred when protesters in Boston, a territory controlled by the British, dumped heavily taxed British tea into Boston Harbor.

• 1707 Last eruption of Mount Fuji

  The highest volcano in Japan erupted for the last time in what is known as the Hōei Eruption. The eruption lasted for 17 days.