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December 2016 Baghdad bombings. A pair of bomb blasts targeting a market in central Baghdad kills at least 27 people and injures over 50. , (The Telegraph) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. United States troops withdraw from Afghanistan after 15 years.
International relations Ukrainian crisis, Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) Ukraine starts a missile test near Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, while Russia puts its air-defense and naval forces in the region on high alert. (Reuters) Israeli–Palestinian conflict The Israeli Ministry of Transportation orders a bus company in Beersheba to remove Arabic -language ...
December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [1] New Year's Eve or Old Year's Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
2016 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.
December 2016 crimes in the United States (3 P) Pages in category "December 2016 events in the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
For the week of December 25 to 31, 2016, ... Fighting Championship event was held on December 30, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena ... villain in modern history ...
Authorized by law on December 31, 1970, it was the first US dollar coin minted since 1935, the last year of the Peace dollar. Designed by Frank Gasparro, the coin's obverse depicts President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died in March 1969. Proposals in Congress to honor him on a coin led to a dispute over whether the new coin was to contain silver.
Authorized by law on December 31, 1970, it was the first US dollar coin minted since 1935, the last year of the Peace dollar. Designed by Frank Gasparro, the coin's obverse depicts President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died in March 1969. Proposals in Congress to honor him on a coin led to a dispute over whether the new coin was to contain silver.