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December 16 is the 350th day of the year ... in the Gregorian calendar; 15 days remain until the end of the year. ... Historical Events on December 16
Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. Fall of the Assad regime. Syrian mass graves. A recently created mass grave containing the bodies of 17 executed Syrian Army soldiers is discovered in the Syrian Desert near Deir ez-Zor.
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Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, Israel's role in the Syrian civil war. Israeli warplanes launch overnight airstrikes in southern Syria, with missiles originating from the Golan Heights, killing a soldier and causing some material damage, according to a Syrian military official.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russo-Ukrainian War. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure. Russian forces launch a barrage of at least 76 missiles across Ukraine, damaging at least nine power stations and killing at least three civilians, with many more civilians being injured.
December 22: December solstice (03:28 UTC, 2023); Yule begins; Dongzhi Festival in China (2023) Aerial view of the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill 856 – An earthquake registering an estimated 7.9 M s struck the eastern Alborz mountains in Persia, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths.
Marie Antoinette was beheaded on October 16th in 1793. The former royal's trip to the guillotine was sparked by monarchy reform and French Revolution angst. Other events on October 16th in History ...
December 16: Mawlid begins at sunset (Shia Islam, 2016); National Day in Bahrain; Victory Day in Bangladesh and India ; Day of Reconciliation in South Africa New World Symphony, 1st movement 1761 – Seven Years' War : Russian forces captured Kolberg , Prussia's last port on the Baltic coast , after a four-month siege .