Historical Events for 16th December 2022

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1900 - A National Civic Federation is formed in the US to arbitrate labor disputes
1912 - 1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued
1960 - "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 172 performances
1965 - Gemini 6 returns to Earth
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 - Bill Veeck buys 80% of MLB Chicago White Sox from John Allyn
1979 - Dallas QB Roger Staubach throws 3 TDs and 336 yards in his last NFL regular season game with the Cowboys, a 35-34 win over Washington Redskins at Texas Stadium
1990 - Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti
1997 - US President Bill Clinton names his Labrador retriever "Buddy"
2020 - Nine-year-old girl who died of an asthma attack in 2013 becomes first person in the world to officially have air pollution listed as cause of death

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