On December 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.
On December 16, 1809, Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate.
On December 16, 1944, the Battle of the Bulge during World War II began as German forces launched a surprise counterattack against Allied forces in Belgium.
On December 16, 1998, President Clinton ordered a sustained series of airstrikes against Iraq by American and British forces in response to Saddam Hussein's continued defiance of UN weapons inspectors.
On December 16, 1809, Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate.
On December 16, 1944, the Battle of the Bulge during World War II began as German forces launched a surprise counterattack against Allied forces in Belgium.
On December 16, 1998, President Clinton ordered a sustained series of airstrikes against Iraq by American and British forces in response to Saddam Hussein's continued defiance of UN weapons inspectors.
. We have a re-creation of the Tea Party Ship here which allows kids to throw "tea" into the harbor
