Historical Events on December 16

1920 Haiyuan earthquake — the 1920 Hayuan earthquake

Battle of Borneo — 1941 battle

Operation Greif — battle

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — treaty adopted by United Nations General Assembly in 1966

2012 Delhi gang rape case — gang rape, torture, and murder incident

2014 Peshawar school attack — terrorist attack on the Army Public School in the Pakistani city of Peshawar